25H - AGMT - STREET SWEEPING SERVICES

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II. CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES A. WORK ASSIGNMENTS AND SCHEDULE The Contractor shall be provided weekly route schedules by the City (Exhibit 1). The Contractor shall submit a written sweeping schedule to the City Projects Manager or designee within fifteen (15) days of the effective date of an executed agreement. This schedule shall clearly identify the sweeping tasks required by this agreement and days they are scheduled to be performed in each particular area. Contractor shall have ability to review and propose sweeping route modifications to the City for review as efforts to improve sweeping program efficiency. If it is necessary to make periodic revisions to this maintenance schedule, a modified schedule must be submitted for review to the Projects Manager or designee for approval prior to the date the changes are to take effect, but not less than 48-hours. Otherwise, it is intended that the Contractor will develop a permanent schedule utilizing the information, route schedule and any other information provided by the City, which will allow the City to monitor the Contractor's progress. Failure to notify of a change and/or failure to perform an item of work on a scheduled day may result in deduction of payment for that date or week based on curb miles not swept. The Contractor shall adjust his/her schedule to compensate for all holidays and rainy days. Street sweeping shall be scheduled for all regular holidays and rainy days, unless otherwise indicated by the City. The designated Contractor holidays for this contract shall be New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. B. ALTERNATIVE-FUEL SWEEPING EQUIPMENT This solicitation for services will require alternative-fuel sweepers ONLY, as defined pursuant to Air Quality Management District (AQMD) Rule 1186.1 - alternative-fuel sweeper means a sweeper with engine(s) that use compressed or liquefied natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas (propane), methanol, electricity, or fuel cells. Hybrid-electric and dual fuel technologies that use diesel fuel are not considered alternative-fuel technologies for the purposes of Rule 1186.1. C. STREET SWEEPING EQUIPMENT 1. The street sweeper or any relief sweeper used to perform this contract work shall: a. Be AQMD and State (if applicable) approved alternative fuel. The Contractor shall be liable for all AQMD, State or Federal fines levied against the City relating to Contractor street sweeping equipment violations. b. Be a standard full size motorized sweeper equal to or larger than an Elgin Broom Sweeper, Tymco 600, Schwarze model A8000 or similar model with equal pick up abilities with dual putter brooms. Vacuum sweepers may be considered. c. Be no more than seven (7) years in age at any period during the contract. d. Be able to deposit hopper debris in 3-yard bins or larger (washout, cleaning, dumping of hopper on streets will not be allowed). e. Be maintained in top-class running condition including arriving clean for each daily schedule. f. The Contractor shall provide a relief sweeper to complete scheduled routes for each sweeper out of operation, broken down, scheduled for maintenance or any other similar situation. g. The Contractor shall provide a listing of all sweepers and relief sweepers identifying: i. Make, model, and year. ii. Company identification unit number. iii. California license number. iv. Company vehicle colors. V. Sweeper color, if different. vi. Names of all operators to be used, California driver's license number, license class, expiration date and a recent California DMV record for each driver. Exhibit A - Next Page 25H-43