SOW - Solid Waste.pdf

Woodrow Wilson Keeble Memorial Health Care Center

Indian Health Service

Statement of Work

Solid Waste Removal Services

Background:

The Mission of the Woodrow Wilson Keeble Memorial Health Care Center is to provide the best possible healthcare services to the Native American population of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation. To meet this mission the Woodrow Wilson Keeble Memorial

Health Care Center has identified a need for a Non-Personal Service Contract for Solid Waste

(Garbage) Removal Services.

Period of Performance:

Period of Performance will be Date of Award x One Year plus 4 Option Years. It shall be performed during regular business hours. Regular business hours are defined Monday through

Friday between the hours of 8:00am-4:00pm. Schedule shall be coordinated with the Facilities

Manager or his/her designated representative.

Purpose:

Solid waste removal are services needed for removal of items from the facility that are no longer usable and considered waste and outdated. These services being rendered by the Contractor shall include the removal of all materials considered disposable and out dated waste. Some items include but are not limited to: metal poles, wood and other disposable garbage.

Contractor Responsibilities:

1. The Contractor shall be responsible for making a complete survey of the premises where dumpster services are to be rendered at the Sisseton Service Unit area at 100 Lake Traverse

Drive, Sisseton, SD, in order to be thoroughly familiar with the coverage of the service requested in this specification. Any misunderstandings arising from not fully meeting the requirements outlined in this specification due to failure in making a survey shall not excuse the Contractor from fully complying with the requirements of the specification outlined.

2. One hundred four (104) pick-up services shall be performed regularly, twice a week, Tuesday and Thursdays. The facility will also request up to sixteen (16) additional pickups throughout the year. The dumpster services are to be rendered at the Sisseton Service Unit

100 Lake Traverse Drive and for a 20-25 yard roll off dumpster next to the facilities loading dock. Contractor shall obtain permission from the Facilities Manager and the Contracting

Officer prior to performing additional services that may be needed outside the specified hours of the Period of Performance.

3. The Contractor shall provide a waste manifest report for each pickup and obtain signature from the Facilities Manager or designated representative, any of the maintenance workers, or Property & Supply personnel, after picking up all solid waste and prior to leaving the premises or invoice(s) will not be paid.

Statement of Work

Solid Waste Removal Services

4. Contractor shall provide all equipment required to remove solid waste; and maintain the dumpster areas and dispose of materials that are in and around the dumpsters. Contractor shall ensure that items being disposed of will have proper coverings to prevent debris from falling onto the roads, etc. No equipment shall be stored or kept at any Indian Health

Service facility when the Contractor is not working, with the express approval of the

Facilities Manager at the Sisseton Service Unit.

5. All materials (i.e. wood, glass, metal, plastic, cardboard, and rubber) shall be disposed of in an EPA-Certified landfill according to landfill regulations.

6. The Contractor shall be responsible for all travel, lodging, per diem, fringe benefits, Federal/State/Local taxes, plus any other costs pertinent to the performance of this contract.

Government Furnished Property, Facilities, and Services:

Personnel for signatures.

Contractor Furnished Property, Facilities, and Services:

The Contractor shall provide his or her own equipment (including roll off dumpster), vehicles, tools, personnel, and transportation to complete the performance of the contract.

Technical Requirements:

The Contractor shall provide:

1. Adequate staff that possess the appropriate licenses in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local law regulations. A copy of the certifications shall be submitted with bid proposal.

2. Proof of insurance, which shall be included with the bid proposal.

3. Personnel contact information.

Quality Assurance:

The Contractor shall provide solid waste removal services in a professional manner to meet Indian

Health Service regulations. An inspection of the dumpster location areas will be done to ensure that all materials specified for this contract have been removed.

Designation of Project Officer:

The person identified below is hereby designated as the Project Officer for this contract. The responsibility of the Project Officer (or his duly representative) is to ensure that the Government technical objectives are met. The Project Officer will provide necessary information, direction, coordination, etc., within the contractual work description. Issuance of changes which affect the articles, terms, or conditions of this contract will be accomplished through the Contracting Officer who is the only party authorized to bind the Government to the contract.

Jessie Chanku, Facilities Manager

Statement of Work

Solid Waste Removal Services

Woodrow Wilson Keeble Memorial Health Care Center

Indian Health Service

100 Lake Traverse Drive

Sisseton, SD 57262

Phone: (605) 742-3602

Fax: (605) 742-3896

Issuance of changes which affect the articles, terms, or conditions of this contract will be accomplished through the Contracting Officer who is the only party authorized to bind the

Government to the contract.

1. Authority

1.1. No person other than the Contracting Officer has authority to bind the Government with respect to this contract.

1.2. No action or omission of any government employee or representative other than the

Contracting Officer shall increase or decrease the scope of this contract or shall otherwise modify the terms and conditions of this contract.

1.3. In no event shall any of the following be effective or binding on the Government or imputed to the Contracting Officer with respect to this contract:

1.3.1. An understanding or agreement between the Contractor and anyone other than the

Contracting Officer;

1.3.2. A purported modification or change order issued by anyone other than the

Contracting Officer;

1.3.3. A promise by anyone other than the Contracting Officer to provide additional funding or make payments; or

1.3.4. An order, direction, consent, or permission from anyone other than the

Contracting Officer to:

1.3.4.1. Incur costs in excess of a specified estimated cost, allotment of funds, or other ceiling; or

1.3.4.2. Expend hours in excess of a specified level of effort.