54-TJK-02-PR40715, CUSTODIAL OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF REST AREA

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (hereinafter referred to as "Department") is seeking the services of a janitorial maintenance company to provide custodial operations and maintenance of rest area consisting of but not limited to an efficient janitorial service including labor, supervision, equipment and supplies as specified herein.

NC Department of Transportation Rest Area (single) on US 70 at Exit 409, SR 1225, in Craven County, near Clarks.

The Contractor is to perform custodial operations and maintenance as specified herein to insure the facilities below are maintained in a safe, attractive, clean, sanitary and operable manner at all times. This contract includes rest area service building, inside & out; utility/storage building(s); vending machine building; outside lighting (does not include maintenance of 15' and 30' pole lights); picnic facilities; and the water distribution system and sewer system.

The intent of these specifications and requirements is to state and define the terms and conditions under which the Contractor shall provide the management, supervision, and manpower capable of performing work at the highest standards of janitorial excellence necessary to provide these services in a professional and workmanlike manner.

The most current estimated yearly visitation number will be considered 263,833 people for the one-year period of June 2025 through July 2026. The contract term is for one year. Bidders are to provide a lump sum for a one-year period.

**Small Business Certification mandatory.** This is a SBE contract and to qualify for the NCDOT SBE Program a firm must have an annual gross income of $1,500,000 or less, exclusive of materials. Only contractors currently certified as a SBE Contractor by the NCDOT Office of Civil Rights SBE Program Manager and listed in the Directory of Transportation Firms at bid opening will be eligible to bid on this project.

Bidders shall submit questions by email to Teddy Kapera tjkapera@ncdot.gov no later than **November 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM**. A response to bidder questions will be in the form of an addendum.

Both bid items must be submitted, or the bid will be considered irregular and will result in rejection of bid.

All eligible proposals will be evaluated and acceptance made of the bid judged in the discretion of the contracting agency to determine the lowest responsible bidder for the purpose intended.

For this project, the contract payment and performance bonds will be waived. However, a performance guarantee will be required.

The Contractor shall at its sole cost and expense obtain and furnish to the Department an original standard Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development (ACORD) certificate of liability insurance evidencing commercial general liability with a limit for bodily injury and property damage in the amount of **$5,000,000 per occurrence and $5,000,000 general aggregate**.

The date of availability for this contract will be February 1, 2027. The completion date for this contract is one (1) year from date of availability. This contract may be extended for two (2) additional periods, one (1) year each.