City of Iowa Ionwave #RFB27-53 Addendum 1

Snow removal and ice treatment services for City of Iowa City properties

The City of Iowa City Purchasing Division is seeking snow removal and ice treatment services for City properties under RFB27-53. - Buyer: City of Iowa City, Purchasing Division; the bid identifies Mrs. Megan Vollenweider, Buyer I - Purchasing. - Services requested: Snow clearing and ice treatment at Housing Authority, Neighborhood Services, Parks and Recreation, Senior Center, Animal Control, and Resource Management locations, plus City-designated conditional-service properties. - Service and pricing requirements: The standard trigger is one inch of snowfall; service is generally expected after snowfall ends, with removal within 24 hours. The Senior Center has a one-inch trigger even if snowfall is ongoing. Per-location, per-cleaning prices must include labor, equipment, and materials, whether snow removal, ice treatment, or both are needed. - City-authorized work outside the per-cleaning scope may be billed hourly; travel time, corrective return visits, and visits where no work is performed are not billable. - Ice melt for hourly-billed work is priced per 50-pound bag and billed based on actual use. It cannot be separately charged for per-cleaning service. - Site and safety requirements: Vendors must know their assigned sites, maintain safe access during significant or prolonged snowfall, follow site-specific service areas and snow-placement requirements, report unsafe conditions, and promptly contain, clean up, and report equipment-related spills or leaks. - Conditional locations: The City may request service at conditional properties. The South District package was removed from the regular packages and its properties moved to the conditional-service list. - Subcontracting: Permitted, but the awarded contractor remains accountable to the City for all performance. - OEMs and vendors: No product OEMs or service vendors are named. The City identifies no required product brand or part number.

Description

The City of Iowa City is soliciting bids for snow removal and ice treatment at various City properties, in accordance with the Request for Bid requirements. Services include snow clearing and ice treatment, with specific service triggers and response requirements, and the City may request service at conditional locations. Pricing is to be provided as a fixed rate per location per cleaning, with hourly rates for separately authorized additional services and per-bag pricing for ice melt used for those services. Bids must be submitted online through Ion Wave; the deadline is October 29, 2026, at 2:30 p.m. CT.

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