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

Washington County Industrial Development Authority (IDA) is accepting bids for bush hogging and other landscaping related work in the Washington County Industrial Park (Park). The Park area to cut and maintain is approximately 165 acres to be mowed generally 4-8 inches in height. Bush hogging is expected to be performed 3-4 times during the contract term discussed below. Paper and other trash shall be picked up by the Bidder prior to bush hogging. Additionally, the Bidder is to perform routine weed-eating and debris pick-up maintenance with each bush hogging approximately every 2 weeks or as often as requested by the IDA. The maintenance work is to generally include mowable stretches using riding lawn mowers, including the public rights-of-way adjacent to the Park property, parallel to Hwy. 8, from edge of pavement to rights-ofway, as well as approximately 20 feet strips along the Park streets. At a minimum the major equipment must be in good working order and include a tractor and a 15-foot batwing mower. Bidders shall provide a cost/per acre for bush hogging and a cost/per hour for maintenance work in the blanks below. These values will be used to determine what the successful Bidders invoice amount will be. The selected Bidder will be awarded a contract to perform the work from May 1, 2024, thru April 30, 2025. The selected Bidder must agree to terms set forth within the Independent Contractor Agreement document provided by the IDA and will be required to provide a Certificate of Insurance for $1 million coverage and to list the IDA as Hold Harmless and Additionally Insured. The IDA will select the Bidder who provides the lowest $ amount from above and is also a responsible, responsive bidder as determined by the IDA from experience and references collected. The Bidder must submit sealed bids providing proof and photos of the equipment to be used to perform the work described herein. The Bidder is to provide their experience with similar work with contact information from a minimum of two references. The IDA reserves the right to reject any or all bids, whatever is in the IDA's best interest. OPTIONAL ADDENDUM: In addition to, but not a part of the bush hogging bid, the IDA requests bids on smoothing specific areas of the IDA property as presented on mapping provided by the IDA upon request. The IDA will consider an additional bid to disc approximately 15 acres, fill identified holes, trench for water drainage where needed and seed as shown on the map. The IDA will coordinate with the bidder on the timing of the work. Bidders interested in this option may contact the IDA for a map with detailing of work and scope. Bidders interested in this optional addendum shall provide a lump sum proposal that clearly shows the total cost for performing the work. The IDA will perform a field review of the optional work prior to issuing final payment to the bidder. The bidder awarded the optional work shall provide insurance coverage as described above for the bush hogging work. The IDA may award the optional addendum work to any interested bidder, whatever is in the best interest of the IDA. Please contact the Washington County IDA office at 573-438-6196 if additional information is needed or to receive a map of the area(s) to be maintained.