LBHA- Invitation for Bids-On Call Snow Removal 20261113

The successful bidder(s) shall be required to provide the full range of On-Call Snow Removal Services at all properties identified by the Housing Authority in the contract award. The Scope of Services shall include, but not be limited to, the following: A. When weather conditions dictate and weather reports indicate alert warnings of snow accumulation of four (4) inches or more, the authorized Authority personnel will call the Contractor to provide snow plowing and ice removal and sand/salt spreading services at the listed sites. LBHA Maintenance Director may request contractor to perform snow removal services of lesser accumulations. These services will be provided only when called by the Director of Maintenance or his designee. No services are to be provided and will not be paid without prior request from the Director of Maintenance or his designee. B. Snow plowing, removal and salting services shall be performed seven (7) days per week, including holidays, at all facilities herein listed. C. Contractor shall supply all labor, equipment, snow plows, front-end loaders, dump trucks, shovels, snow blowers, ice melt, salt, salt spreaders (hand & truck), and safety equipment needed to complete the work herein described. D. Snow plowing and ice removal and sand/salt spreading services from all paved areas, sidewalks, walkways, steps, entry ways, etc., as delineated on the site listing will be required when there is a snow accumulation of four (4) inches or more. All sidewalks, walkways, steps and entry ways shall be shoveled first and 100% calcium pellet ice melt will be spread on concrete surfaces. Rock salt/sand will be spread on blacktop or asphalt surfaces. All areas are to be kept snow and ice free at all times. Rock salt, sand and/or calcium pellet ice melt shall be applied in sufficient quantities necessary to quickly penetrate snow, ice, and frost to attain bare-pavement condition on the treated surfaces. E. Snow plowing and ice removal from all designated handicapped parking areas, and two or more unoccupied side by side parking spaces. F. Driveways and parking lots will be plowed when snow accumulation is four (4) inches or more. All parking lots will be plowed at four (4) inches of snow accumulation and, if necessary, revisited for the removal of remaining snow, once the residents remove their vehicles from the parking lot. Also, parking lots, driveways, etc. shall be salted after plowing. G. Two or more side by side unoccupied parking spaces, designated handicapped parking areas, driveways and roadways shall be cleaned down to the blacktop and other areas down to the concrete or other permanent surface. H. Power or manually shovel, if necessary, between all designated handicapped parking spaces, areas where there are two or more unoccupied parking spaces and all other areas. I. When surfaces are slippery and/or temperatures are at or below freezing, the contractor shall be responsible for applying ice melt, which must be spread on sidewalks and walkways, and salt must be spread onto all parking lot areas. The contractor shall have the ability to move snow off site, if so requested to do so by the Director of Maintenance or his designee. J. Remove snow and/or ice from site, only when directed by Director of Maintenance or his designee. Legally dispose of all snow and/or ice outside Housing Authority property. The cost submitted for this task shall be all inclusive. K. Relocate the snow to different areas at the site, as may be necessary or when directed by the Director of Maintenance or his designee. The cost submitted for this task shall be all inclusive. L. Determination of snow depth for payment purposes will be as recorded by the National Weather Service Office at, or approximate to each location serviced, at time and date snow is plowed. M. These specifications are intended to provide a guide on how the work is to be done, and material and equipment to be used, but in no way are they exhaustive. Should any work, equipment or material be required, which is not specified herein, but which is nevertheless necessary for the proper execution of the work, such work, equipment and material shall be provided without any additional compensation to the contractor.