Specifications include, but are not limited to: SCOPE OF WORK/SPECIFICATIONS The contractor will be requested and required to visit proposed job sites and furnish estimated costs for completing the plumbing services. Any request for quotes or estimates is considered standard overhead and will be at the contractors expense. The contractor shall provide goods and/or services only after receipt of a written or verbal Chesterfield County Purchase Order containing a purchase order number. Any goods or services provided without a written purchase order or a verbal request containing a purchase order number shall be at the contractors expense. The contractor will furnish an itemized ticket for every work or service call. The ticket should include the date, total hours broken down by number of hours, contract rates, cost of materials, work site and purchase order number and shall be signed by a representative of the requesting department when the work is completed. Labor Rates: Labor rates will include all overhead, profit, administrative cost, supervision, individual job/project cost estimations, insurance, truck mileage, union pension fund, workmans compensation, unemployment insurance, social security, etc. NO ADDITIONAL COST WILL BE ALLOWED Shop Supplies, Miscellaneous: A per job fee of fifteen ($15.00) dollars maximum will be allowed for the use of miscellaneous shop supplies that may be used and normally carried on service trucks. Miscellaneous shop supplies may include, but are not limited to: shop towels, pipe dope, glue, solder, small fittings, flux, saw blades, sand paper, sand cloth, hard copper, wire nuts, tape, welding gas, etc. Materials Purchased: All materials purchased and used by the contractor shall be billed at actual cost to the contractor. Actual cost shall be defined as the exact dollar amount paid to a supplier by the contractor for materials to be used on behalf of the county. No additional markup of any kind shall be allowed on materials. Should the contractor have to depart the job site to obtain parts not on hand, a maximum time of one (1) hour of labor time, for a helper Page 4 of 26 only, will be allowed. Any time taken in excess of one (1) hour or any additional trips for materials taken shall be at the expense of the contractor. Equipment Rental: The contractor may be required, during the course of the contract, to rent various equipment needed to provide the work. Any equipment rental used by the contractor shall be billed at actual cost to the contractor. Actual cost shall be defined as the exact dollar amount paid by the contractor for rental of equipment to be used on behalf of the county. No additional markup of any kind shall be allowed on equipment rentals. Overtime: Any overtime is to be approved in advance by appropriate county staff. Regular time will be considered less than 8 hours per day. Overtime rates will not be effective until eight (8) hours per day have been worked. Holidays: Chesterfield County will consider the following holidays as dates for which the holiday rate will be paid: Lee Jackson Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Years Day. Billing Time: Billing time shall begin when the contractor arrives on site to begin the work. Billing time shall stop when the contractor leaves the job site. No travel time will be allowed. Should the contractor have to depart the job site to obtain parts not on hand, a maximum time of one (1) hour of labor time, for a helper only, will be allowed. Any time taken in excess of one (1) hour or any additional trips for materials taken shall be at the expense of the contractor. For jobs where an estimate is provided one day and the contractor must start the job on another day, then the contractor shall arrive at the jobsite with all materials and supplies needed to complete the job. Work Crew: A normal work crew will consist of one plumber and one helper.
