Specifications include, but are not limited to: 2.1. All work performed will be scheduled by the Contract Coordinator or the District Facility Manager. All work shall be performed Monday through Friday during normal working hours. On occasion work, may be required after normal working hours, or on Saturday, Sunday or Holidays. Normal working hours are defined as Monday through Friday, 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 2.2. The Contractor will be required to provide all labor, material, and equipment including but not limited to equipment, fuel, labor, and supervision necessary to provide the services as detailed in this solicitation. 2.3. Welcome Centers/Rest Areas: The contractor will be required to set up a safety sign at the entrance ramp and in accordance with State of Vermont Agency of Transportation standards. The rest areas will be open to public transportation during the lawn care services operation and the contractor at times may not be able to perform their operations without disturbance from the public. The contractor will need to wear a safety fluorescent vest, safety glasses and hard hat at all times when performing these services. 2.4. The contractor will help maintain the grounds. The contractor can assume that ½ hour of clean up and site prep will be done with each mowing. Time specified will be for picking up miscellaneous trash, to filling ruts created by a vehicle that lost control and went into the lawn area, picking up limbs or branches, etc. 2.5. The lawns are to be kept looking neat and professional. Finished height after mowing shall be between 2” and 2 ½”. The lawns do not need to be raked during a normal mowing, but if the contractor is creating wind rows then the contractor will need to rake at their own costs. 2.6. The contractor is to do weed trimming every time the lawn is mowed. If there is curbing between the parking area and the lawn area, weed trimming needs to be done between pavement and curbing as well as lawn and curbing. 2.7. The contractor is to clean all walkways and paved areas by raking, sweeping or blowing off all trimmings and debris at the end of each mowing. 2.8. The contractor may bid on all or any combination of locations, or on only a single location. There are (14) Fourteen different locations that will be serviced under this bid. We have an estimated (23) twenty-three mowing’s at each site this year. The contractor will invoice on a monthly basis, itemizing each mowing by date. The contractor will be compensated for actual services performed. 2.9. The following schedule is based on the weeks that the mowing will occur during the 2018 mowing season. The state will notify the successful vendor of specific events and dates where mowing cannot be performed.
