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Landscape Maintenance Columbus & Doherty Parks

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CITY OF BOSTON 

Boston Parks and Recreation

Invitation For Bids 

Landscape Maintenance Columbus & Doherty Parks

Event ID # EV00008728

Contact information

Traci Lee

Traci.lee@boston.gov

617-961-3092

The City of Boston, acting by its Parks and Recreation Commissioner, 1010 Massachusetts Ave, 3rd floor, Roxbury, MA 02118, hereinafter referred to as the Awarding Authority, hereby invites sealed bids for the project listed above, and particularly set forth in the Invitation For Bids, which may be obtained through the City’s Supplier Portal (Purchasing website: http://www.boston.gov/departments/procurement )

All Bids for this project are subject to all applicable provisions of law and in accordance with the terms and provisions of the contract documents entitled: Landscape Maintenance Columbus & Doherty Parks

SCOPE OF WORK includes: Furnishing all labor, materials and equipment necessary for general landscape maintenance including mowing, trimming, mulch, edging, weed removal,  IPM treatments, aerating, overseeding, irrigation monitoring and repair at Christopher Columbus Park (110 Atlantic Avenue, Boston 02110) and Doherty Park (439 Bunker Hill Street, Charlestown 02129) Estimated cost of contract is $45,000.00/year (optional 2nd & 3rd year renewal).

Bids shall be submitted before 2:00 P.M., Boston time, Friday January 29, 2021 and opened forthwith. The Awarding Authority reserves the right to waive any informality, or to reject any and all bids, if it be in the Public Interest to do so.

SPECIFICATIONS AND PLANS will be available on or about Monday, January 11, 2021 after 9:00 A.M., Boston time. 

The successful bidder will be required to provide by insurance for the payment of compensation and the furnishing of other benefits under the Workmen’s Compensation Law, General Laws (Ter.Ed.), chapter 152, to all persons to be employed under the contract, and sufficient proof of compliance with the foregoing stipulation will be required before commencing performance of this contract.  

A performance bond of a surety company qualified to do business under the laws of the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Commissioner and in the sum of 100 percent of the contract price, as well as certain public liability and property damage insurance, will be required of the successful general contractor.

Ryan Woods, Commissioner 

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