S208--Street Sweeping Service at NY VA, Lyons and East Orange Campuses.

The contractor's service operating hours timeframe is between 4:30PM - 11:00PM and it is the contractor's requirement to report to plant operation supervisor/foreman before performing any street sweeping service. Will there be VA personnel any time during the timeframe mentioned above to acknowledge and receive/sign service reports after task completion?

Response:

East Orange Campus: Yes , boiler plant operator will receive reports and sign sweeper in and out.

Lyons Campus: Yes, Boiler plant operator will sign contractor in and out and will take receipt of sweeping ticket stating date, milage covered, time in/time out, location and cubic yards collected.

What is the total measure of lane miles of streets needing service?

Response:

East Orange Campus: A total sweep of lots and roads are approx. 4/5 miles.

Lyons Campus: Lyons campus is approx. 13 miles of sweeping covered

What is the total square mile of parking lots needing service at each location?

Response:

East Orange: Questions 3./4.Volume of debris swept is between 3 and Don t know the weight in lbs.

Lyons Campus: unknown the exact square mile.

What is the total volume of waste collected per service in LBs?

Response:

East Orange Campus: Response is answered in question 3 response.

Lyons Campus: On average it has been 3cu. Yds per sweeping event

Could the primary contractor bid into this contract without having a public work registration if the teaming sub-vendor has public work registration in NJ to operate street sweeping services?

Response: Yes

Could you provide the property line at each location to clarify the area of service.

Response: A map will be provided with this information once awarded for each campus.

H) All vehicle operators shall possess a Commercial Driver s License from the state of New Jersey. The Contractor shall submit copies of all street sweeper operators to the COR for approval before they are allowed to operate a street sweeper on VA property.

We noticed that one of the operator requirements is that the drivers have a CDL. Would there be an issue with using trucks that do not require a CDL or drivers to have a CDL? This will assist in pricing as there we are capable of performing with and without a CDL.

Response: There is no issue with this at Lyons or East Orange, but in the past, it has been a large (CDL Class B) type sweeper that comes around. We expect 3 cu. yds. to be hauled out as normal, so if they can do it with a smaller truck that is up to the vendor , but we will not lower our quality standards because vendor chooses to use a smaller truck.