Landscape Maintenance Central County Roadways Term Contract

Landscape Maintenance: Service shall include, but not be limited to: A. Schedule of Services Successful bidder shall mow and trim all turf areas every service visit, as per Mowing Schedule (Attachment E). During each service visit, successful bidder shall mow, trim and edge all turf areas; trim around all: poles, trees, posts, guardrails, guy wires, bus benches, fences, walls, trees, palms, plant beds, other plant material, and vertical objects; edge all: curbs, sidewalks, pathways, etc. within the rights-of-way. The full rights-of-way shall be serviced by the successful bidder unless otherwise specified by the County. The rights-of-way shall be defined as one foot (1) behind a power pole, pathway or sidewalk, whichever represents the furthest boundary of the defined area, unless other boundaries are specified by the Contract Administrator at pre-bid site inspection. The rights-of-way may contain features designed to detain drainage water and may require mowing practices that are different in nature or frequency than other sections of the job site, due to standing water and/or the protection of wetland plant species used in mitigation areas. Successful bidder shall remove all trash, litter, and debris from the entire area prior to initiating any mowing of the turf area. Upon completion, a mowed area shall be free of clumped grass cuttings, and tire tracks or ruts from mowing equipment. Turf shall be cut in a professional manner so as not to scalp turf or leave areas of uncut grass. Care shall be taken to prevent discharge of clippings onto any paved surface such as streets, curbs and gutters, parking lots, sidewalk, concrete medians, preserve and/or natural area and/or adjacent properties. Any material so discharged shall be considered trash and removed immediately prior to proceeding with mowing of other areas. Chute guards shall be in place at all times. Failure to remove/clean up clumped grass clippings from turf areas and/or pavement shall be considered as incomplete work/non-performance of services. All trash and litter shall be removed, and legally disposed of, by the successful bidder at no additional cost to the County. Any papers, cans or bottles that are cut or broken during maintenance operations shall be completely removed from the site prior to proceeding with the maintenance of other areas. All trash shall be removed by the end of the work day and legally disposed of offsite and shall not be disposed of, or deposited into any County trash or garbage receptacle or adjacent preserve and/or natural area. Bag or otherwise quantify, and report (Attachment D Maintenance Trash Report) each month, trash collected for Environmental Resources Management (ERM) reporting purposes on the form provided. The successful bidder shall be required to inspect and treat the sites as specified under Scope of Work detailing the number of cuts per year. The successful bidder is responsible for the Scope of Work in order to accomplish and complete the required grounds maintenance specifications, including, but not limited to mowing, trimming of hedges and trees, spraying of weeds, blowing entire sites, debris removal and edging all hard surfaces. Lot #1 and Lot #2 must be completed in 2-5 calendar days. Based upon the listed mileage of each roadway ROW and medians outlined, it is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED that the successful bidder provides a minimum crew of (8-12 employees for Lot #1 and Lot # 2) as per terms, conditions and Scope of Work to accomplish and complete the required grounds maintenance specifications. The successful bidder shall be required to submit weekly work logs to the authorized Contract Administrator to document time. The number of sites requiring service is one (1), and annual estimated service is twenty four (24). Service for June through September shall be two (2) cuts per month. Service dates are outlined in Attachment E, Mowing Schedule. Any deviation from the schedule requires prior written approval from the Contract Administrator.