Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1. The Contractor shall provide all labor materials, equipment, supplies and supervision necessary to provide snow and ice removal services for Newport News Public Schools. 2. The Contractor shall be available from approximately November through May for the removal of snow and ice. 3. The Contractor’s equipment shall have lights for night operations and all trucks must be equipped with auxiliary lights to provide safe operation when equipped with a plow and /or spreader. 4. NNPS will notify the Contractor when snow removal is required. The Contractor shall mobilize and begin snow removal operations within two (2) hours (depending on severity of conditions, a maximum three (3) hours may be allowable). 5. In the event the forecast calls for two (2) inches or more of snow and notified by NNPS, the Contractor shall be on stand-by for snow removal operations. 6. The Contractor shall have the capability to supervise and monitor the snow removal operations to ensure they are executed safely and within the time criteria specified in this bid. If the Contractor provides pricing for all sectors, it is assumed that the Contractor shall be capable of executing operations in all sectors simultaneously within the time criteria specified in this bid. 7. Time is of the essence in this contract. Tasks required: a) The Contractor shall snow plow all parking lots and bus driveway accesses to school; stockpiling of snow on site is allowed. a. First priority must be given to clearing the school bus parking areas located at Reservoir, Newsome Park and SCOT lots to allow access to school buses. These lots must be cleared no later than 6:30 a.m. b. Second priority must be given to clearing all early childhood centers and schools located in areas on Schedule A. These lots must be cleared no later than 7:00 a.m. c. Third priority must be given to schools located in Areas on Schedule B. These lots must be cleared no later than 7:30 a.m. d. Finally, all early childhood centers and schools listed on Schedule C must be cleared no later than 8:00 a.m. e. Please see Attachment A for schools and schedule listing. b) The Contractor shall provide and spread sand and/or salt on driveways and parking lots as required by NNPS. No area shall be used as “grit material” to replace sand or salt on any NNPS property. 8. The Contractor shall have completely cleared all snow and ice; spread sand and/or salt on all school bus parking areas, school parking lots and drives within all sectors as designated by NNPS. 9. The Contractor shall provide at least one person, per job site, at all times. Each school location shall be considered a job site. 10. The Contractor shall have a cellular phone or CB radio having at least 40 channels located within each piece of equipment. 11. Each piece of equipment offered must have enough service operators available so that it can be utilized 24 (twenty-four) hours per day during a snow emergency/inclement weather conditions, if required. 12. The Contractor shall be responsible for providing appropriate cutting edge/blades and snow deflectors for all plows, graders and loaders owned and operated by the Contractor. 13. The loader blades shall be a minimum of seven (7) feet wide and truck blades a minimum of ten (10) feet wide. 14. The Contractor shall provide tire chains (when needed) for all equipment under contract to include loaders and graders. 15. The Contractor shall provide spreaders with a minimum of a 1.5 cubic yard capacity for use on a single rear axle vehicle and should have a minimum of an eight (8) cubic yard capacity for use on a two (2) or more rear axle vehicle (i.e. under tailgate/tailgate spreader). 16. The Contractor shall provide plows to be used on a single and multi-rear axle trucks. The loaders shall be a minimum of eightyeight (88) inches in length with reversing capabilities that can be controlled from within the truck cab. Backhoes may be used in addition to all of the aforementioned equipment and shall be outfitted for snow removal operations. In the event that the Contractor’s equipment breaks down, no payment shall be made for use of that piece of equipment until the equipment is restored to full operating condition.
