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

DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK Work includes mowing/trimming of vegetation, and litter/debris removal along State Highway System routes within Pitt and Greene Counties. The furnishing of all equipment, tools, materials, transportation, and labor shall be incidental to completion of the work. The Contractor shall incur Liquidated Damages in the amount of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) per tractor per work day for not fielding the minimum number of required operating mowers. The on job supervisor/service man will not meet this full time requirement. The Contractor shall incur Liquidated Damages in the amount of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per tractor per incident for using prohibited mowers on routes as specified above. The Contractor shall incur Liquidated Damages in the amount of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per incident for failing to remove in a timely manner any grass, brush, or debris deposited into the roadway, which includes travel lanes, shoulders, bulb-outs, ditches, and drainage structures, as a result of the Contractor's operations in order to eliminate any hazards Purpose: 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 25, 2022 at 5:00 PM. A response to bidder questions will be in the form of an addendum Performance and Payment Bonds: A Performance Bond in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the contract in accordance with specifications and conditions of the contract. Such bond shall be solely for the protection of the North Carolina Department of Transportation and the State of North Carolina. The bond will remain in force for the duration of the contract, including extension(s). In addition, a Payment Bond in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount, conditioned upon the prompt payment for all labor or materials for which the Contractor, or his subcontractors, are liable. Such bond shall be solely for the protection of persons or firms furnishing materials or performing labor for this contract for which the Contractor is liable. The bond will remain in force for the duration of the contract, including extension(s).