710-673080 janitorial/custodial/carpet cleaning serives

The State of Alabama, through the Alabama Department of Transportation Southeast Region Office, is soliciting bids for janitorial, custodial, and carpet cleaning services for District 1 facilities located at 171 Sam Houston Boulevard in Dothan, Alabama. The procurement encompasses twice-monthly janitorial and custodial services for two facilities totaling 4,096 square feet—the District One Office (2,176 square feet) and labor room (1,920 square feet)—along with one-time carpet cleaning for the District One Office. Janitorial services must be performed on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday between 8:00 AM-12:00 PM or 1:00 PM-5:00 PM and include sweeping and mopping floors, sweeping porches, vacuuming carpets, dusting furniture, cleaning interior and exterior glass doors and windows, cleaning and sanitizing restrooms, and removing trash. Carpet cleaning services are to be provided one time at the request of the District Administrator between the award date and September 30, 2026. The contract period extends from the date of award through September 30, 2026, with janitorial services billed monthly and carpet cleaning billed at the time of service. Responses must be submitted electronically through Alabama Buys by May 15, 2026. All inquiries regarding the solicitation must be submitted online through the Supplier Portal. Bidders must be registered in Alabama Buys to submit responses, and the State reserves the right to conduct cost realism and price reasonableness analyses on all bids and may request written proof of qualifications, including certificates of insurance, after bid opening.

The solicitation document does not specify any set-aside designations or restrictions limiting responses to particular organization types, such as disadvantaged enterprises or minority-owned businesses. No incumbent contractor information is identified in the available solicitation materials. Suppliers must comply with Alabama sales tax exemption requirements, register with the Alabama Secretary of State if operating as a foreign corporation, verify enrollment in the E-Verify program if employing workers within Alabama, and maintain compliance with all state and local sales tax collection and remittance obligations. Vendors must accept multiple forms of electronic payment, including state-issued credit cards, P-cards, and EFT transfers, at no additional cost to the State. The not-to-exceed total contract amount is $25,000, and the contract may be renewed annually by written agreement of both parties, provided the total contract cost does not exceed $25,000 and the total time period does not exceed five years from the effective date. Price escalation requests may be considered if costs for materials, labor, or other contract components significantly increase, with any increases not to exceed the lesser of industry-specific price index increases or Consumer Price Index increases, capped at 5% of annual contract cost.