Request For Quotes For Parkwide Pest Inspection, Monitoring & Extermination Services

The Hudson River Park Trust (“Trust”) is pleased to invite you to respond to this Request for Quotes ("RFQ") for Parkwide Pest Inspection, Monitoring & Extermination Services.

This is a Discretionary Procurement that is available only to New York State MWBE or SDVOB certified firms that are experienced pest elimination service providers.

The Trust intends to award a contract that would commence January 1, 2027, for a five-year term, or through December 31, 2031.

Hudson River Park is located on the west side of Manhattan running along the Hudson River from north of Chambers St. to 59th St. The Park includes restrooms and storage facilities, offices, landscaped public piers and display gardens, lawn areas, ecological planting zones, athletic fields, esplanades, docks, public sculptures and other special features. Hudson River Park Trust seeks an experienced pest elimination service provider to suppress unwanted pests throughout the park.

The Integrated Pest Management (“IPM”) specified by this contract is intended to suppress populations of rats, mice, cockroaches, ants (excluding carpenter ants), silverfish, and any other arthropod or vertebrate pest not specifically excluded from the contract. Populations of these pests inside facilities and that are located outside the buildings listed herein within the boundaries of Hudson River Park are included in this contract.

The following pests are excluded from this contract: birds, bats and all other vertebrates other than commensal rodents; termites, carpenter ants and other wood-destroying organisms; mosquitoes; and pests located outside buildings that primarily feed on outdoor vegetation. However, the contractor may be called upon to manage or remove these pests at an additional cost to the Trust.

The Trust operates small yards and storage facilities within the Park at North Moore St., 26th St., Gansevoort, Pier 76, Pier 84, and Pier 97. [...] the contractor shall provide service to all listed locations.

• Current bait stations: Pier 40 Bait Station Quantity= 12
• Parkwide & Other Facility Quantity= 94

**Initial Comprehensive Baiting & Inspection during first month of Contract:** Contractor will install new bait in all current bait stations located throughout the park both indoors and outdoors. [...] This initial baiting & Inspection is only required during the 1st month of the contract and a one-time fee.

The contractor will inspect all bait stations outdoors and indoors at a minimum once per month.

The contractor shall respond to requests for emergency service on the day of the request and provide services within 24 hours of the request.

The contractor shall be responsible for maintaining complete and accurate pest management records. The contractor will be responsible for issuing a service report to the Trust after each service.

Contractor will invoice monthly for services.

Respondents must complete the attached Respondent’s Information Form at Exhibit 1 and the Fee and Cost proposal at Exhibit 2.

The Trust’s selection will be based 60 percent on the fee schedule and 40 percent on the contractor’s experience and references.

**Responses must be emailed** to Matt Post at mpost@hrpt.ny.gov no later than Thursday, November 19, 2026, at 3:00 pm.

The form of contract that accompanies this RFQ must also be reviewed by respondents.

In addition to being either a MWBE or SDVOB certified firm, the contractor must meet the following requirements: (i) has been in the professional Integrated Pest Management (“IPM”) business and handling industrial, commercial, and institutional accounts for at least three years immediately prior to responding to this RFQ and (ii) must maintain a current Pesticide Business Registration License from the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC).

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