ITB_PWD260377_Grounds_Maintenance_Mowing_-_Northeast_-_Exhibit_D_-_Holiday_Schedule.pdf

This is a Holiday Schedule exhibit for a grounds maintenance mowing contract (ITB# PWD/260377) issued by the City of Ocala, Florida through its Public Works Department. The contract encompasses grounds maintenance services for the City's Northeast area, with the contractor required to provide all labor, equipment, tools, and materials necessary to deliver professional landscaping services. A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting is scheduled for February 5, 2026, at 10:00 AM EST at the Public Works Administration building located at 1805 NE 30th Ave, Building 300, Ocala, FL 34470. The contract requires contractors to have a minimum of five years of proven experience in grounds maintenance services with verifiable references and mandates that 100% of work be performed by the contractor's own workforce with no subcontracting permitted.

The Holiday Schedule exhibit establishes that the contractor shall not perform services on the following holidays: New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day, the day after Thanksgiving, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Independence Day, Juneteenth, Labor Day, and Veterans' Day. When a holiday falls on a Saturday, it shall be observed on the preceding Friday; if it falls on a Sunday, it shall be observed on the following Monday or as designated by the City. Contractors must possess and maintain a Florida Department of Transportation Temporary Traffic Control Certification and hold a valid Florida Department of Agriculture Pesticide Applicator License at the time of bid submission, with copies of both licenses required with bid documents. Pricing shall be provided on a unit price basis with all costs included, and the award will be given to the lowest responsive bidder based on the grand total of the Price Proposal.