Pest Control and Wildlife Removal Services

The Department of State Hospitals - Napa is soliciting bids for pest control and wildlife removal services across multiple California state hospital locations under an IFB, with bids due August 11, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time. A 5% small business preference applies to certified California Small Businesses, Microbusinesses, and Non-Small Businesses with 25% small business subcontracting participation, as well as Non-Profit Veteran Service Agencies; a DVBE incentive of 1–5% is available based on participation level but is not mandatory.

The contractor must provide an outfitted truck equipped with high-pressure power sprayers, extended hoses and reels, rodent exclusion and warehouse fogging equipment, and supplies to eliminate crawling insects, rodents, arachnids, scorpions, mites, fleas, ticks, cockroaches, and other invertebrate and vertebrate pests across the 138-acre DSH-Napa campus and five additional DSH locations: Atascadero, Coalinga, Metropolitan, Patton, and Sacramento. Services include a minimum of three treatments per week during normal business hours (8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday) and 24/7 emergency response availability. Wood-destroying organisms are excluded from the scope.

The contractor must hold current Structural Pest Control Board registration with an Operator's License and all required California Department of Pesticide Regulation licenses and permits. The contractor must pass background checks including live scan fingerprinting, provide annual tuberculosis screening, attend mandated training, and comply with DSH Tool Control Policy (AD 289). Minimum qualifications include proof of legal right to do business in California and three reference letters from customers, preferably including at least one from a governmental entity or prior DSH work.

Pricing is based on hourly rates for daytime service, afterhours service, emergency daytime services, emergency afterhours service, mandatory contractor training, and tool control inventory activities. The contract term runs October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2029. Questions are due July 23, 2026. Notice of Intent to Award is expected August 17, 2026. Public bid opening occurs August 12, 2026.