Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Contractor / Prime Contractor shall furnish all necessary provisions, including personnel, labor, material, supplies, equipment, manifests, final disposal certification, and reports for the final disposal of all hazardous waste materials generated by the USC system within the mandated regulatory time periods. 1. The Contractor / Prime Contractor must obtain at no cost to the USC system all necessary permits, registrations, licenses, and any other forms of official documentation required to comply with all federal, state, and local regulations in order to perform to and complete the contract. 2. The Contractor / Prime Contractor must provide all the necessary personnel, equipment, and all of the required materials to package (including drums and absorbents), mark, label, manifest and transport the hazardous or universal waste properly. 3. The Contractor / Prime Contractor must have its own medical surveillance program for all of the people involved in this service contract. 4. The Contractor / Prime Contractor must use his own equipment and personnel to perform this contract. The primary Contractor shall not use the USC system employees, vehicle(s), or equipment under any circumstances. 5. Any chemist working on behalf of, or the Contractor /Prime Contractor must have a four (4) year chemistry or related degree. 6. The Contractor /Prime Contractor shall prepare all necessary pre-transport documents, including but not limited to, the lab pack inventories, waste profiles, uniform hazardous waste manifests, land disposal restriction notifications, and time material forms. These documents will be reviewed and signed by a representative for the USC system (who will be named prior to the commencement of the contract) prior to waste being transported off site. 7. The Contractor /Prime Contractor must use an inventory or other tracking mechanism that allows the USC system to identify, track, and trace the waste. 8. The Contractor / Prime Contractor must furnish the USC system with any and all analytical results obtained, in order to complete the waste profiles and manifests. Completed copies of the Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifests must be returned to the Contract Coordinator within 30 calendar days and Certificate of Disposal within 35 calendar days from the date of pick-up. 9. The Contractor / Prime Contractor must accept for proper disposal all wastes generated by the USC system within each regulatory period. 10. The Contractor / Prime Contractor will be held solely responsible for all damages to persons and property that they cause. The Contractor / Prime Contractor must take proper health & safety precautions to protect the integrity of the work, the workers, the property, and the environment in accordance with all applicable local, state, and federal rules & regulations including but not limited to OSHA, EPA, and DOT.