Specifications include, but are not limited to: Lawn care and landscaping services for the approximately 15.75 acres of property maintained shall take place between 7:30 AM and 4:30 PM Monday through Friday, excluding state observed holidays. Work outside of these time-frames shall require a forty-eight (48) hour advance approval of the District Facilities Program Administrator or their designated representative. A site plan identifying the areas to be maintained follows these specifications. 6.1: Pre-Season Cleanup Execute a pre-season cleanup of each site in preparation for the growing season between March 1 and April 30. The cleanup may be done by manual raking, vacuuming, or equipment mounted devices used for this type of cleanup. Minimum services required are as follows: • Cleaning/Raking of lawn area to remove leaves and debris. Contractor is responsible for removing leaves, limbs, twigs, and debris from site. • Trimming/pruning of bushes, shrubs, hedges, ornamental trees, ornamental grasses and or brush. Contractor is responsible for removing leaves, limbs, twigs, and debris from site. • Spot thatch apply topsoil and seeding of lawn as needed. • Level out, rake, and reseed area around roadways or parking area, as needed, which were damaged by snow removal operations the prior winter. 6.2: Edging All sidewalks curb lines, concrete slabs and planting bed edges shall be mechanically edged to maintain a neat, clean appearance. Plant beds and tree rings shall be edged two times between April 1 and August 31 of each year. Sidewalks curb lines and concrete slabs shall be edged once per month from April to October each year. All edging debris shall be swept or blown clean and or otherwise disposed of. This shall be reflected in your unit price for edging. 6.3: Install Dark Hardwood Mulch Vendor shall provide a labor only quote to install hardwood mulch, applied at a depth of 2-4 inches in all beds and tree rings on the property between April 15 and June 30 Annually. An allowance is indicated in the pricing spreadsheet to cover the material costs. Vendor shall present samples of mulch to the District Facilities Program Administrator or their designated representative for final selection prior to installation of hardwood mulch at the sites. Vendor will provide the Department with actual invoices for the product purchased to verify markup percentage. If the product selected by the Department is expected to exceed the allowance in the contract, the vendor shall provide a quote for the mulch materials to the District Facilities Program Administrator or their designated representative for approval prior to commencing work. At the end of mulch installation, walks and curbs adjacent to work areas that are used for bulk storage are to be swept or blown clean6.2: Edging All sidewalks curb lines, concrete slabs and planting bed edges shall be mechanically edged to maintain a neat, clean appearance. Plant beds and tree rings shall be edged two times between April 1 and August 31 of each year. Sidewalks curb lines and concrete slabs shall be edged once per month from April to October each year. All edging debris shall be swept or blown clean and or otherwise disposed of. This shall be reflected in your unit price for edging. 6.3: Install Dark Hardwood Mulch Vendor shall provide a labor only quote to install hardwood mulch, applied at a depth of 2-4 inches in all beds and tree rings on the property between April 15 and June 30 Annually. An allowance is indicated in the pricing spreadsheet to cover the material costs. Vendor shall present samples of mulch to the District Facilities Program Administrator or their designated representative for final selection prior to installation of hardwood mulch at the sites. Vendor will provide the Department with actual invoices for the product purchased to verify markup percentage. If the product selected by the Department is expected to exceed the allowance in the contract, the vendor shall provide a quote for the mulch materials to the District Facilities Program Administrator or their designated representative for approval prior to commencing work. At the end of mulch installation, walks and curbs adjacent to work areas that are used for bulk storage are to be swept or blown clean
