Specifications include, but are not limited to: Procurer is soliciting Proposals to obtain the services of a qualified Contractors to provide services to remove, process, and lawfully dispose of disaster-generated debris (other than hazardous materials and household putrescible garbage) from public property and public rights-of-way in its jurisdiction in response to an emergency event such as, but not limited to, hurricane(s), tornadoes(s), winter weather-ice storms, floods, earthquake(s), fire(s) or other natural or manmade disaster(s). Procurer is seeking proposals from highly qualified Contractors with experience in the specialized management of disaster response labor for the removal of debris along with the preparation, response, recovery, and mitigation phases of any emergency or disaster. Contractors must have the capability and ability to rapidly respond to wide scale debris volumes typically produced in hurricanes, tornadoes, and other disaster types as well as small scale debris volumes. It is the intent of Procurer to award contracts to a Primary and a Secondary Contractor for these services in order to ensure adequate resources at the time of an event. Polk County (“Procurer”) is procuring this service for a single contract with the selected Contractors to cover Polk County, Texas and the cities of Corrigan, Goodrich, Onalaska, and Seven Oaks. Contractors are advised that the Contracts with Polk County, Texas, may be used to assist other jurisdictions within Polk County, Texas, through a Mutual Aid Agreement.
