Request for Qualifications: Mowing and Grounds Maintenance Services for 309 Norment Ave

The City of Gastonia is requesting written price quotations from qualified mowing contractors to provide routine mowing and grounds maintenance at a City-owned residence located at 309 W. Norment Avenue. The contract is expected to start on September 1, 2026, and end on June 30, 2027. Here are the key points: 1. **Service Requirements**: The contractor must mow, string trim, and edge the maintained turf within the property boundaries. Services include removing ordinary litter, small limbs, and other objects, and blowing or sweeping grass clippings and debris from porches, steps, sidewalks, and other paved surfaces. 2. **Property Details**: The parcel is approximately 0.11 acres in total, including the residence, driveway, porch, walkways, and landscaped areas. The contractor must review site conditions before submitting a quotation. 3. **Service Schedule**: The City anticipates up to 12 routine service visits during the initial term, with visits scheduled approximately every 14 days during the growing season. 4. **Performance Requirements**: The contractor must work safely, professionally, and with minimal disruption to the resident. They must provide trained personnel, maintained equipment, and visible business identification. 5. **Quotation Requirements**: Respondents must submit a concise quotation, including a completed and signed Quotation and Price Form, a brief description of the firm, references, and confirmation that they can meet the service schedule and requirements. 6. **Evaluation and Award**: The City will award the contract to the lowest responsive, responsible respondent based on the extended seasonal price for 12 routine visits. 7. **Insurance and Contract Requirements**: The selected respondent must enter into the City's standard service contract, provide required insurance documentation, and name the City of Gastonia as an additional insured on their commercial general liability policy. 8. **Submission**: Quotations must be submitted in PDF format by email to [email protected] by August 20, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Late quotations will not be accepted.