Specifications include, but are not limited to: The purpose of this Request for Proposal (RFP) to obtain competitive responses from qualified vendors to provide rest area maintenance services, consumable supplies and grounds and minor building maintenance and cleaning for the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) at the Linn County Rest Area, KDOT No. 4-2509, located north of the junction of K-52 and US-69, on US-69. The new rest area is close to the small town of Trading Post, Kansas. 4.2. Contractor shall provide the services listed in accordance with this proposal and Quality Control Checklists and Rest Area Inspection Report. 4.3. The Summer schedule is defined as April 1 through September 30 (6 months). The Winter schedule is defined as October 1 through March 31 (6 months). 4.4. The Contractor shall perform janitorial service and minor building and grounds maintenance at the rest area seven (7) days per week, including Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays. The minimum hours of service provided shall be between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. for the summertime schedule (April 1 through September 30) with staffing provided continuously by one (1) employee on duty the entire shift. The minimum winter schedule (October 1 through March 31) shall be the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. with staffing provided by one (1) employee on duty the entire shift. Additional staffing requirements, when requested, shall be provided upon mutual consent of scheduling by both parties at a fixed hourly rate. 4.5. The Contractor’s employees shall clean the comfort station a minimum of four (4) times each day, April 1 through September 30 once before 7 a.m., once before noon, once before 5 p.m., and once before leaving at 8 p.m. and a minimum of three (3) times each day October 1 through March 31, once before 8 a.m., once before noon, and once before leaving at 5 p.m. Additional cleaning shall be performed as needed. 4.6. The Contractor's employees at least one (1) time per day shall collect and dispose of all trash and refuse from the rest area and place in dumpster. Trash shall not be stored in or around the comfort station. One (1) dumpster is permitted at the designated site at the Rest Area. All costs incurred in disposing of trash and refuse shall be the responsibility of the Contractor. 4.7. Trash and refuse shall be disposed of in accordance with all local, state, and federal environmental regulations and ordinances...
