FY 2024-2025 LANDSCAPE PEST CONTROL SERVICES

NOTICE INVITING INFORMAL BIDS

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

The City of Lathrop invites sealed bids for the provision of landscape / exterior LANDSCAPE PEST CONTROL SERVICES, in the City of Lathrop, California. Sealed bids will be received at City Hall, located at 390 Towne Centre Drive, Lathrop, CA until 5:00 PM, Tuesday, September 24, 2024. Bids submitted by mail shall be addressed to: City of Lathrop, Attention Senior Construction Manager / SEALED BID: LANDSCAPE PEST CONTROL SERVICES, 390 Towne Centre Drive, Lathrop, CA 95330.

SCOPE OF WORK

The scope of work to be performed under this contract is generally described as provision of labor, tools and materials to provide on-call pest control services for the City of Lathrop, as detailed in the sample service contract included in this solicitation. All services provided as a function of this contract shall be rendered in compliance with applicable portions of the City’s Integrated Pest Management Policy. Requests for services must be provided as requested by the City of Lathrop, with a maximum response time of two (2) days, and completion of requested services as soon as practicable thereafter. The term of the FY 2024/2025 LANDSCAPE PEST CONTROL SERVICES contract will begin as early as September 24, 2024, and expire on June 30, 2025. This contract may be extended by the City for up to three (3) additional one (1) year terms after the initial contract term at the discretion and approval of the City. Upon request from the Contractor, the City may authorize up to a 5% increase in the hourly service rate based on the change in the State of California DGS Construction Cost Index over the then current contract term.

BIDDING INFORMATION

This contract requires a State of California Department of Pesticide Regulation Qualified Applicator’s License (QAL) Categories A – Residential, Industrial & Institutional, B – Landscape Maintenance, and C – Right-of-Way.

The annual not-to-exceed value of this Contract is $45,000.

The City makes no guarantee of a minimum quantity of work to be assigned or payment to be made to the Contractor as a function of this contract.

In accordance with SB 854, all contractors who bid or work on Public Works projects for the City of Lathrop are subject to the following requirements:

• DIR Registration. Each Bidder submitting a proposal to complete the work, labor, materials and/or services (“Work”) subject to this procurement must be a Department of Industrial Relations registered contractor pursuant to Labor Code Section 1725.5 (“DIR Registered Contractor”). A Bidder who is not a DIR Registered Contractor when submitting a proposal for Work is deemed “not qualified” and the proposal of such a Bidder will be rejected as non-responsive. Pursuant to Labor Code Section 1725.5, all Subcontractors identified in a Bidder’s Subcontractors’ List shall be DIR Registered Contractors. If awarded the Contract for the Work, at all times during performance of the Work, the Bidder and all Subcontractors, of any tier, shall be DIR Registered Contractors.