This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Statesville, 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 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 Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at 5:00 PM. A response to bidder questions will be in the form of an addendum. The date of availability for this contract will be April 1, 2022. 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. Extension of Contract: 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, unless a shorter time is mutually agreed upon by the parties, (maximum of five (5) years total), to include leap year when applicable. Extensions for additional term(s) are not guaranteed. 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 for "Provide Professional Lawn and Grounds Maintenance" will be increased for each one (1) year extension by one (1) percent of the current price. Each line item bid price for Furnish and Apply landscape materials will not be subject to the one (1) percent price increase. 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. For this project, the contract payment bond will be waived. In lieu of a contract performance bond, a performance guarantee will be required.