Landscape Maintenance for Zellwood Area

Closed State & local contract opportunity

Solicitation number
Y25-181
State
Florida
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Opportunity details come from procurement.opengov.com. Updated .

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Orange County, Florida is soliciting sealed electronic bids for a comprehensive landscape maintenance contract (IFB No. Y25-181) for the Zellwood Area through the OpenGov e-Procurement Platform. The solicitation covers extensive landscape services including mowing 46,800 acres, maintaining 1,250 sq. ft. of planted beds, fertilizing 2,500 acres of turf, removing litter from 7,500 acres, and performing tree maintenance on 15,000 trees. Specific services include tree removal (1,250 trees), tree straightening (5,000 trees), sodding (150,000 sq. ft.), and edging asphalt roadways (250,000 linear feet). Bidders must possess a valid State of Florida Pesticide Commercial Applicator License with specific categories for right-of-way pest control, aquatic pest control, and natural areas weed management. The contract will have a five-year term, with electronic bid responses due on May 29, 2025 at 4:00 pm EST, and a deadline for submitting questions on May 9, 2025 at 5:00 pm EST. Potential bidders are required to create a free account on the OpenGov platform and submit all documentation electronically.

The solicitation does not explicitly mention set-aside designations or restrictions for disadvantaged enterprises. While no incumbent vendor is specified, the contract includes detailed requirements for compliance with anti-human trafficking provisions, E-Verify employment verification, and non-discrimination policies. The bid includes a comprehensive fee schedule with unit pricing for various landscape maintenance activities, covering specific line items for planting and maintaining tree species native to Florida, such as Sweetgum, Southern Magnolia, Sand Pine, and Slash Pine. Although the total contract value is not explicitly stated, the extensive scope of work suggests a significant investment in landscape maintenance across multiple districts including Apopka, Bithlo, Goldenrod, John Young, Taft, Three Points, and West Orange. The contract allows for up to twenty-six mowing cycles annually, two turf fertilization cycles, two tree maintenance cycles, and six additional litter removal cycles, with each cycle lasting twelve calendar days. Liquidated damages of $200 per work day may be assessed for failure to complete cycles or correct deficiencies within specified timeframes.

Opportunity text

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Orange County, Florida, henceforth referred to as the County is accepting sealed offers for Landscape Maintenance for Zellwood Area (Y25-181)

Sealed offers for furnishing the above will be accepted up to 4:00 pm EST on Thursday, May 29, 2025.

NOTE: Respondents are required to submit responses electronically via the OpenGov e-Procurement Platform. Respondents shall not be permitted to hand-deliver, mail, telephone, fax or email offers.

Responses received after the submission deadline and/or transmitted outside of the designated OpenGov e-Procurement Platform shall be rejected.

Important Instructions for Electronic Submittal

The County is ONLY accepting electronic submissions using the OpenGov e-Procurement Platform. Respondents shall create a FREE account with OpenGov by signing up at https://procurement.opengov.com/login . Once you have completed account registration, browse back to this page, click on "Submit Response", and follow the instructions to submit the electronic offer.

It is the respondent's responsibility to ensure they commence their upload efforts timely to meet the submission deadline. The County shall not be responsible for delays caused by any occurrence, including the respondent's network delays, bandwidth issues, internet outages, or technical difficulties.

OpenGov Technical Support
For Technical Support, respondent's can reach the OpenGov Service Desk:
Chat (preferred): Click the button in the lower right hand corner of the portal
Email: procurement-support@opengov.com
Phone: 1 (650) 336-7167 Hours: Mon-Fri 7am - 10pm EST

Timely Questions Regarding this Solicitation

The question and answer module of OpenGov IS being utilized for this solicitation. Timely questions concerning this solicitation shall be submitted in accordance with the deadline for questions: Friday, May 9, 2025 at 5:00 pm EST. Respondents are instructed not to contact the initiating division directly.

Consideration for modification or alteration of the documents contained in this solicitation shall be requested during the specified question period, before the applicable deadline. No oral interpretation of the meaning of the plans, specifications, or other Contract documents shall be considered binding. The County shall be bound by information and statements only when such statements are written and executed under the authority of the Manager, Procurement Division.

Answers for timely questions will be addressed in the OpenGov question and answer module or as an addenda to this solicitation depending on volume, participants are encouraged to subscribe as a follower and monitor all notifications. Beyond questions and answers, any and all modifications, clarifications, interpretations and supplemental instructions will be in the form of a written addendum which, if issued, will be available for download. All addenda and questions/answers so issued shall become part of the Contract Documents and receipt shall be acknowledged as specified herein.

This provision exists solely for the convenience and administrative efficiency of Orange County. No respondent or other third party gains any rights by virtue of this provision or the application thereof, nor shall any respondent or third party have any standing to sue or cause of action arising there from.

Untimely questions are unable to be submitted in the question and answer module, thereafter respondents raising critical concerns must email viviana.sandoval@ocfl.net. Critical clarifications may be made via addenda, however, untimely questions may not be considered.

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