Cleaning Services At Citiparks Centers

The City of Pittsburgh Office of Management and Budget, on behalf of the Department of Parks and Recreation, is soliciting bids for cleaning services at 26 Citiparks facilities under IFB #2026-IFB-180, with bids due October 9, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. A mandatory pre-bid meeting and facility site visits are scheduled for September 22, 2026 at Schenley Rink, with shuttle service to Greenfield HALC/Magee Rec Center, South Side Market House, and Ammon Rec Center. Questions are due October 1, 2026.

Bidders must demonstrate good faith efforts to achieve 18 percent minority-owned business enterprise participation, 7 percent women-owned business enterprise participation, and 5 percent veteran-owned small business participation.

The scope encompasses daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly custodial and cleaning services at recreation centers, healthy active living centers, senior centers, and specialized facilities including Schenley Park Skating Rink, Marshall Mansion, and the Biddle Building. Services include restroom sanitation, floor maintenance, waste management, and recycling. The 26-facility portfolio ranges from approximately 2,011 to 36,977 square feet and includes varying bathroom fixtures, locker rooms, kitchens, fitness equipment, and gymnasium floors. All cleaning supplies must meet GreenSeal or EcoLogo environmental certifications; paper towels must contain a minimum of 40% post-consumer recovered materials, toilet paper 20%, and trash bags 10% post-consumer recycled content. Disinfectants must be EPA-registered.

The contract period runs from November 1, 2026 through October 30, 2028 with two optional one-year renewal periods. Bidding is organized by facility groupings with monthly line items, plus hourly rates for limited and additional cleaning services and per-square-foot rates for bi-annual strip and wax services. Minimum employee compensation is $21.50 per hour; vendors must provide payroll records upon request. Successful bidders must maintain general liability insurance ($500,000 per occurrence / $1,000,000 aggregate), workers' compensation insurance at statutory limits, and automotive liability insurance ($500,000 per occurrence / $1,000,000 aggregate). The City is exempt from federal excise taxes and state sales taxes on certain materials; sales tax should not be included in bid pricing.