Technical Approach Questions 2026298 Non-Main Campus Landscaping Services.xlsx
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- Non-Main Campus Landscaping Services
- Solicitation number
- 97-FT2026298
- Issued by
- Forsyth County, North Carolina
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This is a Technical Approach Questionnaire for Non-Main Campus Landscaping Services at Forsyth Technical Community College in North Carolina. The College is soliciting proposals from qualified vendors to provide comprehensive landscaping services across six designated non-main campus locations: Aviation Center in Winston-Salem, North West Center in King, Woodruff Center in Winston-Salem, West Campus Center in Winston-Salem, Transportation Center in Winston-Salem, and Swisher Center in Kernersville. The selected vendor must furnish all labor, supervision, equipment, materials, tools, transportation, and resources necessary to perform landscaping services in accordance with the RFP specifications and contract requirements. Services include regular lawn maintenance and multiple supplemental weed and litter control services during non-regular maintenance weeks.
The questionnaire comprises eleven mandatory scored questions that vendors must answer to avoid disqualification, with responses evaluated according to Section 3 of the RFP Main Document. Vendors must demonstrate staffing and equipment resources, workforce expertise and certifications, herbicide application knowledge and procedures, capacity to handle supplemental services, detailed step-by-step procedural work processes for mowing, edging, pruning, trimming, litter control, ice/snow abatement, and weed control. Additional requirements include documenting training processes, providing three similar completed landscaping contracts as references using the designated Customer Reference Form, describing quality assurance and verification procedures, detailing inventoried equipment, explaining organizational structure and communication protocols, and outlining workforce retention and succession planning strategies. Vendors are explicitly instructed not to include any cost information in their responses and to upload supporting attachments only when indicated in the questionnaire.
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| File | Type | Posted |
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| Pricing Form 2026298 Non-Main Campus Landscaping Services.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| Addendum 1 Non-Main Campus Landscaping Solicitation 2026298.doc | DOC document | |
| Addendum 2 Non-Main Campus Landscaping Solicitation 2026298.doc | DOC document | |
| Pricing Form 2026298 Non-Main Campus Landscaping Services- Amended 07152026.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| Main Document RFP- 2026298 Non Main Campus Landscaping Services.pdf |
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| Mandatory Scored Questions-Technical Approach Questionnaire - Campus Landscaping Services Other than Main Campus Non-Main Campus Landscaping Services | ||||
| Failure to answer these questions will result in disqualification of the proposal. | ||||
| Vendors must indicate whether their proposal meets the individual requirement and provide a supporting narrative in the space provided. The narrative description, along with any required supporting materials, will be evaluated in accordance with Section 3 of the RFP Main Document. Only upload documents if there is a Yes in the "Upload Attachments with Additional Information?" column, to provide additional information about specific questions. | ||||
| DO NOT INCLUDE ANY COST INFORMATION IN YOUR RESPONSE TO THIS WORKSHEET. | ||||
| Question # | Questions per Proposal Factors/Categories | Response by Contractor | Upload Attachments with Additional Information? | Attachment File Name (Must Reference Page Number of Answer to Corresponding Question) |
| 1 | Describe the staffing and equipment resources your company will assign to perform the services required under this solicitation. At a minimum, identify: |
a. The anticipated number of personnel that will be assigned to each service area on a typical service day;
b. The types of equipment that will be utilized at each service area, including mowing, trimming, edging, spraying, and debris removal equipment;
c. Any specialized equipment your company intends to utilize to perform the required services, such as walk-behind mowers, rear-discharge mowers, slope mowers, stand-on mowers, growth-retardant application equipment, or other equipment designed for use in difficult terrain, confined areas, or environmentally sensitive locations; and
d. How your staffing and equipment plan will ensure timely and consistent performance of all services required in the speicifications section of the solicitation.
Aviation Center-2739 Aviation Dr., Winston-Salem, NC 27105 North West Center- 3111 Big Oaks Drive, King, NC 27021 Woodruff Center- 4905 Lansing Drive, Winston-Salem, NC 27105 West Campus Center-1300 Bolton Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27103 Transportation Center- 4255 N. Patterson Avenue, Winston-Salem, NC 27105
| Swisher Center- 1251 Dudley Products Drive, Kernersville, NC 27284 (Including Natural Area between Swisher Center and Dudley Products) | Yes | ||
| 2 | Describe the expertise of your work force. Supervisors, specialists, laborers. Are they full time employees, temporary workers? How many assigned employees hold for certifications for: Weed Control Spraying and Tree Trimming? | Yes | |
| 3 | What are the advantages and benefits of applying selective and non-selective herbicides? What are your procedures and plans for effective and thorough weed control measures, including hand pulling within the interior of a plant bed? |
What products and chemicals does your company intend to utilize?
| What is your solution for possible over-spray and/or damage to plant material and/or landscaping? | Yes | |||
| 4 | This contract may have multiple Supplemental Weed and Litter Control services that must be preformed during non-regular Lawn Maintenance Weeks. | |||
| What are your plans to complete these services? | Yes | |||
| 5 | To ensure all requirements in the specifications are met, please define in detail, your step-by-step procedural work process for the following types of services: Mowing, Edging, Pruning, Trimming, Litter Control, Ice/Snow Abatement, & Weed Control. | Yes | ||
| 6 | Explain your training process for each assigned position. Explain how all assigned staff is instructed to resolve possible complaints and/ or issues that may be brought directly to their attention during the course of their duties. | Yes | ||
| 7 | List three (3) landscaping contracts similar to this RFP completed by your firm along with a brief description of project, location of project, client name, client phone number, email, value of contract, your firm's percentage of the total contract value, as well as the number of change orders and the total change order value. DO NOT USE the College as a reference. Use ATTACHMENT E: CUSTOMER REFERENCE FORM. | Yes | ATTACHMENT E: CUSTOMER REFERENCE FORM | |
| 8 | Describe how your company verifies that staff adequately performs work for delivery of the service(s) described under this RFP. Also, include who within your company inspects, approves and verifies delivery of service(s) and how corrective actions with staff are implemented | Yes | ||
| 9 | Describe your inventoried equipment. Describe how many mowers, hedgers, weed eaters, etc.… that are either owned or leased by your company? | Yes | ||
| 10 | Describe how the organizational structure will ensure orderly communications, distribution of information, effective coordination of activities, and accountability with management and labors. | Yes | ||
| 11 | Per documentation of this solicitation you must keep a sufficient work force to perform the requirements of this contract. Describe how you will continue to maintain this work force. What is your companies succession planning when an employee quits or calls out? | Yes |
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