2026-2031 Community Lawn Care and Maintenance Services in Herkimer, Oneida, and Onondaga Counties

To whom it may concern,

OPWDD’s Contract Management Unit, on behalf of Central NY DDSOO, is soliciting sealed bids from responsible and qualified contractors to perform lawn care and maintenance services for multiple sites in Herkimer, Oneida, and Onondaga counties. The Scope of Work includes, but is not limited to, mowing of lawns, weeding, seasonal clean-up services, and pruning and trimming.

Experience, financial resources, and applicable insurances are required. All bidders should submit at least three (3) work references that will verify that the bidder or its principals have at least two (2) years of relevant experience to complete the work as listed in Qualifications and Scope of Work. Bidder will be required to comply with all local, state, and federal laws, regulations, and ordinances governing the performance of Lawn Care and Maintenance Services.

Multiple contracts may be awarded. Contract(s) will be awarded to the responsible and responsive bidder that provides the lowest Total Cost per Season for each cluster.

Prevailing Wage will apply.

Bid opening will be conducted via Microsoft Teams. Please refer to IFB, page 6, Section 13.A.(4) for detailed instructions.

If you are interested, please submit at least 1 Original copy of the:

    • IFB Cost Proposal Page(s)
    • References
    • Vendor Responsibility Questionnaire

 

The Vendor Responsibility Questionnaire may be completed and submitted online at www.osc.state.ny.us/vendrep (if submitted online, please email us when complete) or print and complete in BLUE ink.

 

Please submit all required bid documents to:

Taconic DDSOO, Contract Management Unit

C/O Heather Frantz, CMS 1 – CN 121625

26 Center Circle, Services Building

Wassaic, New York 12592-2637

Submissions are due by 2:00pm on December 16, 2025, no exceptions.

The Informational Contract Template is for REFERENCE ONLY. You do NOT need to submit anything inside that PDF.

If you have any questions, you can contact:

The contract hub at [email protected] 

                                 or

Heather Frantz at 845-877-6821 Ext. 3323

[email protected]