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

The City of Ballwin seeks bids from qualified contractors to mow properties and greenspaces throughout the City of Ballwin. Bid Documents include this Notice to Contractors, Instructions to Bidders, General Conditions, the Plans and Specifications, Bid Proposal form, Bid Bond form, proposed City-Contractor Agreement, Bidders Information Sheet form, Exhibits, and any Addenda issued prior to closing of the scheduled time for accepting bids. Bids shall be submitted on the Bid Proposal form provided. All work shall be performed according to City of Ballwin specifications. Bidders are informed that pursuant to Section 285.530, RSMo, as a condition of the award of any contract in excess of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), the successful bidder shall, by sworn affidavit and provision of documentation, affirm its enrollment and participation in a federal work authorization program with respect to the employees working in connection to the contracted services. Successful bidders shall also sign an affidavit affirming that it does not knowingly employ any person who is an unauthorized alien in connection to the contracted services. Bidders are informed that the Project is subject to the requirements of Section 292.675, RSMo, which requires all contractors or subcontractors doing work on the Project to provide, and require its on-site employees to complete, a ten (10) hour course in construction safety and health approved by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") or a similar program approved by the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations which is at least as stringent as an approved OSHA program. The training must be completed within sixty (60) days of the date work on the Project commences. On-site employees found on the worksite without documentation of the required training shall have twenty (20) days to produce such documentation. Contractors and sub-contractors in violation of this provision will forfeit to the City of Ballwin $2,500.00 plus $100.00 a day for each employee who is employed without training. The City of Ballwin may withhold assessed penalties from payment due to the bidder and/or any subcontractors employed thereby. The bidder shall complete and submit their bid the "AFFIDAVIT OF WORK AUTHORIZATION". A "Notice to Proceed" is anticipated for February 11, 2025. Work shall continue uninterrupted according to the Specification The bidder shall perform with his own organization, work amounting too not less than 100 percent of the total contract cost; no sub-contractors shall be used. The City of Ballwin will affirmatively assure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this Notice to Contractors, qualified minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, familial status, national origin or political affiliation. If you are a person that requires an accommodation or desires more information, please call (636) 227-8580V or RELAY MISSOURI 1-800-735-2966 TDD not later than 5:00 P.M. on the third day preceding the last day for accepting bids. Offices are open between 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Monday through Friday. The City of Ballwin intends to award a contract for the Project based on the bid that, in the City of Ballwin's sole discretion, best meets the interests and requirements of the City. The City of Ballwin reserves the right in the City's sole discretion to reject any and all bids, to waive technicalities or deficiencies in any or all bids, to negotiate with any or all bidders or others for more favorable terms or prices, and to award a contract to other than the bidder submitting the lowest cost bid proposal, with or without negotiation. The City of Ballwin reserves the right not to open a sole bid. There will be no pre-bid meeting. Any questions should be directed to John Hoffman, Assistant Director of Parks @ 636-227-2243 or jhoffman@ballwin.mo.us. C. No bid shall be considered unless the offering bidder shall furnish evidence satisfactory to the City of Ballwin that the bidder has the necessary facilities, ability and pecuniary resources to fulfill the conditions of the Contract Documents. The low bidder or any other bidder may be required to submit financial statements. D. All bids shall be made for materials in the different classes furnished in the Work complete, and no bid proposal will be made or considered on any part of the Work not complete in place, nor on materials except in completed work, unless specifically otherwise provided for in the Plans and Specifications. E. Attention of the bidders is directed to the requirement that work on the project shall be commenced by April 1, 2025. F. No bid shall be withdrawn after the opening of bids for a period of ninety (90) calendar days after the closing time for acceptance of bids. Any bidder may withdraw a bid personally or by telegraphic or written request at any time prior to the closing time for the acceptance of bids. G. Bidder shall perform with his own organization, work amounting to not less than 50 percent of the total contract cost.