Landscaping Installation and Maintenance Services

Winter Park Housing Authority (WPHA) is requesting bids on landscaping installation and maintenance services across six residential properties in Winter Park, Florida under IFB #26002, with bids due September 30, 2026. The contract is structured as a fixed-price service agreement for an initial one-year term with up to four additional one-year renewal periods, maximum five-year term.

The scope covers full-service landscaping at six properties totaling 705 units and approximately 33.71 acres: Railroad Avenue (30 units, 1.75 acres), The Plymouth (196 units, 3.13 acres), Tuscany at Aloma (178 units, 11.83 acres), Winter Park Oaks (130 units, 6.14 acres), The Meadows at Margaret Square (119 units, 9.75 acres), and Tranquil Terrace (52 units, 1.59 acres). Services include mowing every 14 calendar days January–May and every 10 calendar days June–December; edging, weed eating, debris removal, hedge trimming, pruning, fertilizing, weed control, mulching, tree and palm trimming, and monthly irrigation inspections. Service hours are Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Bids must include firm fixed pricing on a monthly basis for complete mowing and grounds services at each property, with separate line items for monthly plant and hedge trimming, quarterly pruning, annual tree and palm trimming (April), and mulch at a specified unit price. Pricing must include quarterly fertilization, pre- and post-emergent weed control, mulching in January and July, insect control in February/June/October, and monthly irrigation and rust-prevention inspections.

The contractor must maintain workers compensation ($1 million per person/occurrence), comprehensive general liability ($1 million per occurrence), automobile liability ($500,000 combined single limit), and excess coverage ($2 million general aggregate). WPHA reserves the right to award on an all-or-none basis to a single bidder or on an item-by-item/property-by-property basis. The contract may be terminated by WPHA with ten days' notice for cause or thirty days' notice without cause. Questions were due September 11, 2026. The pre-bid meeting on September 4, 2026 was non-mandatory.