City Complex - Ground Maintenance Services
Closed State & local contract opportunity
- Solicitation number
- ITB# PWD/261085
- State
- Florida
- Responses due
Opportunity facts
- Jurisdictions
- NIGP codes
- UNSPSC codes
- 70111600 Flowering plants
- 70111711 Sprigging services
- 70111603 Floriculture services
- 70111707 Highway lawn maintenance services
- 91111602 Yard or pool care services
- 70131600 Land and soil preparation
- 70111704 Horticultural counseling services
- 72102900 Facility maintenance and repair services
- 70111706 Lawn care services
- 70111710 Mowing services
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- 70130000 Land and soil preparation and management and protection
- 70111501 Planting services or ornamental plant or bush or tree
- 70111602 Nursery services
- 70111703 Garden planting or maintenance services
- 70111709 Seeding services
- 70131601 Fertilizer application services
- 70111700 Parks and gardens and orchards
- 70111713 Parks management or maintenance services
- 70111500 Plants and ornamental trees
- 70111601 Planting services
- 70131605 Soil chemical treatment services
- 70131604 Seed bed preparation services
- 70131602 Lime spreading services
- 72102902 Landscaping services
- 72102905 Exterior grounds maintenance
- 72154002 Artificial turf installation service
- Point of contact
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- Caley Conrad cconard1@ocalafl.gov
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About this opportunity
The City of Ocala is requesting bids on ground maintenance services for the Public Works Department facility and City-owned right-of-way parcels under ITB PWD/261085, with bids due September 17, 2026, and a mandatory pre-bid meeting on September 3, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. at the Public Works Conference Room, 1805 NE 30th Avenue, Building 300. Vendors must arrive on time with no more than 10 minutes grace period or they will be ineligible to bid.
Bidders must hold a current commercial applicator license from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, submitted with the bid, and possess a minimum of five years of experience in mowing and ground maintenance services. These qualifications are mandatory eligibility filters.
The scope covers professional landscaping and ground maintenance services for City-owned right-of-way parcels and designated areas identified in the mowing boundary map (Exhibit C). Mowing work must be completed on weekends only. The contractor must provide all labor, equipment, tools, and materials necessary for service delivery and maintain direct communication with the City's Project Manager, Dudley Bess, at 352-351-6734 or dbess@ocalafl.gov, with a valid telephone number and address on file and accessibility during normal working hours or voicemail availability.
The contract term is three years with two optional one-year renewal periods. Pricing is subject to escalation provisions outlined in the contract terms. The source does not specify an estimated contract value or identify an incumbent contractor. Exhibit B contains the price proposal form for bid submission.
Opportunity text
ITB# PWD/261085 City Complex - Ground Maintenance Services MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETING: Thursday, September 3, 2026, at 10:00AM, at Public Works Conference Room, 1805 NE 30th Avenue, Building 300, Ocala, FL 34471. Scope of Work: BACKGROUND 1. The City of Ocala is seeking bids from experienced Contractors to provide ground maintenance services for the Public Works Department located at 1805 NE 30th Avenue, Ocala, FL 34470. Contractor must provide all labor, equipment, tools, and materials necessary to provide professional landscaping services. 2. All work must be coordinated by the City`s Project Manager, Dudley Bess, 352-351-6734 dbess@ocalafl.gov. 3. Contractor must provide a valid telephone number and address to the City Project Manager. The phone must be answered during normal working hours, or voicemail must be available to leave a message. 4. Services include maintaining City-owned right-of-way parcels and other designated areas as indicated in Exhibit C - Mowing Boundary Map. 5. Mowing on this contract must be completed on weekends only. 6. Vendors must attend the mandatory pre-bid meeting at the below date, time and location to be eligible to bid on this project. Vendors must be on time and no more than 10 minutes past the start time, or they will not be considered for bidding. MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETING: Thursday, September 3, 2026, at 10:00AM Public Works Conference Room 1805 NE 30th Avenue, Building 300 Ocala, FL 34471 LICENSING AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS 1. LICENSE REQUIREMENT: Bidder must possess and maintain a commercial applicator license with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and must submit a copy of their license with bid. 2. EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT: Bidder must possess five (5) years of experience in providing mowing/ground maintenance services. CONTRACT TERM 1. Term: The resulting contract will be for an initial term of three (3) years. 2. Renewals: Two (2) optional, one-year renewal terms. 3. Escalation: Any price increase for contract renewal will be subject to negotiation as approved by the City of Ocala. In no case will the increase exceed three percent (3%) annually unless there are mitigating market conditions. Price increases shall be based on the CPI-U, and the Contractor must submit their request for an increase with CPI justification at least 90 days before the end of the current term.
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