Mowing - oconee county 2019-2023

The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) is soliciting bids for comprehensive roadway mowing and vegetation management services across Oconee County for the period from February 1, 2019, through January 31, 2024. The procurement covers routine mowing, brush management, and vegetation control on interstate, primary, and secondary routes, including shoulders, medians, interchanges, signs, structures, guardrails, ditches, bridges, and outdoor advertising windows. Specific service requirements include 6 mowing cycles annually for interstate routes, 4 cycles for primary and secondary routes, and year-round brush management. The solicitation requires contractors to provide all labor, materials, equipment, work zone traffic control, and debris management. A pre-bid conference was held on December 18, 2018, at 2:00 PM in Columbia, with questions from potential bidders due by December 19, 2018, at 12:00 PM. Bid submissions were required online by January 15, 2019, at 2:30 PM, with award notification scheduled for January 25, 2019. Contractors must comply with SCDOT Standard Specifications and provide performance bonds and comprehensive insurance coverage.

No specific set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises were explicitly mentioned in the documentation. The contract has an initial one-year term with four potential annual renewal options, creating a total potential contract period of five years. Contractors must demonstrate capability to manage extensive mowing requirements, including 156.31 acres of interstate mowing, 11.39 acres of primary route mowing, and 952.42 acres of secondary route mowing. Performance requirements include strict compliance with specified mowing cycles, with penalties ranging from $500 to $1,000 per violation and potential contract termination for serious infractions. While no specific budget range was provided, the comprehensive nature of the contract suggests a substantial annual investment in roadway maintenance. Contractors must provide commercial general liability insurance with minimum limits of one million dollars per occurrence, workers' compensation insurance, and auto liability coverage. Sunday work is prohibited, and all line items on the bidding schedule must be priced, with no partial pricing allowed.