Specifications include, but are not limited to: A. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS: The Contractor shall furnish all labor, equipment, and materials as necessary to remove snow and/or ice from parking lots and sidewalks. Contractor shall be responsible for the repair of curbing, parking bumpers, asphalt and paving if it is found that damage to such areas was caused by extreme negligence on the part of the Contractor while performing the snow and/or ice removaltask. B. GENERAL PROCEDURE: Contractor shall immediately proceed with snow removal without the approval of DMV when the accumulation of snow is three-(3)inches depth and it is continuing to snow. If the accumulation is less than three (3)inches, DMV’s CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER’S manager or his/her designee shall determine the necessity for snow removal and notify the Contractor. The Contractor should be on site within two (2) hours of the notifying call. The Contractor shall be responsible for the removal of snow and/or ice from the facility’s parking lot(s), sidewalks and entranceways. C. EQUIPMENT, MATERIAL AND PERSONNELREQUIREMENTS: 1. The Contractor shall have available for snow and/or ice clearing services the necessary type of equipment needed to perform snow/ice removal services. All equipment used under this Contract shall be operated and maintained by the Contractor in a safe and mechanically reliable condition. 2. The Contractor shall spread sand or chemically treated sand when surface icing has occurred. Sand and snow melting materials shall be provided by the Contractor as needed. Only chemicals, which have been approved for use by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Virginia Department of Transportation, shall be used. Gravel and/or gravel dust shall not be used. 3. Contractor shall remove all sand and other de-icing residues from the parking lots and sidewalks, at the request ofthe Manager or his/her designee and dispose of them in a proper and legal manner, at the hourly rate as indicated in the pricing schedule.(See page 6.) 4. Grounds men shall be used to shovel snow from sidewalks, steps, and entranceways.
