The bid is for stadium field maintenance services for Gaston County Schools. A mandatory pre-bid meeting is required. The contract covers 10 middle school fields and 8 high school fields. The scope of work includes fertilization, weed control, aeration, and other maintenance tasks. The awarded contractor must provide a certificate of insurance. The certificate of insurance coi containing the above insurance requirements must be provided to gcs within 15 days of being awarded a contract. If the coi is not provided to gcs within 15 days, gcs may award the contract to the next lowest bidder. Proposals must be valid for 90 days. A vendor application and w9 form must accompany all contracts. GCS can cancel this contract for any reason with 30 days written notice. The contract term is to be determined. Vendors must abide by GCS nondiscrimination policy. The state encourages participation by minority-owned businesses. The proposer must certify that the prices were arrived at independently. The proposer must certify that neither the vendor nor its principals are debarred. The successful proposer must procure all permits and licenses. The contractor must follow all applicable GCS regulations. Payments will be made upon receipt, inspection, and acceptance of completed work and receipt of proper itemized invoices. Gaston County Schools are not exempt from federal and state sales tax. Proposals must be complete and effective. Each proposal shall state that it is a firm offer which may be accepted within a period of 90 days. The offeror agrees not to discuss or otherwise reveal the contents of the proposal to any source outside of the gaston county schools board of education, until after the award of the contract. Offerors may propose to subcontract portions of the work provided that their proposals clearly indicate what work they plan to subcontract and to whom and that all information required about the prime contractor is also included for each proposed subcontractor. Trade secrets or similar proprietary data which the offeror does not wish disclosed to other than personnel involved in the evaluation or contract administration will be kept confidential to the extent permitted by ncac t01: **** and **** if identified as follows: each page shall be identified in boldface at the top and bottom as confidential. any section of the proposal which is to remain confidential shall also be so marked in boldface on the title page of that section. cost information may not be deemed confidential. in spite of what is labeled as confidential, the determination as to whether or not it is shall be determined by north carolina law. The gaston county schools board of education invites and encourages participation in this procurement process by businesses owned by minorities, women, disabled, disabled business enterprises and nonprofit work centers for the blind and severely disabled. Any firm which receives a copy of the rfb but which declines to make an offer is requested to send a written decline to offer to mark schultz at the address listed on the first page. When an offeror wants to protest a contract award pursuant to this solicitation, they must submit a written request to gary carter, director of facility services at the same address listed on the first page. Qualified proposals will be evaluated and acceptance made of the lowest and best proposals determined most advantageous to the gcsbe. GCSBE reserves the right to accept or reject any and all proposals or any portion thereof and to waive any informality or technical defect in any proposal. GCSBE further reserves the right to reject any bid which has attached to it any additional terms and conditions not included in or incorporated into the rfp. Proposals will be evaluated according to completeness, content, experience with similar projects, ability of the offeror and its staff including quality and experience of personnel allocated to perform the work, conformity with monthly sch
The bid notice states Payment terms are net 30 days after receipt of correct invoice or acceptance of goods, whichever is later.
The bid notice states contractor warrants that all goods delivered hereunder will be free from defects in materials and workmanship and will conform strictly to the specifications, drawings, or samples specified or furnished.
The bid notice states award of contract: as directed by statute, qualified proposals will be evaluated and acceptance made of the lowest and best proposals determined most advantageous to the gcsbe.
The bid notice states he contractor agrees to provide the services, goods, materials, equipment, andor software the services andor goods, as appropriate to fully, timely and properly complete the project name as more particularly described in the scope of work document attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference as exhibit 1.
The bid notice states gaston county schools will not pay any penalties for late payment of invoices.
The bid notice states mandatory prebid visit no bid will be accepted from a vendor that does not attend the prebid meeting on 10: 00 am wednesday, january 21 2026.
The bid notice states his request must be received within 30 thirty consecutive calendar days from the date of the contract award, and must contain specific sound reasons and any supporting documentation for the protest.
