Manchester Town Opengov #26/27-23

Custodial services for Manchester Public Library’s Whiton Branch

The Town of Manchester is seeking a custodial contractor for its Whiton Branch public library. - Government buyer: Town of Manchester, Library Department; Purchasing Division. Purchasing Agent: Cora Narracci. - Scope: Custodial services for an approximately 12,367-square-foot library, including daily, weekly, monthly, and semi-annual cleaning, inspections, emergency call-outs, and occasional program and meeting support. - Additional duties: Transport approximately 6–8 bins of books and supplies between the branch and main library four times per week. The library provides specified consumables; the contractor provides cleaning equipment and other supplies. - Service requirements: Major cleaning occurs outside public hours. Emergency response during library hours is required within one hour; after-hours call-outs have a three-hour minimum payment. - Bid line items: Annual custodial service; per-event cleaning for the Children's Room, Children's Program Room, and King's Daughter's Room; per-event interior and exterior cleaning of prime and storm windows; and three hourly rates for additional work or deleted duties, with job titles identified. - Notable qualifications and safeguards: At least three years of comparable experience within the prior ten years, Greater Hartford-area office or assigned personnel, annual statewide police background checks, employee training, OSHA bloodborne-pathogen procedures, and safety data sheets for cleaning chemicals. A Living Wage Certification is required; living-wage and prevailing-wage requirements may apply. - Award structure: The Town intends to select one contractor based on total bid price. - OEMs and vendors: No product manufacturers, OEMs, or contractor vendors are named.

Description

The Town of Manchester is seeking bids for custodial services at Whiton Memorial Library, including daily, weekly, monthly, and semi-annual cleaning, inspections, emergency call-outs, and occasional support for programs and meetings. The approximately 12,367-square-foot branch requires four weekly exchanges transporting books and supplies between the branch and the main library at 1041 Main Street. Major cleaning is to take place outside normal library hours; the contractor provides cleaning equipment and supplies, while the library provides specified consumables. Bids are submitted electronically, and the contract is from award through January 31, 2028, with up to five additional one-year extensions by mutual agreement.

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