Description
The U.S. Embassy in Rabat, Morocco is seeking a contractor to provide gardening services for a period of 12 months, with two option years, one-year options to renew. The contractor will be responsible for maintaining the grass, shrubbery, garden areas, trees, and related landscape elements of the U.S. Embassy Rabat. The contractor will also be required to provide temporary additional services to support special events at the Post. The contractor must have experience in gardening and landscape maintenance and must be able to provide all necessary equipment, materials, and personnel to perform the services.
Some key responsibilities of the contractor include:
• Maintaining the height of grass between 4 and 6 centimeters in all lawn areas
• Edging all sidewalks, patios, walkways, and curbs or retaining walls
• Trimming grass around trees, shrubs, cultivated areas, sprinkler heads, drip system hardware, valves, fences, buildings, poles, manhole covers, and structures
• Weeding the grounds and gardens on a continuous basis
• Watering lawns, flowers, shrubs, and trees to provide for moisture penetration to a depth of 7 centimeters
• Fertilizing and liming the soil to promote proper health, growth, color, and appearance of cultivated vegetation
• Maintaining a program for controlling pests and plant disease
• Cleaning in-ground hard surfaces, including lawn exterior light lens covers, and removing all debris and dirt
• Monitoring and observing paver stone areas for loose or missing pavers and resetting or reporting to the COR to replace or repair as required