This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Haines City, Florida. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

Notice is hereby given that the Westside Haines City Community Development District ("District") will accept proposals from qualified firms ("Proposers") interested in providing landscape and irrigation maintenance services, all as more specifically set forth in the Project Manual. In order to submit a proposal, each Proposer must (1) be authorized to do business in Florida, and hold all required state and federal licenses in good standing; and (2) have at least five (5) years of experience with landscape maintenance projects. Any protest regarding the Project Manual, including but not limited to protests relating to the proposal notice, the proposal instructions, the proposal forms, the contract form, the scope of work, the maintenance map, the specifications, the evaluation criteria, the evaluation process, or any other issues or items relating to the Project Manual, must be filed in writing, within seventy-two (72) hours after issuance of the Project Manual. The formal protest setting forth with particularity the facts and law upon which the protest is based shall be filed within seven (7) calendar days after the initial notice of protest was filed. Failure to timely file a notice of protest or failure to timely file a formal written protest shall constitute a waiver of any right to object or protest with respect to aforesaid plans, specifications or contract documents. Rankings will be made based on the Evaluation Criteria contained within the Project Manual. Price will be one factor used in determining the proposal that is in the best interest of the District, but the District explicitly reserves the right to make such award to other than the lowest price proposal. Any and all questions relative to this project shall be directed in writing by e-mail only to Jill Bums atjbums@gmscfl.com, Meredith Hammock at meredith@cddlawyers.com and Marshall Tindall at mtindall@gmscfl.com. Event Bid Description : Proposals shall be submitted in a sealed package that shall bear "RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (Westside Haines City Community Development District- Landscape & Irrigation Maintenance) ENCLOSED" on the face of it. Unless certain circumstances exist where a public opening is unwarranted, proposals will be publicly opened at the time and date stipulated above; those received after the time and date stipulated above may be returned un-opened to the Proposer. Any proposal not completed as specified or missing the required proposal documents may be disqualified. Additional information and requirements regarding protests are set forth in the Project Manual and the District's Rules of Procedure, which are available from the District Manager, Governmental Management Services-Central Florida, LLC, 219 East Livingston Street, Orlando, Florida 32801, or by sending an email tojbums@gmscfl.com, (407) 841-5524. The District reserves the right in its sole discretion to make changes to the Project Manual up until the time of the proposal opening, and to provide notice of such changes only to those Proposers who have attended the pre-proposal meeting and registered. The District has the right to reject any and all proposals and waive any technical errors, informalities or irregularities if it determines in its discretion it is in the best interest of the District to do so.