Maintenance and Cleaning of Retention Ponds, Ditches and Swales
Closed State & local contract opportunity Posted
- Solicitation number
- 26-HO-032
- State
- Florida
- Responses due
Opportunity facts
- Jurisdiction
- NIGP codes
- UNSPSC codes
- Point of contact
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- Hope Olda oldah@pcsb.org (727) 588-6147
Opportunity details come from procurement.opengov.com. Updated .
About this opportunity
Pinellas County School District is requesting sealed electronic bids for maintenance and cleaning of retention ponds, ditches, and swales, with bids due by 3:00 p.m. on August 28, 2026, via the District e-Procurement Portal at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/PCSB.
The scope encompasses ongoing maintenance and cleaning services at multiple identified sites across the District's facilities. Specific site locations are detailed in the attached site-list document.
Contractors must obtain General Liability Insurance with limits of $1 million per occurrence and $2 million general aggregate for projects under $500,000, or $1 million per occurrence and $5 million general aggregate for projects $500,000 and over; Automotive Liability Insurance with a $300,000 combined single limit; and Workers' Compensation Insurance complying with Florida Statute 440 with employer's liability limits of $100,000 per accident, $500,000 disease policy limit, and $100,000 disease per employee. All insurers must maintain a Best's Financial Strength Rating of "A-V" or better. Certificates of insurance must be filed and approved by the School Board within ten working days of contract award before work commences. The School Board must be listed as an Additional Insured and Certificate Holder on all policies.
The District will give consideration to prices established by the State of Florida Department of Management Services, Division of Purchasing. Questions and addendums will be posted through the OpenGov Procurement system; bidders must download documents and register through the official portal to receive automatic notification of any addenda or clarifications. Responses submitted after the deadline will not be accepted regardless of technical difficulties. A formal bid-protest procedure applies, with protests filed within 72 hours of bid-tabulation posting (excluding weekends and legal holidays) followed by a written protest within 10 days; a protest bond equal to one percent of estimated contract value (minimum $500, maximum $5,000) is required at the time of filing the formal protest.
Opportunity text
The Pinellas County School District (District) is soliciting sealed electronic bids in response to Maintenance and Cleaning of Retention Ponds, Ditches and Swales. Bids are due before 3:00 pm on Friday, August 28, 2026. Bids may be received up to but not later than, the date and time listed above, via the District e-Procurement Portal located at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/PCSB. The District e-Procurement Portal Clock is the official clock for the determination of all deadline dates and times. Without exception, responses will not be accepted after the submission deadline regardless of any technical difficulties such as poor internet connections. The Pinellas County School District Purchasing Department strongly recommends completing your response well ahead of the deadline.
Pinellas County Schools has partnered with OpenGov Procurement which provides government agencies and their suppliers with a comprehensive and easy to use web-based eProcurement system. Registered suppliers receive automatic notification and transmittal of bid solicitations, and there is no charge to register and subscribe to receive PCS solicitation notifications. Please visit https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/pcsb to register and subscribe.
Once you have downloaded bid documents from an OpenGov notification you will automatically receive an e-mail notifying you when any addenda are issued or questions posted have been answered. If you obtain our solicitation documents from any other source, we cannot guarantee that you will automatically receive subsequent notifications of addendums. To assure that you are automatically notified, you must visit the above website and download the bid document. The District will not be responsible if you fail to receive any and all addendums if you obtain the original bid document from another source.
The district will give consideration to prices established by the State of Florida Department of Management Services, Division of Purchasing through its contracts and negotiated agreement price schedules.
The procurement contact for this solicitation is Hope Olda and can be reached at oldah@pcsb.org.
Submit Electronic Responses via the District e-Procurement Portal:
https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/PCSB
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