The Little Rock School District is soliciting proposals for a MOWING AND GROUNDS MAINTENANCE SERVICES contract in accordance with the enclosed Scope of Services.
The complete request for proposal is available online at
https://lrsd.ionwave.net
. Interested Proposers must register at this site to view and download proposal documents and to submit a proposal electronically. This is the
preferred
method of submission.
There is a
mandatory
pre-proposal meeting scheduled for 10:00 A.M., January 10, 2024 at LRSD Procurement Department, 1800 East Sixth Street, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Offerers must attend the pre-proposal meeting to qualify to submit an
offer.
Proposals will be taken under advisement upon closing and successful proposers will be notified as soon as an evaluation is completed. The District will negotiate, as appropriate, with the apparent acceptable proposers. Complete scope of work is available in the attachment section of this request for proposal.
Any questions regarding this RFP are to be submitted in writing via IonWave under the questions tab by the deadline, January 19, 2024 @ 10 am.
All questions received and the corresponding answers will be posted publicly for all vendors. No
verbal responses will be provided.
District will not respond to questions after this date and time.
ISSUING OFFICE
This proposal is issued by the Procurement Department, Little Rock School District. The Procurement Department is the sole point of contact between proposer and the District on matters pertaining to the award of any contract resulting from this RFP. Questions relating to this RFP should be submitted under the questions tab before question deadline. Proposers under no circumstances shall contact any other Little Rock School District administrators or staff at any time during this procurement process. Any contact with Little Rock School District administrators or staff could result in your proposal being disqualified.
AWARD
The contract will be awarded to the contractor, who submits the lowest most responsible, responsive offer complying with the instructions specified within. The District reserves the right to award this service under a single or multiple contracts by zone; whichever shall be in the best interest of the District.
EXTENSION CLAUSE
Any contract awarded from this solicitation may be continued for additional periods provided terms, conditions, and pricing remain unchanged. Subsequent extensions must be mutually agreed upon by the Procurement and Materials Management Department and the vendor.
EVALUATION CRITERIA
Evaluation of proposals submitted will include but are not limited to:
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Pricing
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Company Profile/Qualifications
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Years in Business
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References
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Equipment be used to perform work
The District reserves the right to reject any or all offers and waive any irregularities or formalities in any solicitation or proposal responses.
Price alone may not be the determining factor.
Awards will be based upon those considerations, which are in the best interest of the District and will be made to the most responsive, responsible bidder whose bid is judged to be the most effective and economical for the purpose intended, according to the requirements and specifications stated in this Request for Proposal.
NOTICE:
Little Rock School District will be closed December 16, 2023 through January 1, 2024 for Winter Break. We will reopen for normal business hours January 2, 2024.
