Montgomery County, Division of Facilities Management in the Department of General Services is responsible for the maintenance, modernization, restoration, repair, and testing of vertical transportation systems in its various facilities. This solicitation includes hydraulic and traction elevators, escalators, wheelchair lifts, dock levelers and dumbwaiters.
It is the County's intent to enter into a contract with a complete full-service contractor specializing in vertical transportation system (such as elevators, escalators, wheelchair lifts, dock levelers and dumbwaiters.) maintenance, modernization, restoration, repair, testing and service regardless of the manufacture, make, style, size or age of the equipment. The Contractor must have licensed and certified elevator repair technicians as part of their regular full-time staff for the maintenance, modernization, restoration, repair, testing and service of elevator and vertical transportation systems and the associated remote monitor system in its various facilities throughout Montgomery County, Maryland as specified in this solicitation. The Contractor must have, as part of their regular full-time staff, an emergency dispatch service which will provide 24 hour emergency call back service with a guaranteed prompt response regardless of the time of day or night in which service is requested. The Contractor must have an in-house parts inventory of replacement components at their services location or warehouse and all maintenance personnel must be equipped with an on-hand inventory of commonly used replacement parts on their company supplied service vehicles. The Contractor must have NEIEP (National Elevator Industry Education Program) trained service technician(s) with national QEI (Qualified Elevator Inspector) certification(s) as licensed Elevator/Escalator Inspector(s). In addition, the Contractor must have at least five (5) years of experience in the vertical transportation and elevator maintenance.
