Power and Pressure Washing and Parking Lot Cleaning Services

The City of Austin, Texas, is seeking qualified contractors to provide city-wide power and pressure washing and parking lot cleaning services through Invitation for Bid (IFB) 5000 ALD1020. The scope of work encompasses pressure washing of various surfaces including brick, stucco, limestone, granite, and concrete, as well as parking lot and garage cleaning, sweeping, and stencil repainting services across approximately 200 municipal facilities spanning departments including Austin Fleet Mobility Services, Austin Resource Recovery, Austin Public Library, Austin Aviation, Austin Facilities Management, Austin Convention Center, Austin Water, and Austin Energy. Services must be available seven days a week, 24 hours a day, including holidays and weekends, with contractors required to provide all materials, labor, equipment, and supervision, respond to expedited service calls within four hours of notification, and submit detailed estimates within three business days of requests. Contractors must demonstrate a minimum of three years' experience in similar services, maintain a full-time business address within 50 miles of the Texas State Capitol, comply with all OSHA regulations, use LEED-approved chemicals, maintain required insurance coverage with minimum limits including $500,000 commercial general liability and $1,000,000 environmental impairment liability, and adhere to strict wastewater disposal requirements per Austin Water Utility guidelines. Pricing is structured in categories covering hourly labor rates for regular hours (7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday-Friday) and non-regular hours, equipment rentals with markups not exceeding 25 percent, and material costs with equivalent markup caps. Offers are due Thursday, April 16, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. CT with public opening at 3:00 p.m. CT the same day, questions must be submitted by Thursday, March 26, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. CT, and the initial contract term is 12 months with City options to extend for up to four additional 12-month periods.

While no specific Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (M/WBE) subcontracting goals apply to this solicitation due to limited subcontracting opportunities, offerors intending to use subcontractors must comply with the City's M/WBE Procurement Program procedures and either use certified M/WBE subcontractors or demonstrate good faith efforts to solicit such firms. Local business preference is available for offerors with headquarters in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos Metropolitan Statistical Area (encompassing Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, and Williamson counties), and small business preference applies to qualified certified small businesses, with preference discounts available for bids under $500,000. All contractors must comply with the City of Austin's Living Wage Program, compensating employees at a minimum rate of $22.05 per hour, and must satisfy wage theft certification requirements, obtaining mandated training within 30 days of contract award. Personnel working at Austin Convention Center, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, and Austin Water facilities must undergo fingerprint-based background security checks and obtain security identification badges, with certain criminal offenses disqualifying applicants. No incumbent vendors or existing contractors are identified in the solicitation documents. Contract value and total award amounts are not specified, though the estimated annual spending for rentals and materials markup is noted at $250,000, and the City reserves the right to make single or multiple awards based on cost, convenience, or criteria deemed advantageous.