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Award of Term Contract to Clear Cut Lawn & Landscaping, LLC, for Mowing Services and Grounds Maintenance of Various County Properties (Contract No. 22-T00079/JG; Amount: $207,000.00)
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BRIEF OVERVIEW
The Procurement Department issued Invitation to Bid (ITB) No. 22-T00079/JG on June 24, 2022, at the request of the Hernando County Facilities Maintenance Department, to obtain bids for the purchase of mowing services and grounds maintenance throughout the year.
The Procurement Department staff placed the legal advertisement in the Hernando Sun and on the OpenGov website on June 24, 2022. The bid was sent to one thousand eight hundred twenty-four (1,824) matching vendor/contractors from the website. The bid document was downloaded by twenty-one (21) vendor/contractors and four (4) bid submissions were received. The Base Bid is the total price for the estimated amounts of mowing services and grounds maintenance that will be required by the Facilities Maintenance Department over the next three (3) years.
BIDDER BASE BID
M & G Lawn Service, LLC $77,970.00*
Clear Cut Lawn and Landscaping $207,000.00
Lawns Today, LLC $236,630.10
Central Florida Landscaping, Inc. $241,928.92
Bids were reviewed and evaluated by the Procurement Department to determine if they were responsive. Bids were then reviewed and evaluated by the Hernando County Facilities Maintenance Department staff for award recommendation based on price, conformance with specifications and the Bidder's ability to perform the contract in accordance with the terms, conditions and specifications required.
*Bid was removed from consideration by the department for M & G Lawn Service LLC for the following reason:
Based upon a comparison to the other bids received and previous contracts, it was determined the bid prices are too low to allow sufficient time at each property to properly perform the work according to the specifications of the bid.
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