The Vendor shall: 1. Provide comprehensive animal control services twenty-four (24) hours, seven (7) days per week. 2. Provide the address of principal office/location in proximity to the Township of Cherry Hill. 3. Provide an office telephone number and twenty-four (24) hour cell phone number for contact by Cherry Hill Township. The Officer shall return calls within thirty (30) minutes or less and be available to respond for on-call emergency services as deemed necessary by the Township of Cherry Hill and its’ authorized representative(s). 4. Provide an animal control vehicle for transportation of all animal types in and for any/all circumstances through the course of performing duties of Animal Control Officer. Said vehicle shall meet the requirements of N.J.A.C. 8:23A-1.12. In addition, have all equipment necessary to pick up or trap wild and/or domestic animals when needed. 5. Transport animals to the Township’s designated animal shelter to be impounded when necessary. Any deviation to this location shall require approval by the Township Clerk, Township Police Department’s Animal Control Liaison Officer (Community Policing Officer), Township Purchasing Agent or any other person as authorized by the Township Clerk. 6. Report all bites and exposures of rabies as required by N.J.S.A. 26:4-78 et seq., to the New Jersey State Department of Health local Health Department having jurisdiction where the animal is located. If necessary, provide transportation of rabies specimens to the New Jersey State Department of Health laboratory. Rabies Laboratory (NJ Department of Health, Public Health, Environmental and Agricultural Laboratories PHEAL, Rabies Laboratory, NJ State Police Headquarters, 3 Schwarzkopf Drive, Ewing, NJ 08628) only after consulting with the local health department. 7. Transport feral cats to the Township’s designated animal shelter as required by state and local law...
