Description
The Sioux Falls VA Healthcare System is seeking vendors to provide Integrated Pest Management (IPM) services. The contractor will be responsible for developing and implementing an IPM plan, providing pest control services, and maintaining records. The contract will be for a period of one year, with the option to renew. The contractor will be required to provide services to the Sioux Falls VA Health Care System and the Wagner CBOC clinic. Key services include:
* Inspection to determine which pest management measures are appropriate and required
* Recommending environmental sanitation practices that restrict or eliminate food, water or harborage for pests
* Selection and utilization of non-chemical control methods which eliminate, exclude or repel pests
* Selection and use of the most environmentally sound pesticide(s) to affect control when chemical control methods are necessary
* Control of general anthropod pests, flying insect pests, predatory pests, stored products, mice and rats, and other vertebrate pests
* Evaluation of control measures through follow-up inspections
* Maintenance of all insect trap lights and sticky traps
* Drains treatment with liquid bacteria and enzymes for digesting organic matter build up
* Exterior treatment of all buildings 3 times per year with pesticide application 3 feet up and 3 feet out from base of buildings
* Providing same day emergency pest control services within four hours of notification
* Providing insect lamps and service maintenance on all lamps
* Maintaining a log of all bait stations/traps in an electronic or paper system
* Compliance with Federal Law, EPA, OSHA, CDC Regulation and guidelines, Local VHA program guide, station standard procedures and guidelines, State of South Dakota Laws, State of South Dakota Department of Agriculture, City of Sioux Falls ordinance, Minnehaha County Laws and various laws, regulation, instructions and guideline.