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

The City of Aurora invites you to bid on anticipated mowing and weed maintenance for private property violations under the guidance of the Property Standards Division and Senior Lawn Mowing Services under the guidance of the Senior Services Division.Included please find specifications and other pertinent documents necessary for you to respond to this Bid Invitation. The contract is for a one-year term, with two 1-year extensions, subject to mutual consent between the City of Aurora and the selected vendor. The City reserves the right to award the bids to multiple vendors. All bids are to be submitted on the bid proposal form provided entitled: "22-23 Private Property Mowing for Property Standards and the Senior Lawn Mowing Services". Each bid must be placed in an envelope, sealed, and clearly marked on the outside: "22-23 Private Property Mowing for Property Standards and the Senior Lawn Mowing Services". Each Bidder shall submit with his Bid a Bid Bond amount of $1,000. The City of Aurora has a local preference ordinance that will apply to this contract. All inquiries and/or questions pertaining to the provisions and specifications of this bid package shall be directed to the Director of Purchasing, in writing at PurchasingDL@aurora.il.us. Questions will be accepted until 8:00 am, Tuesday, March 15, 2022. Questions will be answered via addendum and posted to the City's website at https://www.aurora.il.us/bids.aspx by 12:00 pm, Thursday, March 17, 2022. NO questions will be accepted or answered verbally. No questions will be accepted or answered after March 15, 2022 12:00 pm cut-off date/time.Sufficient proof of liability and workmen's compensation must be furnished to satisfy requirements of the City of Aurora. The City of Aurora encourages minority business firms to submit bids and encourages the successful firm to utilize minority businesses as applicable.Any bidder who owes the City money may be disqualified at the City's discretion.The City of Aurora reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, or parts thereof, and to waive any technicality, informality or irregularity in the Bids received, and to disregard all nonconforming or conditional Bids or counter-proposals and to hold the best Bids for ninety (90) days from the opening date set forth above. The City further reserves the right to award the Bid to the lowest responsible Bidder whose offer best responds in quality, fitness and capacity to the requirements of the proposed Work or usage and therefore is in the best interest of the City.