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

All prospective bidders/responders are to e-mail all inquiries directly to the Procurement Department contact. Any contact with other staff will result in a rejected offer. M/WBE's are encouraged to participate in the bid process. 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 of Aurora invites you to bid on an anticipated landscape maintenance agreement with a contractor for the City’s right of ways, medians, and city-owned parcels. The City reserves the right to award the bid individually or cumulatively. 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 accepted until 8:00 am, Tuesday, February 4, 2025. Questions will be answered via addendum and posted to the City’s website at Online by 4:00 pm, Thursday, February 6, 2025. NO questions will be accepted or answered verbally. No questions will be accepted or answered after February 4, 2025 8:00 am cut-off date/time. The City of Aurora has a local preference ordinance that would apply to this contract. Sufficient proof of liability and workmen’s compensation must be furnished to satisfy requirements of the City of Aurora. The City of Aurora encourages minority business firms to submit bids and encourages the successful firm to utilize minority businesses as applicable. Any bidder who owes the City money may be disqualified at the City’s discretion. The City of Aurora reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, or parts thereof, and to waive any technicality, informality or irregularity in the Bids received, and to disregard all nonconforming or conditional Bids or counter-proposals and to hold the best Bids for ninety (90) days from the opening date set forth above. 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.