Emergency Debris Removal and Management Services

The Vendor is required to provide emergency debris removal and management services are performed on an on-call basis only, activated following a disaster event.
- Core services
• Emergency roadway clearance (push operations) to restore access following a disaster event.
• Right-of-way debris removal, including vegetative, construction and demolition (C&D), and mixed debris types.
• Debris management site (DMS) establishment, operation, reduction (grinding, chipping, compaction), and closure.
• Transportation and final disposal of all debris to approved facilities.
• Specialized debris handling as directed, including hazardous trees and stumps, white goods, electronics, animal carcasses, and vehicles.
• Waterway and marine debris removal.
• Public drop-off site establishment and operation as directed by the county.
• Private property debris removal (demolition of damaged structures and removal under federally funded right of entry programs), subject to written county authorization and proper right-of-entry documentation for each property.
- Activation and mobilization
• Immediate deployment (all events): project manager (pm) and assistant pm on-site within twenty-four (24) hours; emergency clearance crews operational in all precincts within forty-eight (48) hours.
• Standard event: debris removal operations must begin within twenty-four (24) to forty-eight (48) hours of the notice to proceed (NTP) with 50% of proposed capacity within seventy-two (72) hours; 100% within ten (10) days of NTP.
• Catastrophic event (total debris > 8m cy): debris removal operations must begin within twenty-four (24) to forty-eight (48) hours of the NTP with 40% of proposed capacity within 96 hours; full mobilization on a best-efforts basis given regional resource competition, in collaboration with the county.
- Debris collection operations
• The county uses a zone-based, multi-pass collection system.
• Work systematically within each assigned zone, removing all disaster-generated debris without skipping difficult locations or small piles.
• Pass completion is verified through county-managed monitoring, photography, and GPS tracking.
• Zone assignments, priorities, and completion standards are issued by the county debris manager through written work directives.
• Not leave an assigned zone or redirect resources without county authorization, except for immediate life-safety situations (with notification to the county within two (2) hours).
• Erect and maintain all necessary barricades, suitable and sufficient lights, danger signals, signs and other traffic control devices at all contractor work areas.
• Qualified flag personnel where necessary to direct the traffic and shall take all necessary precautions for the protection of the work, and the safety of the public.
- Debris management sites
• At its sole discretion, the county may provide additional DMSS to the contractor.
• Responsible for maintaining and managing all debris operations at these sites.
• Restoring any DMSS to its original condition to the satisfaction of the property owner, abiding by all local, state and federal environmental regulatory requirements.
• DMS site preparation work is the responsibility of the contractor.
• The cost of the lease of the land is incidental to this pay item.
• Based on the severity of the disaster, the county may task the contractor with locating additional sites available as DMSS.
• The county does not warrant or guarantee the availability or use of any final disposal sites.
• Coordinate directly with owners of all final disposal sites.
• All final disposal sites must be approved, in writing, by the county.
• Remain legally responsible for the handling, reduction, and final haul-out and final disposal of all reduced and unreduced debris.
• DMS operations and remediation must comply with all local, state, and federal fire, safety and environmental standards.
• Contractor reduction, handling, disposal, and remediation operations must be approved, in writing, by the county.
• All labor, equipment, fuel, and miscellaneous costs necessary to manage and operate DMSS for the acceptance, management, segregation, and staging of disaster related debris.
• DMS layout and ingress and egress plan must be approved by the county.
• The management of DMSS includes assistance in obtaining necessary local, state, and federal permits and operating in accordance with all local, state, and federal regulatory agencies.
• Debris at the DMSS will be clearly segregated and managed according to the separately priced collection operations outlined in these specifications and attachments.
• DMS and work area traffic control and dust control.