26-42013-000 Landscaping Maintenance Services

You are invited to review and respond to this Department of State Hospitals – Napa (DSH-N) solicitation. DSH is seeking bids for a contractor to provide landscaping maintenance services.

Contractor shall provide all necessary materials, supplies, tools, equipment, transportation, licenses, certifications, permits, prevailing wages, insurance and personnel to provide DSH-N with landscaping maintenance services on an as-needed basis.

Contractor shall provide all necessary materials, supplies, tools, equipment, transportation, licenses, certifications, permits, prevailing wages, insurance and personnel to provide DSH-N with landscaping maintenance services on an as-needed basis.

Please carefully review and consider the minimum qualifications, and the detailed Scope of Work located in Attachment 18, Sample Agreement, Exhibit A, Scope of Work, in order to complete your bid.

Minimum qualifications

• Bidder must provide a copy of current Contractors State License, C-27 Landscaping Contractor, issued by the California Department of Consumer Affairs, Contractors State License Board.
• Bidders shall have a minimum of five (5) years’ experience performing landscaping maintenance services. Bidders shall submit a statement of capabilities and/or resume.
• Bidders shall have experience with electrical wiring of irrigation systems, plant care, soil health, basic irrigation plumbing, irrigation controls, spray patterns and troubleshooting.

**Submission method:** All bids must be submitted under a sealed cover and received by DSH by the date and time in the Key Action Dates. The sealed cover must be plainly marked with the IFB number and title, and must be marked “DO NOT OPEN”. Bids not submitted under a sealed cover shall be rejected. A minimum of one (1) original of the bid must be submitted, and marked accordingly. Hand Delivery of bids are by appointment only.

Send to: ATTN: Project Management Unit (PMU), Department of State Hospitals – Napa, 2100 Napa Vallejo Highway, Napa, CA 94558.

**Mandatory** Bidder’s Conference: All bidders must attend the conference to have their bids considered responsive and responsible.

**Registration required:** Bidder and its subcontractor(s) must be registered with Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) under section Labor Code § 1725.5 and must pay prevailing wage per Labor Code 1771.

**Award:** DSH intends, if an award is made, to award to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder in accordance with Section V, Preference and Incentive Programs.

**Contract term:** The term of any agreement resulting from this IFB is anticipated to be December 01, 2026, through October 31, 2030.

Bidder shall agree to all security provisions where the performance of work takes place on any state hospital grounds.