Pre-solicitation Notice Furnish all labor, supervision, materials, and equipment necessary to accomplish complete removal of general unregulated waste/trash from The Durham Veterans Health Care System and CBOC s. Hazardous waste removal is not included in this contract. The pick-up schedule will be closely adhered to prevent inconsistent and unnecessary call-ins. Additional charges will not be imposed for call-ins resulting from inconsistent dumping which are not in accordance with contract requirements. The contractor shall assume full responsibility for compliance with all Federal, State, City and County laws, rules and regulations governing removal of waste materials. Contractor shall steam and disinfect the VA owned trash compactor/dumpster located at Bldg. 1, 14, 15, 23, 8 and Durham s VAMC Government Owned San-I-Pak with a VA approved germicide. This equipment shall be cleaned and disinfected at the contractor s facility on a semi-annual basis or more frequently if warranted. Contractor shall provide all transportation of all compactors/dumpsters requiring proper equipment to transport. Containers listed for shall be cleaned and sanitized as needed with VA approved germicide. The containers shall be kept neat in appearance, repaired and painted when warranted (i.e. appearance of rust spots, stains, excessively chipped areas, etc.) and replaced immediately if broken or non-functional. Extra pickups due to excess trash generated at the facility will be charged at regular pick price set by the contract. The contractor shall furnish the necessary metal containers of approximate size and configuration. The containers shall be of such a design that the material can be dumped into them with the containers on or off docks. See the attached listing of VA needs. The COTR or designee will indicate the specific location in each area. The VA reserves the right to relocate the containers when deemed necessary.