This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in El Mirage, Arizona. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

The City of El Mirage, Arizona (hereinafter "City") seeks proposals from independent contractor(s) to furnish all necessary tools and equipment, materials, labor, and supervision for landscape maintenance services. The contractor will be responsible for the following task, including, but not limited to cleaning, mowing, fertilization, litter removal, landscape maintenance, etc. Jobsite locations are at Proposer's facility and/or City of El Mirage facilities. The City plans to award all or parts of the projects by location to one (1) or more qualified vendors. In accordance with City of El Mirage Procurement Code, proposals for Landscape Maintenance Services will be received by the City of El Mirage Purchasing Administrator at the specified location until 9:30 am.on Tuesday, August 19, 2025. Proposals received by the correct date and time shall be considered. Proposals shall be in the actual possession of the City of El Mirage Administration on or prior to the exact date and time indicated above. Late proposals will not be considered, except as provided in the City of El Mirage Procurement Code. All work is located within the City of El Mirage, Maricopa County, Arizona. The contract work consists of all necessary labor, material, transportation services and equipment, to perform landscape maintenance and trash and litter pickup on a regular basis for City Parks per the City of El Mirage Landscape Maintenance Guidelines (latest version) and the contract specifications on the areas specified above and in Exhibit A. This Contract is a three (3) year contract and commences on July 1, 2025 and expires June 30, 2028. If renewed, contract is an annual contract from July 1, 2028 to June 30, 2030. Contract renewal shall be within 30 days of contract expiration. The City of El Mirage may at it's sole option and with the consent of the Contractor, extend the period of this agreement up to two (2) additional years in one (1) year increments. The costs for any price increase for additional years must be mutually agreed upon by the City and the Contractor. Either party has the right to cancel this contract without cause at any time with a 60 day written notice. Any item not installed as part of the landscape or hardscape at the time the Contractor began the contract. Additionally, it will cover any and all trash or litter, which may have been, windblown and includes such things as cigarette butts and tumbleweeds. GENERAL Scheduling work with the Public Works Director, Parks & Recreation Director or designee. Landscaped areas shall be raked as needed. All sites shall be raked in their entirety a minimum of once per quarter Trash and litter pickup weekly, excluding weekends and Holidays. It also includes picking up any dog waste and emptying the waste receptacles at the dog parks and refilling the bag dispensers. All trash receptacles need to be emptied when they are half full, with new bags installed. Trash receptacles also need to be wiped down on a weekly basis to keep them clean and presentable. Trimming all shrubs and ground cover that touch walkways and curbs as needed. Removing all dead vegetation as it appears on shrubs and ground cover as needed. All median sight lines clear and in accordance with Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) specifications and City Code for appropriate traffic triangle. The City staff will maintain all irrigation systems to include backflow devises, controllers, wiring, main lines, valves, lateral lines, heads, and emitters. The City staff will also set all irrigation clocks. The Contractor is required to notify the Public Works Director, Parks & Recreation Director or designee of any irrigation problems that they encounter, especially as they pertain to the health of the plant, trees, or turf care within 24 hours of discovery. The Contractor shall remove and dispose of all trash, litter, and plant debris on the same day. Playground surfaces shall be maintained as needed. Sand, wood chips, or other materials shall be raked and fill in any low are as underneath the play equipment. All suckers, pups, offshoot of on existing plant, or any plant growing that was not part of the original landscaping is considered a weed and shall be removed as soon as it is seen. The City may also exercise its right to either perform the work itself or use another City approved landscape maintenance contractor to perform the work. The cost of any work done in this manner will be deducted from the monthly billing in addition to the prorated deduction for unfinished work. The City will provide Rights-of-Way and easements for all work specified in this contract, and the Contractor shall not enter or occupy with men, tools, equipment or materials any private ground outside the property of the City of El Mirage, Maricopa County, Arizona, without the consent of the owner. The Contractor, at his/her own expense, is responsible for the acquisition of any additional easements or rights-of-way that he/she may desire to complete the work of this contract.