Attachment_F_-_SC_Pesticide_Application_Record.pdf

Attachment F is a Sarasota County Pesticide Application Record form designed to document and track herbicide and pesticide applications across county-managed properties in Florida. This form serves as a compliance and reporting tool for contractors performing landscape maintenance services under Sarasota County's countywide landscape maintenance procurement (IFB #262798MN). The record captures essential application details including the certified applicator's license information, application date and time, treatment location and habitat type, targeted species, herbicide or adjuvant product names, application rates, environmental conditions at time of application (air temperature, cloud cover, wind speed and direction), and total acreage treated. The form includes a cover class rating system (0-100% range in six categories) to document the extent of targeted species coverage being treated. Bidders responding to the County's landscape maintenance services solicitation—which encompasses approximately 201 county-owned properties across four geographic service zones with an anticipated three-year initial contract term—must comply with Sarasota County's Integrated Pest Management standards and complete required IPM reporting forms, including this pesticide application record, with monthly invoicing.

Successful contractors must maintain valid Florida Commercial Restricted Use Pesticide (RUP) Applicator Licenses in Categories 3, 6, and 21 throughout the contract term and demonstrate verifiable experience in herbicide and pesticide application, turf care, and tree, shrub, and palm care within the past seven years. The County anticipates awarding up to four separate three-year contracts with a maximum of two zones per bidder based on lowest total price per zone, requiring a $50,000 performance bond per awarded zone. Insurance requirements include Pollution Liability coverage of $1,000,000 per claim specifically for pesticide and herbicide application activities. The solicitation was posted February 10, 2026, with bids due by March 9, 2026. The County does not apply local or American business preferences due to grant funding requirements, meaning no set-asides exist for disadvantaged enterprises or other restricted vendor categories.