Trinity Landscape Services

The Texas Workforce Commission issued Request for Proposals No. 3202600118 on January 9, 2026, soliciting comprehensive landscaping remodeling services for the Trinity building located at 1117 Trinity Street, Austin, Texas. The proposal submission deadline is February 6, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. Central Time, with site visits by TWC scheduled between January 12 and January 30, 2026. The scope of work includes site preparation, soil removal and replacement, mulch and gravel installation (9,100 square feet of crushed granite and 5,721 square feet of river rock), planting of specific vegetation including Silver Juniper, Red Yucca, and Yellow Lantana, installation of 200 linear feet of brown steel edging, retention of existing jasmine plantings and trees, and irrigation system adjustments. Respondents must hold a current Irrigation Technician License from the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality, have a minimum of five years of business experience or equivalent landscape design experience within the last five years, and demonstrate financial solvency through completion of a Financial Questionnaire. The evaluation utilizes a best value determination approach with evaluation criteria weighted as follows: cost at 40 percent, past project performance at 30 percent (based on three project references completed within the last five years of similar scope), and technical approach/project work plan at 30 percent. Proposals must include cost proposals broken down by labor, materials, tools, supplies, and equipment; a written narrative of qualifications combining project work plan and key personnel information; the Execution of Response form; the Past Project Performance Reference Form; the Financial Questionnaire; a title page; and a Substitute W-9 and Direct Deposit Form. The anticipated notice of intent is March 10, 2026, with an anticipated contract start date of April 30, 2026; the contract term commences on the fully executed contract date and expires 60 days after the project start date, with potential extension for one additional option period not to exceed one year.

The solicitation documents do not identify set-aside designations or restrictions limiting responses to specific enterprise categories; however, the Execution of Response form includes options for claiming preferences under Texas Administrative Code Section 20.38 for goods and services produced or offered by Texas bidders, service-disabled veterans, environmentally sensitive materials, and economically depressed areas. No incumbent vendor or current contractor is identified in the solicitation materials. All vendors must comply with federal and state certification requirements including E-Verify employment verification, drug-free workplace standards, and debarment status verification, and must maintain insurance coverage including workers' compensation at statutory limits and commercial general liability with $1,000,000 per occurrence limits. Vendor responses must be firm for 180 days from the solicitation deadline and delivery must be made F.O.B. Destination with freight prepaid. The Texas Workforce Commission reserves the right to cancel, make partial awards, or decline to award at its sole discretion, and makes no guarantee of volume, usage, or total compensation. No specific award value or budget range is provided in the available solicitation materials.