25-329 ¿ Landscape Cleanup and Maintenance Services at the Santa Monica DMV Field Office

The California Department of Motor Vehicles is soliciting bids for landscape cleanup and maintenance services at the Santa Monica DMV Field Office located at 2235 Colorado Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90404. The procurement seeks a contractor to provide labor, tools, materials, equipment, and travel necessary to perform a one-time landscape cleanup service (if needed and authorized by the DMV) and bi-weekly landscape maintenance services during DMV business hours, excluding state holidays. The contract term runs from March 1, 2026 through February 28, 2027, with a DMV option to extend for an additional twelve months. Qualified bidders must be certified by the State of California Department of General Services as a Certified Small Business and possess a valid C27 contractor license from the California Contractors State License Board; all subcontractors performing landscape maintenance must also hold valid C27 licenses. Bidders must submit written questions by January 21, 2026 at 5:00 p.m., with responses to be released by January 22, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. Non-fillable PDF format bids must be emailed to DMVBIDS@dmv.ca.gov by January 29, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. Additionally, all bidders are required to attend a mandatory perimeter walk-through at the DMV property with the Project Manager at the start of the agreement to discuss property boundaries, landscaping, and irrigation systems. Award will be made on the basis of the lowest responsible responsive bid, with a coin flip tiebreaker provision.

This procurement is restricted to small businesses certified by the State of California Department of General Services. Bidders must provide commercial general liability insurance with limits of not less than $1,000,000 per occurrence and workers' compensation coverage with employer liability limits of not less than $1,000,000. All required bid documents must be included with submission, including the Bid/Bidder Certification Sheet, Cost Sheet, Payee Data Record, Bidder Declaration & Subcontractor/Supplier List, Darfur Contracting Act certification, and California Civil Rights Laws Certification if the bid total exceeds $100,000. Bidders must comply with the Darfur Contracting Act, demonstrate non-discrimination compliance, and disclose any use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in bid completion. The cost sheet requires bidders to propose separate rates for the one-time cleanup service and bi-weekly maintenance services, with the total bid price calculated at 26 bi-weekly services annually. No incumbent vendor or budget range information is provided in the solicitation documents.