UP3 - Structural IPM Contracting

Contracting for Structural IPM Services--Tools and Resources

This web page provides guidance and resources for developing contracts and bid documents for structural pest management services that will help agencies meet their goals of reducing both pest complaints and pesticide use.

Workshop materials: Wise Ways To Get the IPM Service You Want, November 6, 2007

Presentations:

Integrated Pest Management: the Water Quality Perspective, Thomas Mumley, Assistant Executive Officer, San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board
IPM in Public Buildings: the GSA Program, Al Greene, National IPM Coordinator, U.S. General Services Agency
Contracting for Pest Management Services in Public Buildings, Al Greene, National IPM Coordinator, U.S. General Services Agency
Evaluating Pest Management Programs in Public Buildings, Al Greene, National IPM Coordinator, U.S. General Services Agency
EcoWise Certified: Recognition and Rewards for Professional IPM Practitioners, Ted Shapas, Program Manager, EcoWise Certified

Handouts:

Key Points: Contracting for Structural IPM Services Note: This document refers to Part 1 of the EcoWise Certified standards. For a copy of the standards, click here.
Partnering to Make IPM Work: Roles and Responsiblities of Customers and PCOs
Options for Including EcoWise Certified in a Bid Process, Note: This document refers to Part 1 of the EcoWise Certified standards. For a copy of the standards, click here.
EcoWise Overview
Piloting Structural IPM at a Public Agency
Note: The UP3 Project recommends that an agency implement IPM for all its facilities at the same time in order to meet its IPM goals and have an efficient contracting process. If a pilot effort in one or two facilities is desired; however, this document (prepared by Bart Bradenburg of the Bio-Integral Resource Center) provides guidance.

Handouts from the U.S. General Services Administration:

Sample Bid Documents:
(for additional samples contact the UP3 Project Manager at UP3@waterboards.ca.gov )

Scope of Work and Request for Qualifications for IPM Structural Pest Control Service, City of Palo Alto

Combined RFP Score Sheet for IPM Contract (blank), City of Palo Alto

Final IPM Contract Language, City of Palo Alto
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP 83518) Integrated Pest Management Service for City Owned Buildings and Properties, City and County of San Francisco

Addendum #1, San Francisco RFP
Addendum #2, San Francisco RFP
Evaluation worksheets, San Francisco RFP

Additional IPM Contracting Documents:

Presentations from May 23, 2007 structural IPM contracting training. Includes Contracting for IPM Service, Tanya Drlik, BIRC, "Key Elements of a Structural IPM Bid/Contract," Laura Speare, UP3 Project, and Piloting Structural IPM Implementation," Bart Brandenburg, BIRC

Resources

Hiring a Structural IPM Service Provider:

For information on service providers and practitioners who are EcoWise Certified, click here
For more information about EcoWise Certified, click here
For a fact sheet on Finding a Pest Control Company that Can Prevent Pest Problems (prepared by the Our Water Our World program), click here.

Guidance:

IPM Toolkit
The County of Sacramento has put together a web-based IPM Toolkit to help public agency staff who are responsible for developing and/or implementing “in-house” Integrated Pest Management (IPM) policies and procedures. It provides easy access to a variety of information resources, such as guidance on setting up IPM programs; sample bids and contracts; model ordinances and forms; pest management practice; a list of IPM vendors and experts. To visit the IPM Toolkit, click here.

Document Library--Federal General Services Agencies
This federal document library contains guidance documents and business practices for integrated pest management, including Integrated Pest Management Program, Contract Guide Specification

Note: This web page and the documents posted on it are considered "living documents." The UP3 Project welcomes feedback; send feedback to the UP3 Project Manager at UP3@waterboards.ca.gov