SOLICITATION NOTICE
Q -- PEST CONTROL SERVICES
- Notice Date
- 9/9/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 561710
— Exterminating and Pest Control Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs;VAMC Manchester;718 Smyth Road;Manchester NH 03104
- ZIP Code
- 03104
- Solicitation Number
- VA-241-07-RP-0319
- Response Due
- 9/27/2007
- Archive Date
- 11/26/2007
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- PEST CONTROL SERVICES 1. Furnish all labor, equipment and supplies necessary to perform an acceptable RODENT and PEST CONTROL SERVICE in accordance with all terms, conditions, specifications and schedules of this proposal. The service shall control insects, arachnids, rodents and similar pests such as roaches, mice, firebrats, rats, silverfish, flies, clover mites, moles, earwigs, etc., to the satisfaction of the Housekeeping Officer for the following buildings and exterior grounds: ISC Trailer Main Medical Center - Building 1 Quarters - Building 2 Office Building 3 Office Building 4 (including resident quarters) Office Building 5 Office Building 6 Building 7 (Garage, Boiler Plant, Shops) Building 8 (Water supply pump house) Building 11 (Smyth Tower, fieldstone) Building 15 ( NHCU I & II) Building 18 (Ambulatory Care) All exterior buildings and grounds located on the Campus of the VA Medical Center. 2. Inspection and treatment of buildings and exterior grounds shall be made during regular medical center work hours 7:30 am - 4:00 pm, twice each month on days designated by the Contracting Officer. Inspection and treatment shall also be made after regular hours, if prearranged by the Housekeeping Officer. In addition to the two (2) required visits the contractor will be required to, at no extra cost, apply additional treatment for pest control, inspect and treat sub-basement of building 1. This shall be accomplished on a semi-annual basis. The contractor shall arrive at the medical center within twenty-four hours after receiving notice from the Contracting Officer or Housekeeping Officer that additional service is required. 3. In the course of the regularly scheduled visits, at least twice every calendar month the contractor shall apply to all premises, residual treatment for the control of roaches. This application will only be in cracks and crevices in the food processing area. In the course of the regularly scheduled visits, at least three times during the period of May to October the contractor shall apply a treatment to control flies in all areas in which food is stored, handled, prepared or served and where garbage is handled, stored or collected. This application shall not be residual. The contractor may use any individual formulations or combination of formulations, PROVIDED they are compatible. The Pesticides Regulations Branch Plant Pest Control Division, research service, US Department of Agriculture must have them registered for use in dwellings, and the Housekeeping Officer must approve them. Between the months of May and October the contractor shall inspect for pests during his regular visits. If needed, the contractor shall apply pesticide (twice annually) to plant growth on the exterior of the medical center grounds. The areas included in this application are all the evergreen and deciduous trees and scrubs around buildings 1,2,3,4,5,6, NHCU, ACU, Garage, Boiler Plant and the medical center grounds perimeter. 4. All rodenticide or traps shall be placed only at times and in areas approved by the Housekeeping Officer. No pest control material or traps shall be allowed in contact with food or cooking utensils. 5. The use of rodenticide other than Red Quill, Talon - G, or Pival shall be restricted to locations specifically provided by the Housekeeping Officer. When warfarin is used for the control of rodents, dilutions shall be in the amount of 0.25% to 0.50% mixed with grain or cereal. 6. Prior to initial applications of pesticides and rodent control chemicals, the contractor will be required to furnish the medical center, names and sample labels of chemicals to be used, trade names (if any) and the applicable antidotes. The contractor shall furnish the same information each time he changes chemicals or products used in the performance of this contract. This information is required by the medical center for emergency treatment in the event of ingestion of and/or contact with any chemical by humans. All trapped rodents shall be recovered and disposed of by the contractor within a reasonable time frame, as established by the Housekeeping Officer. No pest control materials or equipment are to be stored or kept at the VA Medical Center when the contractor is not working, without the express approval of the Housekeeping Officer. 7. Following each visit and inspection of a building, the contractor shall sign and complete VA form 10-9020-a. The contractor shall state the conditions under which treatment was rendered, area treated and formula and pesticide used. The contractor shall inspect all station buildings to determine if any termite problems exist and submit a report to the Housekeeping Officer. Chemicals to be used must be mixed in the presence of the Housekeeping Officer or his designee. The person applying the pesticide shall wear protective clothing provided by the contractor. If gowns are needed, they will be provided by the VA Medical Center. The definitions and policy statement issued by the Environmental Protection Agency, dated August 2, 1973 is incorporated in this contract.
- Web Link
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RICHARD.MARINO@MED.VA.GOV
(http://www2.fbo.gov/spg/VA/MaVAMC608/MaVAMC608/VA%2D241%2D07%2DRP%2D0319/RICHARD.MARINO@MED.VA.GOV)
- Place of Performance
- Address: DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;718 SMYTH RD;MANCHESTER,NH 03104
- Zip Code: 03104
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 03104
- Record
- SN01400365-W 20070911/070909220427 (fbodaily.com)
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