Sound Transit Biddingo #RP 0180-25

Sound Transit System-Wide Corridor Landscape Maintenance and Restoration Services

Sound Transit is seeking proposals for a five-year contract (with two optional one-year extensions) for system-wide corridor landscape maintenance across the Lynnwood Link, East Link, and Federal Way Extension corridors in the Puget Sound region. - Government Buyer: - Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) - Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) involved for Federal Way Link Extension - Scope of Work: - Scheduled and on-call maintenance of natural landscapes, including wetlands, stormwater ponds, steep slopes, and WSDOT right-of-way - Invasive plant removal, irrigation system maintenance and repairs, mulching, pest management (with formal pesticide approval), plant replacement, and trash removal - Restoration planting and hydroseeding with specified plant species and seed mixes - Traffic control and coordination with local jurisdictions (City of Kent, SeaTac, Des Moines, Federal Way) - Products/Services Requested: - On-call labor for landscape maintenance, supervision, planting, herbicide application, irrigation, and supplemental watering (hourly rates specified) - Plant and hard materials, water truck, and traffic control (provisional sums and mark-ups) - Planting of various tree and shrub species, hydroseeding, and inert mulch installation - Quantities: - 35,000 hours on-call landscape maintenance labor - 10,000 hours on-call supervisor labor - 1,000 hours planting labor - 2,000 hours herbicide application - 1,500 hours irrigation labor - 1,000 hours supplemental watering labor - 8+ trees, multiple shrubs, and large areas of hydroseeding and mulch (detailed by species and area) - Unique/Notable Requirements: - Adherence to Integrated Pest Management Plan and environmental standards - Compliance with prevailing wage laws, insurance, safety, and equal employment opportunity - Emphasis on small business participation - Coordination with WSDOT and local city agencies for restoration and compliance - OEMs/Vendors: - No specific OEMs or commercial vendors are named; open to qualified contractors or teams - Contract Structure: - Multiple contracts may be awarded; Sound Transit may add/remove locations and adjust service frequency as needed

Description

Sound Transit is soliciting proposals for landscape maintenance services focused on natural landscapes within the Sound Transit corridor non-station areas along the guideway, including environmentally sensitive areas such as wetlands, wetland buffers, streams, stream buffers, steep slopes, and other regulated sensitive zones. The work also includes maintenance of stormwater ponds and certain locations within Washington State Department of Transportation right-of-way. The contract covers the Lynnwood Link, East Link, and Federal Way Extension corridors. Sound Transit may award multiple contracts and reserves the right to add or remove locations and adjust service frequency.

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