25-270 REBID 1 Landscape Cleanup and Maintenance Services at the Watsonville DMV Field Office

The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is seeking a certified small business to provide landscape cleanup and maintenance services for the Watsonville DMV Field Office located at 90 Alta Vista Avenue, Watsonville, CA 95076. The procurement is a Small Business Bid Solicitation (SB Bid) for a thirty-six-month contract with an estimated total value of $10,870.00. Services include a one-time landscape cleanup, bi-weekly landscape maintenance, lawn mowing, shrub and bush maintenance, tree pruning, hardscape area cleaning, soil cultivation, waste hauling and disposal, and irrigation system testing and maintenance. Key deliverables require comprehensive landscape management with specific performance expectations. The solicitation includes critical procurement dates: written questions are due by 10:00 a.m. on December 18, 2025, with DMV responses released by 5:00 p.m. on December 24, 2025. The final bid submission deadline is 11:59 p.m. on December 29, 2025, with a proposed contract start date of March 1, 2026.

The procurement is exclusively reserved for California-certified small businesses with specific licensing requirements. Bidders must be certified by the State of California's Department of General Services, Office of Small Business and Disabled Veteran Enterprise Services, and possess a valid C27 contractor license from the California Contractors State License Board. All potential subcontractors must also hold a valid C27 license in good standing throughout the contract term. Contractors are required to provide their own labor, tools, materials, and equipment, and must maintain commercial general liability insurance of at least $1,000,000 per occurrence, with the State named as an additional insured. The DMV reserves the right to reject any bids deemed unreasonable and will likely award the contract to the lowest responsible and responsive bidder. Payment will be made monthly in arrears upon invoice submission and approval, contingent on proper service log execution and compliance with water restriction ordinances and local environmental regulations.