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

The N.C. Department of Transportation is seeking the services of a landscape/grounds maintenance company to provide professional rest area lawn and grounds maintenance consisting of but not limited to labor, supervision, equipment and supplies as specified herein. The intent of these specifications and requirements is to state and define the terms and conditions under which the Contractor shall provide the management, supervision, and manpower capable of performing work at the highest standards of horticultural excellence necessary to provide these services in a professional and workmanlike manner. Upon review of the bid documents, bidders may have questions to clarify or interpret the bid in order to submit the best bid possible. To accommodate the Bid Questions process, bidders shall submit by email any such questions no later than January 28, 2021 at 5:00 PM. A response to bidder questions will be in the form of an addendum. Written questions shall be emailed to Sharon McCalop stmccalop@ncdot.gov by the date and time specified above. Bidders will enter "54-SM-12-11976994 - Questions" as the subject for the email. The date of availability for this contract will be March 1, 2021. The completion date for this contract is one (1) year from date of availability. 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. BID QUESTIONS: JANUARY 28, 2021 AT 5:00 P.M. For this project, the contract payment bond will be waived. In lieu of a contract performance bond, a performance guarantee will be required. The Department reserves the right at any time to contract for and perform other or additional work on or near the work covered by the contract. The Department has a separate custodial maintenance contract for this facility. The grounds Contractor will be required to cooperate with the custodial Contractor during the performance of his duties at the rest area.