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

Direct all questions regarding this Solicitation, and any questions or Issues relating to the accessibility of this Solicitation (Including the appendices and exhibits to this Document, and any other document related to this Solicitation), to: Park, Rachael Hui Jin. Bidders shall not include confidential and/or proprietary documents as part of their proposal. The record of each bidder and their respective proposal shall be open to public inspection. The scope of work consists of furnishing all labor, materials, tools, and equipment necessary for the maintenance of certain designated landscaped areas, including applicable planter boxes within the highway right-of-way and maintenance, inspection of irrigation system. To be eligible for award, bidders shall possess a valid State of Hawaii Specialty Contractor's "C-27" Landscaping Contractors license at the time of bidding. Bidders' attention is also directed to Section 10.3 of the Specifications regarding additional bidder requirements. All Request for Information (RFI) questions and Substitution Requests shall be submitted by online no later than February 5, 2025, at 2:00 p.m., HST. RFI questions received after the stated deadline shall not be addressed. Substitution Requests received after the stated deadline shall not be considered. Verbal RFI(s) shall not receive a response. All responses to RFI questions shall be provided for clarification and information only and issued by formal addendum. If there is a conflict between the solicitation and information stated in the responses to Request for Information questions the solicitation shall govern and control, unless as amended by formal addendum. For more information, contact the Campaign Spending Commission at (808) 586-0285. The Equal Employment Opportunity Regulations of the Secretary of Labor implementing Executive Order 11246, as amended, shall be complied with on this project. The U.S. Department of Transportation Regulation entitled "Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs of the U.S. Department of Transportation", Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 21, is applicable to this project. Bidders are hereby notified that the Department of Transportation shall affirmatively ensure that the contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder without discrimination on the grounds of race, color, national origin, or sex (as directed by 23 CFR Part 200). For additional information, contact Harry Takiue, Acting Engineering Program Manager, by phone at (808) 345-2105 or by email at harry.h.takiue@hawaii.gov. The State reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive any defects in said proposals in the best interest of the public. PERFORMANCE OF WORK shall be amended by adding the following to the end of the subsection: "The Contractor shall perform work satisfactorily in the judgment of the Engineer during the contract period. If it appears at any time that the work contracted to be performed is not satisfactory, the Engineer may require the Contractor to furnish and place in operation such additional force and equipment as the Engineer shall deem necessary to bring the work up to satisfactory status. In case the Contractor fails to comply after ten (10) working days from the date of receipt of such a written order from the Engineer, the Engineer may employ a working force and equipment and charge the Contractor for the reasonable cost thereof including depreciation for equipment and or he may terminate the contract." INSPECTION shall be amended by adding the following to the end of the subsection: "The Director reserves the right to have all work as specified by the contract documents to be inspected by a State Inspector or by a State Contractor/Consultant-provided inspector. The Contractor shall maintain all books, documents, papers, records, and other evidence pertaining to payroll: employee's name, employee's correct classification, wage rates, daily and weekly hours worked, deductions made, and actual wages paid. The Contractor shall make such materials and information available at their respective offices at all reasonable times during the contract period and for three (3) years from the date of final payment under the contract for inspection by the State. Failure to comply with the conditions of this Section during the contract period may result in cancellation of the contract."