Weed & Vegetation Mgmt UTC

1.0 SCOPE AND CLASSIFICATION 1.1 Scope: This proposal is to provide the City of Columbus with a Universal Term Contract (UTC) for weed and vegetation management which will be used by various City agencies to eliminate weeds and vegetation from numerous locations within the City. It is estimated the City will annually require weed and vegetation spraying of over fivehundred twenty two thousand (522,000) lineal feet and six hundred sixty five thousand (665,000) square feet of grounds and public ways. Additionally, about 150 miles of roadways are to be sprayed with weed control sterilant annually. The Public Utilities Department, will be the main agency utilizing this contract, however various other City agencies will use it also. The resulting contract will be in effect through December 31, 2028. 1.2 Classification: Bidders are requested to submit pricing for various locations which will be serviced for weed and vegetation management. These various locations within the City have been divided into five (5) units referred to as “Zones”. The bidder shall complete the attached bidding document that lists each location for each zone and attach to the bidding line. Only completely priced Zones will be accepted as a bid. 1.2.1 Bidder Experience: The offeror must submit an outline of its experience and work history in these types of chemicals and application service for the past five years. 1.2.1.1 Herbicide Applicator Experience: Bidders shall have a minimum of ten (10) years of experience as an applicator of both industrial and agricultural herbicides, and are required to submit a brief outline documenting this work experience attached to their bid. 1.2.2 Bidder References: The offeror shall have documented proven successful contracts from at least four customers that the offeror supports that are similar in scope, complexity, and cost to the requirements of this specification. 1.3 Specification Questions: Questions regarding this bid must be submitted on the Vendor Services portal by 11:00 am Thursday, August 13, 2026. Responses will be posted on the RFQ on Vendor Services no later than Tuesday, August 18, 2026 at 11:00 am. 1.4 For additional information concerning this bid, including procedures on how to submit a proposal, you must go to the City of Columbus Vendor Services web site at http://vendors.columbus.gov/sites/public and view this bid number.

• Bid Packet-Weed and Vegetation Management UTC.pdf

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