Pricing Form 2026298 Non-Main Campus Landscaping Services- Amended 07152026.xlsx

This is a pricing form for landscaping services solicited by Forsyth Technical Community College in North Carolina under RFP 2026298. The College is seeking comprehensive landscaping services across six non-main campus locations: North West Center, Woodruff Center, Aviation Center, West Campus Center, Transportation Center, and Swisher Center. Each location requires 12-month service coverage with 40 weeks of annual maintenance. Services include routine mowing, trimming, edging, litter removal, landscape maintenance with pruning and mulch application, turf health management with soil testing and herbicide application, site-specific grounds clearing, and seasonal snow and ice abatement. Proposals were due July 21, 2026 at 2:00 PM ET, with a mandatory site visit scheduled for July 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM. Award was anticipated on or before July 30, 2026. The resulting contract has an initial one-year term with College options to renew for up to two additional one-year terms upon written notice at least 30 days before each term's end.

Vendors must submit completed pricing forms detailing costs for services at each of the six service areas on a calendar-year basis, along with supplemental hourly rates for additional services including mowing, herbicide spraying, seeding and aerating, snow and ice removal, grading, and material costs for pine straw, mulch varieties, and ice melt. The evaluation methodology allocates 80 percent of points to technical approach (800 maximum points) and 20 percent to pricing (200 maximum points awarded to the lowest-priced proposal with others scored proportionally). Vendors must hold a North Carolina Pesticide Application License and Landscape Contractor's License, demonstrate five years of business operation within the United States, maintain North Carolina Secretary of State registration, and provide three customer references. At least one bilingual team member per crew is required. Within 14 calendar days of award, the vendor must furnish a performance bond or irrevocable letter of credit equal to five percent of total contract value, and maintain insurance coverage including $1,000,000 Employer's Liability, $1,000,000 Commercial General Liability per occurrence with $2,000,000 aggregate, $1,000,000 Automobile Combined Single Limit, and $2,000,000 Umbrella Liability. Invoices are not paid until inspection and service acceptance occur.