Specifications include, but are not limited to: GENERAL: (applies to all groups): A. The Contractor shall provide all materials and labor necessary to meet the requirements of this bid. Work may be performed on the exterior or interior of buildings. B. Bid price shall include all labor, transportation, overhead, materials, testing fees, etc. to perform duties listed in this invitation to bid. C. All work shall be scheduled at the convenience of the City so as not to interfere with the City’s conduct of business. D. Contractor shall obtain all permits for inspections, tests and other services required for completion of work. Inspections shall be scheduled through the designated City Representative. E. All material shall be new (unless approved in writing by the City Representative). F. All wire/cables shall be copper unless otherwise approved by the City Project Manager. G. Persons performing Fire Suppression inspections shall be fully certified in the respective discipline for the work being performed. H. It is the contractor’s responsibility to ensure that all system inspections within the respective awarded groups remain current at all times. All systems must be tagged and/or labeled. Any system found to be out of compliance shall be grounds for termination of contract. I. City of Longview Fire Marshal shall be notified in accordance with State of Texas rules and standard any time a red or yellow tag is placed on a system. J. Contractor shall immediately notify Contract Administrator of any red and/or yellow tagged system. An update shall be immediately communicated to the Contract Administrator detailing the issue and requirements for compliance. City of Longview Contract Administrator will decide if repairs will be made during the current inspection visit. Contract Administrator and Contractor shall mutually agree on price of repairs. If repairs are made during inspection visit, no additional service charge will be billed. K. Contractor shall stock service vehicle with all necessary parts to perform routine maintenance and repairs, should they be authorized during inspection visit. 5.03 GROUP SPECIFICATIONS: Group 1 – Sprinkler Systems – Maintain sprinkler systems annual inspections in accordance with the latest published edition of NFPA 25 – Standard for the Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of Water-Based Fire Protection Systems. The Backflow Reporting Test shall be submitted to BSI (https://www.bsionlinetracking.com/) after each recorded Backflow Test. Reporting fees to BSI are considered subsidiary to the Backflow Testing. Group 2 – Hood Systems – Maintain kitchen hood systems semi-annual inspections in accordance with the latest published edition of NFPA 96 – Standard for Ventilation Control and Fire Protection of Commercial Cooking Operations.