Draft Scope of Work for WTC Dust Cleaning, July 2002

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

unacceptable candidates from the pool of on-site workers. Background checks shall be completed with 30 days of the award of the contract. Thereafter, background checks shall be completed prior to employees beginning on-site work. EPA will provide guidelines for evaluating the background information collected. Contractors are required to maintain records of background checks for 4 years and to make them available to the DEP and EPA when requested.

At a minimum, the background check must include; 1. Law enforcement checks (5 years) g. Professional license and certification 4, D. Specifications The contractor shall have on staff and assigned to this contract a sufficient number of properly trained and certified workers to clean 20 units simultaneously and complete the cleaning activities in each residence within no more than 2 days. The contractor shall be prepared to work 7 days per week. Activities shall be coordinated with the Monitoring Contractor to ensure that the visual inspection is performed within two hours of the completion of cleaning activities. Cleaning activities shall be considered completed upon successful visual inspection by the Monitoring Contractor. Copies of all invoices for work conducted under this contract shall be provided to EPA. EPA will review submitted invoices to confirm that the work has been completed and forward them to DEP for processing. Decisions regarding the reimbursement of costs will be made by DEP.

Electricity and water necessary to conduct the work required under this contract will be provided by the owner or occupant of the work area.

All cleaning operations will be conducted in accordance with either Scope A or Scope B as described below. HEPA means a filter system capable of trapping and retaining 99.97% of all mono-dispersed particles of 0.3 micrometers in diameter.

Vacuum or HEPA vacuum means a vacuum cleaner equipped with a HEPA filter, with a minimum static water lift of 95 inches.

Water extraction cleaner means a water extraction carpet cleaner equipped with a motorized agitator brush for carpet cleaning and upholstery nozzle with a minimum static water lift of 95 inches.

The cleaning contractor shall attend the mandatory pre-bid meeting and project kick off meeting prior to the commencement of work. The cleaning contractor shall as requested, attend meetings or participate in conference calls with EPA to coordinate field activities.

The cleaning contractor shall apply for any and all necessary permits and applications necessary to complete the work. 3

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