Gardening Services

The Department of State seeks comprehensive gardening and landscaping maintenance services at the American Embassy in Tunis, with proposals due June 8, 2026 at 10:00 AM local time. The solicitation is a Women-Owned Small Business set-aside.

Place of performance is Tunis, Tunisia across three compounds: the Embassy Compound, Chancellery Residence, and Deputy Chief of Mission Residence, encompassing 108,990 square meters total. The contract is a firm fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity arrangement with a 12-month base year, four optional one-year renewal periods, and a six-month extension option. The incumbent contractor, Ste. Yasmine Garden, held contract 19TS8020D0002 at $461,530 thousand for the prior base year plus four option years and six-month extension.

The scope requires full gardening and landscaping maintenance including grass cutting and maintenance at 4–6 centimeters height, edging, trimming, weeding, turf repair, tree and shrub pruning, leaf removal, debris removal, watering, fertilizing minimum twice annually for lawns and once for trees and shrubs, pest and disease control, pool cleaning at the Chancellery Residence, perimeter maintenance, and seasonal planting of 2,000–2,500 all-season blooming plants annually. Staffing must include a minimum of seven gardeners plus supervisor at the Embassy Compound, two gardeners at Chancellery Residence, and one gardener at Deputy Chief of Mission Residence. The on-site supervisor must be a trained horticulturist with five years' experience. Work hours are Monday–Friday, 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM, excluding specified American and Tunisian holidays. Contractor personnel require background security clearance and government-issued identity cards. The contractor must provide all labor, materials, equipment, supplies, and insurance; submit a comprehensive Grounds Maintenance Plan within 30 days of award; and conduct weekly quality inspections with documented status reports.

Insurance requirements include general liability coverage of $100,000 per occurrence/$1,000,000 cumulative for bodily injury and $50,000/$100,000 for property damage, with the United States named as additional insured. Pricing must be submitted in U.S. dollars for U.S.-registered firms or local currency for foreign firms, with VAT excluded. Offerors must demonstrate five years of relevant landscaping experience with client references, provide evidence of established business operations in Tunisia or plan establishment within 30 days of award, and submit SAM registration proof.

Award will be made to the lowest-priced, technically acceptable, responsible offeror based on initial proposals without discussions, unless the government determines discussions necessary with competitors in the competitive range. A mandatory pre-proposal site conference is scheduled May 18, 2026 at 10:00 AM; prospective offerors must contact Achraaf Ladhari at ladharia@state.gov and Besma Mighri at mighrib@state.gov by May 14 at 4:00 PM to arrange building entry. Amendment 0001, issued May 29, 2026, adds a Questions and Answers attachment; contractors must acknowledge receipt of the amendment. NAICS 561730, Landscaping Services; PSC S208, Housekeeping–Landscaping/Groundskeeping.