54-TJK-13-PR39740, STATE ROUTE SHOULDER AND MEDIAN MOWING INCLUDING VEGETATION TRIMMING AND LITTER/DEBRIS REMOVAL

STATE ROUTE SHOULDER AND MEDIAN MOWING INCLUDING VEGETATION TRIMMING AND LITTER/DEBRIS REMOVAL, BUNCOMBE, MADISON, AND YANCEY, DIVISION 13

Work includes mowing/trimming of vegetation, and litter/debris removal along State Highway System routes within Buncombe, Madison, and Yancey Counties. The furnishing of all equipment, tools, materials, transportation, and labor shall be incidental to completion of the work.

Work includes mowing/trimming of vegetation, and litter/debris removal along State Highway System routes within Buncombe, Madison, and Yancey Counties. The furnishing of all equipment, tools, materials, transportation, and labor shall be incidental to completion of the work.

A Contract awarded pursuant to this RFP will use the Swath typical section for routine mowing cycles on all routes.

Cleanup mowing cycles shall include the area established for routine mowing and extend to the established tree/wood line or right-of-way, or as directed by the Engineer.

Vegetation shall be cut to a height of four (4) inches.

The Contractor shall provide at minimum (quantity) the following functional and operating equipment each cycle in the performance of mowing for this contract:

• 60" – 90" Mowers: 12
• OR 10' – 15' Flex Wing Mowers: 12 (15' batwings only allowed on interstates and divided routes)

A supervisor and service truck will be required for each county.

The Contractor will be required to have a minimum of one (1) 4WD tractor available at the direction of the Engineer.

The Contractor shall perform trimming on every mowing cycle. The Contractor shall provide a minimum of ten (10) qualified operators with string trimmers.

The Department will notify the Contractor of each location on the state highway system where on call vegetation removal is required for areas including, but not limited to sight distance issues. [...] The Contractor shall begin work within forty-eight (48) hours of notification [...].

The Department will notify the Contractor of each location on the state highway system where on call litter collection and removal is required. [...] The Contractor will have seven (7) days following notification to complete on call litter collection and trash bag removal.

Mowing and string trimming operations performed under this contract shall comply with the moratorium established in SL 2025-47 (SB 391) as follows: ALL ROUTES: May 1 through May 31

**Prequalification is mandatory.** Firms that wish to bid on these projects as the prime contractor must be pre-qualified as either a "Bidder" or "Purchase Order Contract (POC) Prime Contractor" prior to submitting the bid. Prospective bidders shall obtain prequalification approval at least two (2) business days prior to any letting in which they intend to submit a bid.

A contract awarded pursuant to this RFP shall have an effective date of March 1, 2027. The completion date shall be February 29, 2028. At its discretion, NCDOT may offer extension of the contract for an additional term up to a maximum of five (5) total terms (original term and four (4) renewals).

Upon award of contract, the Contractor is required to choose one of the following Performance Guarantee Options: Option 1, Performance and Payment Bonds in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount each; Option 2, Retainage Fee of six percent (6%) from the amount of each invoice.

In accordance with N.C. General Statute §136-28.1(b), an award in a maintenance contract may be for an amount less but shall not exceed **$5,000,000** per year.

The Contractor must sign the addendum signature page(s) where indicated and the entire addendum should be returned with the bid package.