Lawn Care and Property Maintenance Abatement Contracting 2024

Description

City of Buena Vista Request for Proposals Lawn Care and Property/Maintenance Abatement Services 2024 Issued April 24 2024 The City of Buena Vista Attention: Alan McMahan 2039 Sycamore Avenue Buena Vista VA 24416 Proposal Responses Due: 5:00 PM on May 10, 2024 1 Revised 20240424 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS City of Buena Vista Lawn Care and Property Maintenance Abatement Services 2024 PURPOSE The City of Buena Vista, Virginia, hereafter referred to as “the City”, hereby requests proposals for Lawn Care and Property Maintenance/Abatement Services for 2024. Attached are requirements to be met by the proposals, criteria to be used (although not all inclusive) for evaluation of the proposals, and general information relating to the City to be taken into consideration when preparing the proposals. BACKGROUND The City of Buena Vista, located in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, is home to just over 6,600 residents. The Department of Community Development and the Police Department are jointly responsible for enforcing the City’s nuisance and property maintenance regulations. In many cases of enforcement, the City engages a contractor to abate the issue and bills the property owner for the cost of abatement. SCOPE OF SERVICES The successful Contractor shall furnish all permits and provide all materials, equipment and labor necessary to perform the services noted in this Scope of Services. 1. MOWING - Mowing will be performed on an as-requested basis by the City Manager, Director of Community Development, or the Building Official. The grass, weeds, and any other foreign growth shall be cut to a uniformed height, no greater than 2” from the ground, without skips or gaps. 2. TRIMMING AND EDGING - All curbs, sidewalks, ditches, buildings, poles, and transformers will be edged or trimmed when cutting the respective property’s grass. This includes concrete curbing/gutter along the roads. Precautions shall be taken to maintain blades on edging equipment in a sharp condition to provide a clean, even cut and to prevent uneven edging. Trimming with string trimmers will be done in ditches, around trees, foundations, walls, and other structures to insure a neat appearance. The contractor shall replace all items that have been damaged during mowing and trimming operations. 3. GRASS CLIPPINGS & DEBRIS - The contractor will remove all grass, weed clippings and foreign growth that blows onto sidewalks, parking lots and roads.