Furnish Janitorial Services at Baton Rouge Nursing Bid Cancelled: 04/14/2026 Mandatory PreBid Conf 4/8/2026 10am / Fax Inquiry Deadline 4/9/2026

Southeastern Louisiana University's Purchasing Department is issuing an Invitation to Bid (ITB) for comprehensive janitorial cleaning contract services at the SELU School of Nursing facility located at 4849 Essen Lane in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The procurement encompasses daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and annual custodial services for a 63,713-square-foot facility, including floor maintenance, restroom cleaning, dusting, glass cleaning, waste management, carpet shampooing, and floor stripping/waxing. Bidders must demonstrate qualifications through references for at least three current client contracts of 70,000 square feet or greater, with at least one reference from an athletic/fitness club, hospital, college, or university. The contractor must provide a minimum of two custodians working eighty hours per week Monday through Friday (or four days weekly during summer months) and comply with APPA Level 2 specifications for facility maintenance. The mandatory pre-bid conference is scheduled for April 8, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. Central Time at the School of Nursing Building Lobby, with a fax inquiry deadline of April 9, 2026, and bid opening on April 23, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. Central Time. The initial contract term runs from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, with options to extend for four additional twelve-month periods at the same prices and terms, contingent upon legislative appropriation of funds.

Bidders must submit pricing on a monthly basis multiplied by twelve for the primary contract scope, along with separate cost proposals for additional services including per-labor-hour rates for cleanup, per-square-foot rates for adding buildings, floor stripping/waxing, carpet shampooing, window cleaning, and pressure washing. A bid guaranty of five percent of the total bid price and a performance bond of fifty percent of the awarded price are required. Insurance requirements include workers' compensation with $1,000,000 employers' liability coverage, commercial general liability of $1,000,000 per occurrence with $2,000,000 general aggregate, and automobile liability of $1,000,000 combined single limit. Bidders must provide documentation of criminal background check procedures for all assigned employees and list cleaning suppliers and chemicals to be used. The solicitation does not indicate any specific set-aside designations or restrictions on organization types eligible to respond, nor does it identify incumbent vendors, current contractors, or existing infrastructure requiring integration. No specific award value or budget range is disclosed in the solicitation documents.