2027 Roadside, Sidewalk, and Basin Herbicide Application Services

The Ada County Highway District (ACHD) seeks competitive proposals from qualified Firms to provide herbicide application services within ACHD-owned or maintained public rights-of-way and stormwater facilities. Services shall include initial and follow-up treatments to control noxious and nuisance vegetation along roadsides, sidewalks, stormwater basin perimeters, upland areas, designated basin side slopes, access roads, and other ACHD-authorized locations.

The selected Firm shall furnish all qualified personnel, equipment, herbicides, traffic control, documentation, and related services necessary to perform the work in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations, safety, and environmental standards, and ACHD requirements.

During the term of this Service Agreement, Contractor shall provide roadside, sidewalk, stormwater basin, and related spot herbicide application services within ACHD-owned or ACHD-maintained public rights-of-way and stormwater facilities. Contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, herbicides, adjuvants, drift-control agents, equipment, traffic control, licenses, records, and incident response necessary to complete the work described herein unless specifically stated otherwise in the Agreement.

Roadside

• Initial roadside pre-emergent herbicide application shall begin no earlier than January 1, 2027, and shall conclude no later than March 15, 2027.
• During the initial roadside application period, approximately one thousand five hundred twenty-two (1,522) lane miles are to be sprayed.
• The target spray width shall be ten (10) feet unless field conditions observed by Contractor prevent a ten-foot width.
• Additional roadside herbicide applications for noxious and nuisance weed control shall occur from March 16, 2027, through December 31, 2027, as directed by ACHD.

Sidewalk

• Initial sidewalk herbicide application shall begin no earlier than May 10, 2027, and shall conclude no later than June 7, 2027.
• During the initial sidewalk application period, approximately two hundred seventy-seven (277) lane miles of sidewalks are to be sprayed.
• A second sidewalk application for noxious and nuisance weed control shall occur from June 7, 2027, through December 31, 2027, as directed by ACHD.

Basin

• Initial basin herbicide application shall begin no earlier than April 15, 2027, and shall conclude no later than May 15, 2027.
• The basin application includes approximately forty-eight (48) locations and approximately one million thirty-four thousand nine hundred eighteen (1,034,918) square feet of treatment area.
• Additional basin herbicide application for noxious and nuisance weed control shall occur from May 15, 2027, through December 31, 2027, as directed by ACHD.
• Do not apply herbicide to basin bottoms.

Contractor shall acknowledge weed escape, complaint, and spot-spray requests within twenty-four (24) hours of notification by ACHD. Contractor shall treat authorized spot-spray and weed-breakout locations within forty-eight (48) hours of notification by ACHD, provided label restrictions, weather, traffic control, safety, and site conditions allow treatment.

Contractor shall record all required application information on a Daily Herbicide Log meeting Idaho Department of Agriculture requirements and ACHD requirements. Logs shall be completed daily and submitted monthly with Contractor's invoice.

Proposal Evaluation

Proposals will be evaluated based on established criteria, including cost, qualifications, experience, and the Respondent's demonstrated ability to safely, lawfully, and effectively perform the required herbicide application services in accordance with the RFP Scope of Work/Specifications.

**Required** with the bid submission:

• Contractor shall provide copies of all applicable licenses to ACHD with bid submission.
• As part of its bid submission, the Contractor shall provide a detailed Application Plan describing the methodology, staffing, equipment, scheduling approach, and resources that will be used to successfully perform the work required under this contract within the specified performance timeframes.
• Failure to provide an adequate Application Plan may adversely affect the Contractor's evaluation score or result in the bid being determined non-responsive if the required information is omitted.

Qualifications and insurance

• Contractor performing work under this Agreement shall have no less than three (3) full years of experience performing similar herbicide application scopes of work in Ada County.
• Pesticide and chemical liability insurance for damage by spill, chemical drift, or other off-target damage in an amount not less than **$1,000,000 per occurrence**.
• Comprehensive General Liability Insurance and Motor Vehicle Insurance, each with minimum limits of $100,000 per claim and $500,000 aggregate, and Workers' Compensation Insurance.

Liquidated damages

- **$500 per calendar day** for initial roadside, basin, and sidewalk work not completed by deadline.

Contractor shall submit invoices to ACHD via e-mail at invoices@achdidaho.org. ACHD will pay each invoice net 30 days.

The Scope of Work is required to be completed by Thursday, September 30, 2027.