SCOPE OF WORK/SPECIFICATIONS: The Contractor shall be responsible for providing and/or complying with the following, at a minimum: A. The Contractor shall provide all labor, supervision, equipment, supplies, materials, tools, incidentals, and anything else required to clean the VSP location(s) listed above, except for the following items which are provided by VSP: rolled paper towels, tri-fold paper towels, plastic trash can liners, toilet tissue and hand soap. VSP will not furnish any equipment or cleaning supplies. Level of Service: The Contractor shall provide a level of cleaning that, at a minimum, is equal to standards defined by BSCAI - Building Service Contractors Association International www.bscai.org/ for “adequate” cleaning. “Adequate” shall be defined as a cleaning standard that will provide neither serious nor recurring criticism. D. Contractor Furnished Equipment and Supplies 1. Equipment: Limited space will be provided at the VSP site(s) for all equipment supplied by the Contractor, which should remain on the job site throughout the life of the contract. At a minimum, a vacuum cleaner must be kept at the VSP site and be available to VSP employees at all times. All equipment must be in good operating condition, properly maintained, OSHA-certified and/or meet all “OSHA requirements (as applicable), and in sufficient quantities to adequately perform all services. 2. Supplies: The Contractor shall furnish and maintain adequate stock of all cleaning supplies and solutions in their original marked containers. E. Emergency/Special Cleaning Occasionally, an emergency or special situation arises which warrants cleaning that falls outside the janitorial services otherwise described herein. In such event, VSP will request a detailed job estimate from the Contractor; any such estimate must include the anticipated number of labor hours required to complete the task(s) and an anticipated schedule to complete the task(s), as applicable. The hourly labor rate listed in the Pricing Schedule(s) shall be per employee, and shall be inclusive of all supervision, supplies, equipment, incidentals, and anything else which is included as part of janitorial services otherwise described herein. Any specialized equipment or supplies which may be required under this section may be reimbursed at cost (receipts must be provided with the invoice), upon VSP approval of the detailed job estimate. VSP will review any such job estimate and, in its sole discretion, determine whether the estimate is reasonable. If approved, the VSP CA will notify the Contractor that the estimate is approved, and then the work will be scheduled. Note: VSP reserves the right to obtain estimates from alternate sources.
