A. Pest Control Services 1. Pest populations that are included under this Contract: The Vendor is responsible for eradicating indoor populations of various pests, including rats, mice, bedbugs, cockroaches, fleas, ticks, mealworms, ants, flies, silverfish, centipedes, millipedes, earwigs, spiders, crickets, wasps, moths, and gnats. This also includes incidental or occasional invaders entering from outdoors (such as bees, hornets, and wasps). Additionally, populations of these pests located immediately outside any facility, which could pose an infestation risk, fall under the Vendor’s responsibility. Furthermore, mosquitoes and other free-flying insects originating outdoors, as well as fleas and ticks in indoor areas, are covered by this Contract. 2. Pest populations that are excluded under this Contract: Pest control options for populations of the following pests are considered special services and are not covered under this Contract: • Birds, bats, snakes, and all other vertebrates other than commensal rodents • Termites, and other wood-destroying organisms 3. Insect Control In addition to traditional pest control methods, the Vendor may use non-chemical methods of control whenever possible, for example: • Exclusion and trapping devices such as bait stations, pheromone traps and sticky boards rather than pesticides wherever appropriate. • Bait formulations shall be used for cockroaches and any control devices wherever appropriate. Bait shall be placed in areas inaccessible to employees and inmates. 4. Rodent Control a. Outdoor Baiting 1) Rodenticide applications outside the building shall emphasize the direct treatment of rodent burrows whenever feasible. When rodent burrows cannot be located, exterior rodent control shall be accomplished with secured U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) registered tamper-resistant bait stations. 2) The Service Technician must check bait stations at each monthly visit and bait them as needed. 3) Bait is to be secured within the bait station and should be changed at least every 60 days to ensure effectiveness. 4) Tracking powder, mechanical traps, apple bait block, and glue boards may be needed for additional rodent control, at the Vendor’s expense. b. Indoor Trapping 1) Rodent control inside occupied buildings shall be accomplished with bait stations. 2) The Service Technician must check bait stations at each monthly visit and re-bait them every 60 days to ensure effectiveness. 3) Each bait station must reflect action taken on the Pest Control Report each month. 4) The Service Technician shall dispose of rodents killed or trapped upon inspection during the regularly scheduled service date. 5) Trap-checking will be the responsibility of TDCJ personnel outside of the Vendor’s regularly scheduled service date. 6) All bait stations, to include those owned by TDCJ, shall be maintained/replaced during the contract period.
