Unofficial Notice of Invitation to Bid (NIB)

General Bid Items

• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: One-Time Landscape Cleanup Service (if needed and authorized). Specifications: Weed abatement, removal of flammable debris, cutting vegetation near structures. Clearing entire property of overgrown vegetation, undergrowth, underbrush, stumps, dry grass, flammable debris. Removal of weeds from fence lines, trimming shrubs to safe heights, ensuring no dead vegetation near structures/pathways. Removal of all weeds/debris from entire DMV property and five-foot perimeter area. Replenishment/application of soil, topsoil, or mulch. Backfilling/filling in holes and eroded/thin areas with dirt/soil/topsoil to proper grade.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Lawns: Mowing lawn areas. Specifications: Uniform height for grass type, region, season.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Lawns: Defining edges. Specifications: Along sidewalks, driveways, planting beds.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Lawns: Trimming grass. Specifications: In areas unreachable by mower.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Lawns: Removing clippings and debris. Specifications: From hard surfaces.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Lawns: Removing weeds. Specifications: From turf.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Shrubs, Bushes, Ground Cover, and Climbing Vegetation: Maintaining shrubs and bushes. Specifications: Maximum height 36".
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Shrubs, Bushes, Ground Cover, and Climbing Vegetation: Skirting bushes and shrubs. Specifications: Minimum 12" skirting to promote airflow and prevent pest harborage.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Shrubs, Bushes, Ground Cover, and Climbing Vegetation: Pruning shrubs. Specifications: 24" back from walls or pavement.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Shrubs, Bushes, Ground Cover, and Climbing Vegetation: Removing undergrowth and underbrush.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Shrubs, Bushes, Ground Cover, and Climbing Vegetation: Trimming ground cover. Specifications: To prevent overgrowth into pathways/structures, not to exceed 12" height.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Shrubs, Bushes, Ground Cover, and Climbing Vegetation: Maintaining climbing vegetation. Specifications: To prevent contact with other plants, trees, vertical structures, roofs, windows.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Shrubs, Bushes, Ground Cover, and Climbing Vegetation: Removing climbing vegetation. Specifications: From tree trunks, established shrubs and bushes.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Shrubs, Bushes, Ground Cover, and Climbing Vegetation: Ensuring plants do not overhang. Specifications: Curbs, sidewalks, parking spaces, driveways, doorways, windows.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Shrubs, Bushes, Ground Cover, and Climbing Vegetation: Thinning out overcrowded plants. Specifications: To promote healthy growth and proper spacing.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Shrubs, Bushes, Ground Cover, and Climbing Vegetation: Removing leaf litter, dead vegetation, and debris. Specifications: From planter beds and within vegetation manually or by raking.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Shrubs, Bushes, Ground Cover, and Climbing Vegetation: Pruning vegetation. Specifications: Consistent with natural plant form to remove cross branches, improve structural integrity, influence flowering, improve light/air penetration, de-sucker, remove dead/diseased limbs, improve appearance, control size. Adequate clearance so limbs/branches do not touch ground.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Shrubs, Bushes, Ground Cover, and Climbing Vegetation: Deep soaking new plants. Specifications: Unless local soil and moisture conditions dictate otherwise.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Shrubs, Bushes, Ground Cover, and Climbing Vegetation: Removing weeds. Specifications: Not to injure ground cover or inhibit health/growth.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Shrubs, Bushes, Ground Cover, and Climbing Vegetation: Replacing dead or unhealthy plants (excluding annual color-spots). Specifications: At no cost to DMV.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Shrubs, Bushes, Ground Cover, and Climbing Vegetation: Replacing DMV provided missing plants. Specifications: At no additional cost to DMV.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Trees: Pruning and trimming branches/limbs. Specifications: Up to 8' from the ground.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Trees: Clearing branches and limbs. Specifications: 24" to 36" away from buildings and other structures.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Trees: Removing dead, damaged, or diseased branches.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Trees: Removing sucker growth. Specifications: At or below soil level.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Trees: Manually watering trees. Specifications: No irrigation system.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Trees: Ensuring tree limbs and branches do not overhang. Specifications: Curbs, sidewalks, parking spaces, driveways, doorways, windows to prevent safety/security hazards.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Trees: Supplying, repositioning, and/or maintaining tree supports. Specifications: To prevent tree damage. Remove supports for self-supporting trees.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Trees: Deep soaking new trees. Specifications: Unless local soil and moisture conditions dictate otherwise.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Hardscape Areas (Buildings, Walls, Fences, Outdoor Seating, Tables, Waste Enclosures, and Parking Lot): Using portable blower. Specifications: To remove debris from hardscape areas.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Hardscape Areas (Buildings, Walls, Fences, Outdoor Seating, Tables, Waste Enclosures, and Parking Lot): Removing weeds, trash, leaves, debris. Specifications: From hardscape areas. Removed vegetation planted directly against vertical structures.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Hardscape Areas (Buildings, Walls, Fences, Outdoor Seating, Tables, Waste Enclosures, and Parking Lot): Removing vegetation, weeds, debris. Specifications: Within 24" of walls, fences, vertical structures.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Cultivation: Maintaining soil. Specifications: In loose, friable condition. Replenish topsoil and fill holes to bring soil level to original grade if uneven.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Cultivation: Loosening compacted soil. Specifications: Around planting beds to improve water infiltration/root health.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Cultivation: Aerating soil. Specifications: As needed to maintain soil structure.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Cultivation: Grading away areas of soil and pavement. Specifications: Directly adjacent to buildings/retaining walls to prevent water pooling.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Waste Hauling and Disposal: Collecting and removing all trimmings, fallen leaves, pine needles, weeds, pinecones, loose limbs and branches, stumps, trash, and debris waste. Specifications: From landscape, hardscape, planter beds, curbs, storm drains, gutters, catch basins, holes, ditches.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Waste Hauling and Disposal: Hauling away and disposing of all waste offsite. Specifications: In accordance with all local, city, county, state, and federal laws/regulations.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Waste Hauling and Disposal: Ensuring waste. Specifications: Not disposed of on DMV property, in DMV waste collection bins, or on neighboring properties.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Irrigation System and Watering: Testing each irrigation zone/controller/timer. Specifications: At start of agreement, bi-weekly thereafter, and as requested to ensure all equipment/parts work correctly.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Irrigation System and Watering: Informing DMV Project Manager of broken sprinkler-head, shrub-head, riser, or nozzle parts; installing DMV provided replacements.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Irrigation System and Watering: Turning off water and informing DMV Project Manager of missing, damaged, or defective irrigation system parts (e.g., mainline valve, controller/timer, PVC pipe).
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Irrigation System and Watering: Ensuring watering cycles. Specifications: Compliant with all local ordinances regarding watering times. Causing least inconvenience to building occupants/visitors. Not operating during extremely windy conditions.
• Quantity: -  Unit: -  Work Item: Bi-Weekly Landscape Maintenance Service - Irrigation System and Watering: Cleaning, adjusting, and maintaining sprinkler heads. Specifications: At proper height to prevent runoff, ensure adequate water distribution.

NAICS Classification

NAICS 561730 – Landscaping Services (Covers the primary scope of landscape care, maintenance, and cleanup, including pruning, mowing, weeding, irrigation system management, and debris removal)

Records and Due Date

This bid opportunity was entered into BidAmerica on November 28, 2025, and was last updated on November 27, 2025. All bids and/or proposals are due on December 9, 2025.

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