Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1. The Successful Offeror(s) shall be a firm regularly engaged in the sale, supply and maintenance of beverage vending equipment. 2. The Successful Offeror(s) shall render services under the contract to be awarded pursuant to this RFP as an independent Contractor, and nothing herein shall be construed as placing any employees of the Successful Offeror in the category of either a classified or other type of employee of the County. 3. The Successful Offeror(s) shall provide beverage vending machines, all product, and service, to any of the approximately 72 schools/facilities requesting this service. The service shall include timely machine repair and maintenance, stocking product, collecting proceeds and remitting commissions timely to each facility. 4. The Successful Offeror(s) shall be granted exclusive use of the areas designated by the HCPS school Principal or his/her designee with the understanding that such area may be changed from time to time at the discretion of the school Principal. At no time shall a structure be altered to accommodate the placement of vending machines. 5. Beverages may not be dispensed through vending machines to elementary students; therefore, machines located at elementary schools shall be for faculty/adult use only. 6. The Successful Offeror(s) shall comply with excerpts from the Nutrition Sections of HCPS’s Wellness Policy which is subject to change as new laws are passed (see Attachment G). 7. A list of schools and annex locations is provided as Attachment F to this RFP and is not representative of any guarantee of the volume of business. All new schools and annex locations shall be serviced as part of this contract. 8. The beverage vending program should provide the highest amount of revenue for HCPS from commissions to generate funds for schools to use for the benefit of the entire school population. 9. The Successful Offeror(s) shall provide all services and products under the direction of HCPS and its principals or his/her designee.