Santa Fe Reginal Airport Landscaping, Maintenance, and Snow Removal

The City of Santa Fe is seeking bids for comprehensive landscape maintenance and snow removal services at the Santa Fe Regional Airport through Invitation to Bid #FY26-ITB-037. The procurement covers year-round grounds maintenance designed to ensure all exterior airport areas remain safe, attractive, and operationally functional. Required services include monthly landscape and irrigation maintenance, monthly zone inspections, tree removal with stump grinding, pruning of shrubs and vegetation, FAA-approved herbicide and insecticide application, and emergency tree removal. Snow and ice control services must commence within two hours of an event, with requirements for weather monitoring, pre-treatment, plowing, and deicing product application. Bidders must submit pricing for fifteen line items on an hourly or unit basis, with fixed annual pricing and limited annual price adjustment provisions. The bid was issued on November 25, 2025, with proposals due December 19, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. Mountain Standard/Daylight Time via the OpenGov Procurement Portal, with bid opening conducted through Microsoft Teams.

Contractors must possess a valid New Mexico business license and comply with the City's living wage ordinance. Bidders are required to be properly licensed, insured, and experienced in airport operations, with personnel mandated to pass background checks and adhere to TSA and airport security regulations. All insurance must be maintained by New Mexico-authorized insurance companies throughout the contract period. The contract will be awarded for ten years from the final approval signature, with no specified renewal options. Contractors must maintain commercial general liability insurance with limits of $2,000,000 per occurrence and in the aggregate, with the City named as an additional insured. While specific budget ranges are not explicitly stated, contractors will be compensated based on itemized services, with invoices submitted no more frequently than monthly and payment due within thirty days of acceptance. Price increase requests exceeding 10 percent will not be considered, and contractors must provide substantiating evidence of market changes for any proposed adjustments.