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 and landscape maintenance agreement with a contractor for the City's Central Business District for the Downtown Maintenance Division. The City of Aurora has a local preference ordinance that would apply to this contract. The City of Aurora encourages minority business firms to submit bids and encourages the successful firm to utilize minority businesses as applicable. Question Deadline 01/28/2025 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 Online by 4:00 pm, Thursday, January 30, 2025. A Bid bond in the amount of $1,000 is required with the bid presented. A 50% performance and a 100% payment bond may be required from the successful bidder. The contract will be for one (1) year with the option for two (2) one-year extensions based on mutual agreement between the contractor and the City of Aurora. The City reserves to right to award the bid to multiple vendors. 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. 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.