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

The N.C. Department of Transportation (hereinafter referred to as "Department") 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. This document is intended as a benchmark of the Department's minimum standards for rest area lawn and grounds maintenance. 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 Wednesday, August 25, 2021 at 10:00 AM. A response to bidder questions will be in the form of an addendum. For this project, the NC General Contractor's license will be waived. Per G.S. 136-28.10, contract payment and performance bonds may be waived. For this project, the contract payment and performance bonds will be waived. However, a performance guarantee will be required. The date of availability for this contract will be October 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.