GRASS MAINTENANCE - Added a date for the Mandatory Site Visit

Nunez Community College in Chalmette, Louisiana (St. Bernard Parish) is requesting sealed bids for comprehensive grounds maintenance services, with bids due September 16, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. and a mandatory pre-bid meeting and site visits on September 9–10, 2026. Attendance at the site visit is a condition of bid eligibility; failure to submit a job site visit certification form signed by both a college representative and vendor representative will result in disqualification.

The scope includes basic lawn service (30–40 annual visits), landscape maintenance, landscape bed and ornamental plant and tree chemical applications, irrigation monitoring, pine needle mulch application, and tree pruning (as-needed). Services are priced on a per-visit basis. Bidders must schedule site visits through Mike Pritchard at 504-228-2136.

The contract is fixed-price for three years with two optional one-year renewal periods. Bidders must carry Workmen's Compensation Insurance, Comprehensive General Liability Insurance with minimum limits of $1 million per occurrence and $2 million aggregate, and Automobile Liability Insurance with limits of at least $1 million. The contractor must identify the number of employees to be assigned and provide a contingency plan for service continuity during employee absences. No subcontractors may be used without written approval from the college's Facilities Foreman.

Evaluation criteria include company references and background history. The contract includes liquidated damages provisions for service breaches and allows the college to terminate for failure to provide services for more than two consecutive scheduled working days or for breach of any material term. All bids must be submitted on the proper bid form in a sealed envelope clearly marked with the bid number and publicly opened and read aloud on September 16.