# Des Moines Ionwave #W27-178

Des Moines streetscape landscape, planter, and stormwater-feature maintenance

**Posted:** October 27, 2026
**Respond By:** December 02, 2026
**Identifier:** W27-178
**NAICS:** 561730

The City of Des Moines Public Works Department is seeking a contractor for landscape, planter, and stormwater-feature maintenance across multiple city locations.
- **Buyer:** City of Des Moines, Finance / Procurement; using department: Public Works. Procurement contact: June Nasby.
- **Scope:** Annual maintenance of streetscape planter beds, planted medians, bioswales, raingardens, and bioretention cells at named locations, plus landscape and flower services in the Beaverdale and Roosevelt/42nd Street commercial districts.
- **Locations and work:**
  - 6th Avenue, University Avenue to Hickman Road: planter beds, planted medians, bioswales, and raingardens.
  - E. ML King, E. 6th to E. 15th, and E. 15th to E. 30th: planter beds and planted medians.
  - SE 14th Street near E. McKinley Avenue: bioswales and raingardens.
  - Forest Avenue south side near 7th Street: bioswale/raingarden care, including biweekly debris pickup and weed removal and clearing dirt and silt after storms.
  - Rutland Avenue between 28th and 29th, 4419 Center Street near the pedestrian bridge, and Pleasant Street near Polk Boulevard: bioswale and raingarden maintenance.
  - Broadway Avenue between E. 38th Street and Hubbell Avenue: bioretention-cell maintenance.
  - East Army Post Road medians near 1250 E. Army Post Road: at-grade planter-bed maintenance.
  - Beaverdale: maintain 40 at-grade beds with perennials and street trees, including seasonal preparation, plant replacement as needed, weed control, mulch, weeding, watering, and crabapple sucker removal. Mowing is excluded.
  - Roosevelt/42nd Street: maintain at-grade beds with perennials and street trees, including seasonal preparation, plant replacement as needed, weed control, mulch, watering, fertilization, and weeding. Mowing is excluded.
  - Beaverdale annual flowers: install and maintain plantings in 17 cone-shaped planter pots, with seasonal cleanout, soil as needed, watering and fertilization, replacement of dead plants, and seasonal fall and winter displays.
- **Additional pricing/services:** Provide a per-plant replacement price for both Beaverdale and Roosevelt/42nd Street. Optional Beaverdale services are monthly fertilization and as-needed watering for the 17 large planter pots.
- **Notable requirements:** Work includes seasonal bed preparation, watering, fertilization, mulching, debris removal, and reporting plant or structural issues. No OEMs, brands, or vendors are identified. Bidders must provide proof of insurance; the selected contractor is to attend a post-award meeting and site review.
- **Term:** One initial year, with up to five additional one-year extensions. Exact calendar dates are omitted.
- **Value:** No estimate or pricing is provided in the notice. A rough planning estimate for the full base term and all extensions is $300,000–$900,000; actual value depends on bids and exercised extensions.

### Description

The City of Des Moines is soliciting sealed bids from qualified companies to provide annual streetscape landscape and planter maintenance at various City locations. The work is to be performed according to the request’s terms, conditions, and specifications. After award, selected contractor(s) must attend a mandatory meeting with the City to prepare for the maintenance season, during which sites will be visited and existing conditions documented. Responses must be submitted through the electronic bidding system; faxed, emailed, mailed, and hand-delivered responses will not be accepted.

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