Janitorial Services for Senior Center and Rental Housing Facilities

The City of Pembroke Pines is seeking bids from qualified firms, hereinafter referred to as the Contractor, to provide janitorial services for the Senior Center and Rental Housing Facilities, in accordance with the terms, conditions, and specifications contained in this solicitation. The locations are as follows: Pines Place Housing Pines Point Housing / 501 Management Office Carl Shechter Southwest Focal Point Community Center. 1. All labor, supervision, equipment and material required to ensure the proper performance of this work at all locations, unless otherwise specified, shall be furnished by the successful bidder. 2. Due to the type of operations and activities in the different facilities, the hours of normal operation of the janitorial service will be set for the convenience of the Community Services Department. 3. In the event that some scheduled activity in the Carl Shechter Southwest Focal Point Community Center interferes with the normal scheduled cleaning, it will be arranged to complete cleaning after such activity is over. 4. During the hours of the Carl Shechter Southwest Focal Point Community Center operation, the successful bidder shall always have one (1) staff member on site assigned to attend to any and all janitorial requirements of this type of facility on an 8 hour per day schedule. This is in addition to the staff members required to meet the total janitorial requirements after normal hours of operation. 5. The successful bidder and its employees will report hazardous conditions and items in need of repair including burned-out lights, leaky faucets, toilet stoppages, etc. 6. The contractor shall comply with the City of Pembroke Pines procedures and requirements regarding sanitary techniques and safety. In addition, the contractor shall comply with OSHA Act # 1910.1030 regarding worker exposures to blood borne pathogens along with any and all Federal, State, and local laws and regulations now in effect, or hereinafter enacted during the term of this Agreement, which are applicable to the contractor, its employees, agents or subcontractors, if any, with respect to the work and services described herein. 7. When necessary to change clothing, employees of the successful bidder shall be required to change in predetermined areas. All employees shall also eat their lunches in designated locations. Successful bidder shall be responsible for ensuring that employees do not disturb papers on desks, open desks, drawers, cabinets, or use the telephones, which are provided strictly for the use of the employees. 8. The City shall have the right to require the contractor to remove from assignment to its facilities such employees as shall be deemed incompetent, careless, insubordinate, or in any way objectionable, or any personnel whose actions may be contrary to the public interest or inconsistent with the best interests of the City of Pembroke Pines. Selected contractor must comply with all applicable labor/employment laws and regulations. 9. Upon contract award, contractor is required to perform an initial cleaning to bring the location into contract compliance in accordance with the specifications. This cleaning must be performed within 30 days of start of service and satisfactory completion must be approved by the Community Services/Housing Director. Deficiencies identified by the City shall be corrected within 24 hours. Repeated deficiencies may result in service credits or termination.