Proposals invited for landscape maintenance services in Coachella.

CITY OF COACHELLA
NOTICE INVITING PROPOSALS
LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR: CITY PARKS AND OFFICE FACILITIES
PROJECT NO. PW 2026-03
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that proposals will be received by the City of Coachella (“City”) in the Public Works Department, 53462 Enterprise Way, Coachella, CA 92236 until Thursday, May 28, 2026 at 5:00 P.M.. Proposals received after this date will be returned to the proposers unopened. Faxed or electronically submitted proposals will not be accepted.
Each Proposer is requested to attend a Mandatory Pre-Proposal Meeting to be held on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 at 8:00 A.M. at the Coachella Corporate Yard located at 53462 Enterprise Way, Coachella, CA 92236. Failure to attend this meeting will preclude a Proposer from submitting a proposal.
The City is requesting proposals to provide: Landscape Maintenance Services for: City Parks and Office Facilities.
The award of this contract is subject to available budget adequate to carry out the provisions of the proposed agreement including the identified scope of work. The City reserves the right to reject any or all proposals determined not to be in the best interest of the City.
Certain labor categories under this project may be subject to prevailing wages as identified in the State of California Labor Code commencing at sections 1720 et seq. and 1770 et seq. If applicable, employees working in these categories at the site must be paid not less than the basic hourly rates of pay and fringe benefits established by the California Department of Industrial Relations. Copies of the State of California wage schedules are available for review at www.dir.ca.gov/dlsr/. In addition, a copy of the prevailing rate of per diem wages will be made available at the City’s Public Works Department upon request. The successful proposer shall post a copy of the prevailing wage rates at each job site. It shall be mandatory upon the proposer to whom the contract is awarded, and upon any subcontractors, to comply with all Labor Code provisions, which include but are not limited to the payment of not less than the said specified prevailing wage rates to all workers employed by them in the execution of the contract, employment of apprentices, hours of labor and debarment of contractors and subcontractors. Pursuant to Labor Code sections 1725.5 and 1771.1, all contractors and subcontractors that wish to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, or enter into a contract to perform public work must be registered with the Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”). No proposal will be accepted nor any contract entered into without proof of the contractor’s and subcontractors’ current registration with the DIR to perform public work. If awarded a contract, the proposer and its subcontractors, of any tier, shall maintain active registration with the DIR for the duration of the project. The contract awarded pursuant to this proposal may also be subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR.
At the time of the proposal, the Proposer shall possess a C-27 Landscaping Contractor license and all other required licenses, permits, certificates and registrations to perform the scope of work.
The Request for Proposals (RFP) will ONLY be available for download/purchase at PlanIT Print Works at (760) 345-2500 or online at www.planitplanroom.com. They may be purchased as an electronic download or hard copy.
IMPORTANT: If you are not on the plan holders list through PlanIT Planroom you will not receive addendums. It is the responsibility of the bidder to ensure that they are placed on the plan holders list and have received and acknowledged all addendums issued prior to the submission of their bid.
For more information, please contact:
Brianna Greenwood, City of Coachella, Public Works Department – (760) 398-5744 and bgreenwood@coachella.org.
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