This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Raleigh, North Carolina. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

Pre-qualification Mandatory This project is for Professional Landscape Plant Bed and Mowing Maintenance for various sites in Edgecombe, Halifax, Johnston, Nash, Northampton, Wayne and Wilson Counties in Division 4. For further description, see Plant Bed Locations in the Appendix. Landscaped plant bed sites serve as an aesthetic focal point along North Carolina's highway transportation network. They provide color, texture, space definition, and other benefits enjoyed by the traveling public. In North Carolina, climatic conditions favor growing a wide variety of ornamental landscape plants and a rich palette of native plants. Careful management of these living assets is required to continue the heritage and maintain the value of this significant plant collection. The N.C. Department of Transportation (hereinafter referred to as "Department") is seeking the services of a Landscape Contractor or Grounds Maintenance Company to provide Professional Landscape Plant Bed and Mowing Maintenance consisting of but not limited to labor, supervision, equipment and supplies as specified herein. Failure to address proposals correctly could result in delayed delivery service. Firms that wish to bid on these projects as the prime contractor must be pre-qualified as either a Bidder or POC Prime Contractor prior to submitting the bid. Firms that wish to perform as a subcontractor to the prime contractor must be prequalified prior to beginning work on the project. Information regarding the requirements to become pre-qualified as a Bidder POC Prime Contractor, including the application to become pre-qualified Bidders must renew their pre-qualification or re-qualify each year. It is the bidder's responsibility to ensure that their existing pre-qualification status does not lapse prior to bid opening (or beginning work as a subcontractor). Advance notification of pending renewal dates is not guaranteed. The date of availability for this contract will be May 1, 2019. This project is to be awarded, if the award is to be made in the discretion of the Department, within thirty (30) days after the opening of bids. The completion date for this contract is one (1) year from date of availability. Completion Date: April 30, 2020 At the sole option and discretion of the contracting agency, North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), and upon written notification, this contract may be extended for four (4) additional periods, one (1) year each, (maximum of five (5) years total). Upon receipt of notification, the Contractor will be given fifteen (15) days to reply as to acceptance or rejection of an extension. If a reply is not received from the Contractor within fifteen (15) days, NCDOT reserves the right not to extend. Each line item bid price will be increased for each one-year extension by two (2) percent of the current price. No changes in the terms, conditions, etc. of this contract will be made when an extension to the contract is implemented. The Contractor will be notified ninety (90) days before expiration of the contract if NCDOT chooses not to offer an extension. In order to extend the contract, proof of insurance coverage must be received by the Department's Purchasing Office thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the current contract. Liquidated damages shall be Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per calendar day