Weed Abatement and Pesticide Spraying Services

The intent of this Request for Proposals is to solicit sealed proposals from qualified contractors for weed abatement and pesticide spraying services. The Public Works Department, Operations Division, is responsible for providing weed abatement maintenance to areas within the public right-of-way. The City has established three (3) separate areas as part of this RFP process. In evaluating the proposals, the City will consider each service area as separate and distinct and will award the contract to the bidder that will provide the City with the best value for that specific service area. The City has the option to award one, two or three separate contracts. The Contractors primary responsibility will be to maintain specified areas at the highest industry standards by integrating innovative and progressive techniques and to follow the objectives as set forth in the specifications. The Contractor shall furnish all labor, equipment, materials, tools, services and special skills required to perform the weed abatement maintenance, as set forth in this specification, and in keeping with the highest standards of quality and performance. Maintenance for weed control shall include, but not be limited to, inspections, mowing, trimming, pruning, pulling, spraying, litter removal, blowing and sweeping. The Contractor will create a maintenance schedule to keep the designated right-of-way maintained. The contractor will submit a schedule for all weed abatement and pesticide/herbicide applications. The specific service locations will be geographically categorized within three service areas. The proposer is required to submit a separate proposal for each weed abatement service area. The Public Works Department may ask for a competitive proposal to perform related work in other specific areas as a Special Project. This will be considered separate weed abatement/weed spraying work from bid items listed. Special Projects will be bid as a Lump Sum. Scope of this work may include, but not limited to weed spraying and/or cutting weeds on residential streets cracks, parkways, sidewalks and flowlines. City reserves the right to award a special project to any of the successful bidders of this Request for Proposal, even if it is not located in successful bidders area.