N.J. Admin. Code § 7:26H-6.15

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 7:26H-6.15 - Additional terms and conditions

(a) The contractor shall maintain telephone service attended by an employee of the contractor during scheduled hours of collection, on all collection days. The contractor's telephone number shall be in service prior to the commencement of service and the contracting unit shall be responsible for publishing the number in the same manner it publishes the telephone numbers of all providers of governmental services.

(b) The contractor shall promptly and properly attend to all complaints of residents and all notices, directives and orders of the contract administrator within 24 hours of the receipt of same. The contractor shall keep a record of complaints and the date and time of the responses to such complaints, as well any action taken. A written summary of all complaints and responses shall be provided to the contract administrator each month.

(c) The contractor shall ensure that no agent or employee shall solicit or be permitted to receive gratuities of any kind for any of the work or services provided in connection with the contract.

(d) All collection vehicles shall be compaction type, completely enclosed and watertight. Subject to the prior approval of the contract administrator, the contractor may employ equipment other than compaction type vehicles on streets whose width precludes the use of such vehicles. The contractor shall specify whether the vehicles are side, front or rear loading.

(e) The contractor shall maintain all collection vehicles in good working order and shall ensure that no collection vehicle is used in such a manner that littering and spillage of solid waste occurs. The contract administrator may inspect the contractor's collection vehicles during the term of the contract to ensure that the collection vehicles are being operated and maintained in accordance with the requirements of this subsection. The contractor shall comply with all reasonable requests to inspect collection vehicles and shall comply with the contract administrator's requests relative to the maintenance, cleanliness and repair of the collection vehicles. Failure to respond to reasonable requests to inspect shall constitute a breach of contract and may result in termination of the contract. Upon contractor's failure to respond to reasonable requests regarding maintenance, cleanliness and repair of a collection vehicle, the contract administrator shall have the right to order the non-conforming collection vehicle out of service. In such event, the contractor shall provide, at its sole cost and expense, a conforming vehicle.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:26H-6.15