This Request for Proposal (RFP) is being issued to solicit proposals from qualified, experienced, financially sound, and responsible firms to provide Landscape, Lawn Care Maintenance & Snow Removal for Eastern State Hospital, located along Newtown Pike, Lexington, KY. The grounds area is estimated 88 acres. The successful contractor shall furnish all supervision, personnel, equipment, materials, tools and supplies as required for the landscape, lawn care services & snow removal herein described. Services will begin July 1, 2022. The successful contractor(s) should be able to provide: Landscape and Lawn Care Management and Maintenance Service Snow Removal for a Hospital location that functions 24/7, and must stay clear at all times Elimination and prevention of weeds from three rooftop gardens, as well as deter animals from nesting in the rooftop gardens for animal and patient safety. Services include but not limited to Turf Building, Insect Control, Mowing, Edging, Weeding, Mulching and Tree Care. The Eastern State Hospital is managed by The University of Kentucky and is located on the Coldstream Research Campus along Newtown Pike. Since his arrival, President Eli Capilouto has set forth an ambitious agenda to extend and enhance our role as Kentucky's land-grant and flagship research university. By focusing on infrastructure growth and improvement; creating opportunities for innovative teaching, learning, and academic excellence; fostering a robust research and creative scholarship enterprise; providing life-saving subspecialty care; empowering communities through service and outreach; and encouraging a transparent and shared dialogue about institutional priorities; the University of Kentucky will ensure a new century of promise for the people we impact. Research at the University of Kentucky is a dynamic enterprise encompassing both traditional scholarship and emerging technologies, and UK's research faculty, staff and students are establishing UK as one of the nation's most prolific public research universities. UK's research enterprise attracted $285 million in research grants and contracts from out-of-state sources, which generated a $580 million impact on the Kentucky economy. Included in this portfolio is $153 million in federal awards from the National Institutes of Health, non-NIH grants from the Department Health and Human Services, the National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, Department of Agriculture and NASA, among others. The National Science Foundation ranks UK's research enterprise 44th among public institutions. That the contents of the proposal have not been communicated by the offeror or its employees or agents to any person not an employee or agent of the offeror or its surety on any bond furnished with the proposal and will not be communicated to any such person prior to the official closing of the RFP From the issue date of this RFP until a contractor is selected and a contract award is made, offerors are not allowed to communicate about the subject of the RFP with any University administrator, faculty, staff or members of the board of trustees except: the purchasing office representative, any University purchasing official representing the University administration, others authorized in writing by the purchasing office and University representatives during offeror presentations. If violation of this provision occurs, the University reserves the right to reject the offeror's proposal. No person or selling agency shall be employed or retained or given anything of monetary value to solicit or secure this contract, except bona fide employees of the offeror or bona fide established commercial or selling agencies maintained by the offeror for the purpose of securing business. For breach or violation of this provision, the University shall have the right to reject the proposal, annul the contract without liability, or, at its discretion, deduct from the contract price or otherwise recover the full amount of such commission, percentage, brokerage or contingent fee or other benefit. Notwithstanding the above, this RFP does not commit the University to award a contract from this solicitation. The University reserves the right to reject any or all offers and to waive formalities and minor irregularities in the proposal received.
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