This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in New Bern, 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 Departments minimum standards for rest area lawn and grounds maintenance. DATE OF AVAILABILITY: MAY 1, 2022 COMPLETION DATE: APRIL 30, 2023 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 Monday, March 14, 2022 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-02-12022590 - Questions as the subject for the email. For the first year of this contract, the Contractor agrees to a Performance Guarantee consisting of five (5) per cent less than the amount of the monthly compensation. This is the amount of monthly compensation before any non-compliance or performance deductions. The Performance Guarantee will not be deducted for extensions and will be refunded without interest, pending the project site review, by the Contracting Agency at the end of the initial contract unless an extension has been effected in which case the Performance Guarantee will be refunded at the completion of the final contract extension. In cases of default, the Performance Guarantee will not be refunded to the Contractor.