City Wide Contract Mowing Services
Closed State & local contract opportunity
- Solicitation number
- B-26-13-COC
- State
- Florida
- Responses due
Opportunity facts
- Jurisdictions
- NIGP codes
- UNSPSC codes
- Points of contact
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- Frank Mirabito fmirabito@cocoafl.org (321) 433-8833
- Brian Dale bdale@cocoafl.org (321) 433-8833
- Diane Kozlak dkozlak@cocoafl.org
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About this opportunity
The City of Cocoa, Florida is soliciting competitive sealed bids for city-wide contract mowing services across municipal properties, rights-of-way, and medians under ITB B2613COC, with bids due September 9, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. EST and written questions due August 21, 2026. The City intends to make a minimum of two awards and offers a 5% local-vendor preference to Brevard County contractors with a physical business address within the county.
Bidders must hold a current Florida commercial lawn maintenance license, maintain active business registration with the Florida Department of State, and demonstrate a minimum of five consecutive years of experience in lawn maintenance work of similar scope and size, supported by references from previous projects. All grass and vegetation must be cut to a uniform finished height of four inches with zero streaking, missed patches, or scalping; string trimming and edging must maintain the same four-inch minimum standard with scalping or chemical burning strictly prohibited. All clippings, litter, and green waste must be removed immediately from roadways, sidewalks, drainage structures, and adjacent hard surfaces; turf clippings are prohibited from being blown into storm drains, roadways, or neighboring properties. All designated locations within assigned service groups must be mowed consecutively and without interruption; unjustified delays, partial completion, or skipping of assigned locations within a cycle result in non-acceptance and deduction or short-pay of corresponding invoice line items.
The contract term is three years beginning October 1, 2026 and ending September 30, 2029, with two optional one-year renewals available by mutual agreement, not to exceed five total years. Service areas include Cocoa Boulevard (U.S. 1) medians spanning 47 segments encompassing approximately 211,000 square feet and King Street (S.R. 520) medians with 8 segments plus eastbound and westbound rights-of-way totaling approximately 252,000 square feet combined. Liquidated damages for failure to complete work on schedule range from $956 to $2,712 daily depending on contract value. No pre-bid conference will be held. No bid security is required. The successful bidder must execute the agreement within ten days of award.
Opportunity text
The City of Cocoa is soliciting competitive sealed bids from qualified, licensed, and experienced commercial lawn maintenance contractors to provide comprehensive, scheduled mowing and grounds maintenance services for various City-owned properties, rights-of-way (ROW), and medians. The successful Contractor shall furnish all supervision, labor, equipment, materials, supplies, tools, transportation, and safety apparatus necessary to deliver high-quality, professional lawn maintenance services in strict compliance with the schedules, standards, and specifications set forth in this Invitation to Bid (ITB). GENERAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS 1. Turf Cutting Height: All grass and vegetation shall be cut to a uniform finished height of four (4) inches, unless otherwise directed in writing by designated City Staff. 2. Quality of Cut: Mowing shall result in a neat, clean, and level appearance with zero streaking, missed patches, or scalping of turf. Mowing patterns across areas of varying widths shall be executed with smooth, flowing transitions. 3. String Trimming / Edging: The use of power string trimmers ("weed eaters") or hand tools along obstacles, curbs, guardrails, poles, and edges must maintain the same four (4) inch minimum height standard. Scalping or chemical burning along borders is strictly prohibited. 4. Clean-Up & Debris Removal: All clippings, litter, and green waste must be removed from roadways, sidewalks, drainage structures, and adjacent hard surfaces immediately following mowing. Turf clippings shall not be blown into storm drains, roadways, or neighboring private properties. CONTINUITY & ROUTE COMPLETION 1. Group Completion: All designated locations within a assigned service group or route shall be mowed consecutively and without interruption. Unjustified delays, partial completion of groups, or skipping assigned locations within a cycle will result in non-acceptance and deduction/short-pay of the corresponding invoice line items. 2. Adherence to Schedule: The Contractor shall strictly maintain the service cycle frequency approved by the City throughout the duration of the contract. INSPECTION, ACCEPTANCE, & RE-SERVICE 1. Inspection: Completed work zones will be routinely inspected for quality and formal acceptance by designated City Staff or an authorized Contract Administrator. 2. Unsatisfactory Work: If designated City Staff determines that an area is unsatisfactory, incomplete, or fails to meet the specifications detailed herein, the Contractor will be issued a notice of deficiency. 3. Corrective Action: The Contractor shall re-mow or remedy the identified deficient area(s) at no additional cost to the City of Cocoa. Corrective work must be completed within the current active cutting cycle or within twenty-four (24) hours of notification, whichever is shorter.
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