This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Boston, Massachusetts. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

Furnishing all labor, materials and equipment necessary for general landscape maintenance including, but not limited to, mowing, seeding, aerating, dethatching, IPM and disease control, fertilization, drainage system cleaning, and irrigation system maintenance beginning April 2021 and ending December 2021. Estimated cost of contract is $60,000 per year for a one year contract with two one-year options to renew at the sole discretion of the Parks and Recreation Department. If exercised, the option for year two and for year three shall be at the same price and subject to the same contract provisions as year one.The bid shall be filed before the time and at the place designated in the Advertisement attached and incorporated by reference herein and shall be accompanied by a bid deposit in the form of a bank check, a certified check, treasurers or cashiers check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the City of Boston, or a bid bond in a form satisfactory to the Official with a surety company qualified to do business in Massachusetts if, and as specified. No bid may be withdrawn after the time set for bid opening except by written notice received by the Official prior to the time and date set for bid opening as set forth in the Advertisement. No bid filed by any responsible and responsive bidder may be withdrawn after the date and time of opening, nor prior to the execution and delivery of a contract to the lowest and responsible and responsive bidder. The Official shall award a contract prior to the expiration of ninety (90) days (Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays inclusive) after the opening of bids, or within such other time specified.Before submitting any bids, bidders shall fully inform themselves in regard to all conditions pertaining to the Invitation For Bids and all required terms and conditions for carrying out the contract. By filing a bid the bidders do thereby represent that they have so informed themselves. Any estimates, plans or other information relating to the goods, services, labor or materials or work required by the contract documents are to be considered for the purpose of comparing the several bids. Neither the City/County, nor its officers, agents or employees shall be responsible for the accuracy of, or bound by, such estimates, plans or information. All questions as to the interpretation of the Invitation for Bids, Purchase Description and Specifications, Evaluation Criteria and all other contract documents shall be submitted in writing to the Official. Written answers to such questions will be sent by the Official to each person on record as having received an Invitation For Bids and all documents incorporated by reference therein. No questions will be answered unless received by the Official at least seventy-two hours prior to the expiration of the time set for filing bids. The Official reserves the right to waive any minor informality and to accept or reject any or all bids. In the event the Purchase Description and Specifications require bids for goods and multiple items each of which has separate price components, the Official reserves the right to accept or reject any item(s) therein and award contracts therefore. The Official shall award the contract to the bidder the Official determines to be the lowest responsible and responsive bidder. A performance bond of a surety company authorized to do business in Massachusetts and satisfactory in form to the Official, or a certified check, or a treasurers or a cashiers check, issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the City of Boston, may be required of the successful bidder as a security to guarantee the faithful performance of the contract. If security is required, the penal sum of such bond or amount of such check shall be as specified