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 an anticipated mowing maintenance agreement with a contractor for the City's city-owned mini-parks & open space park parcels. The City reserves the right to award the bid individually or cumulatively. The contract will be for one (1) year with the option for three (3) one-year extensions based on mutual agreement between the contractor and the City of Aurora. The City reserves the right to award the bids individually or cumulatively to qualified and responsible bidders. The City of Aurora has a local preference ordinance that would apply to this contract. Any proposer who owes the City money may be disqualified at the City's discretion. The City of Aurora reserves the right at any time and for any reason to cancel this Invitation to Bid, to accept or reject any or all Bids or portion thereof, or accept an alternate bid. The City reserves the right to waive any immaterial defect in any bid, or technicality, informality or irregularity in the bids received, and to disregard all nonconforming or conditional bids or counter-proposals. Unless otherwise specified by the bidder or the City, the City reserves the right to hold the best bids for ninety (90) days from the opening date set forth above. The City may seek clarification from any bidder at any time and failure to respond promptly is cause for rejection. 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. Question Deadline 03/12/2024 at 8:00 AM CT 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 answered via addendum and posted to the City's website at electronically by 5:00 pm, Thursday, March 14, 2024. NO questions will be accepted or answered verbally.