City of Chicago #57075,4

Chicago airport landscaping and irrigation maintenance services

The City of Chicago Department of Aviation is seeking a contractor for comprehensive landscaping and irrigation services at O’Hare and Midway airports. - Buyer: City of Chicago, Chicago Department of Aviation; solicitation 57075,4, specification 1291989. This is a target-market opportunity. - Scope: Year-round landscape and irrigation maintenance at both airports, plus seasonal flowers, plant removal and relocation, new and replacement plantings and lawns, vegetated roofs, pavers, site furnishings, irrigation repairs, and winter monitoring. - Service quantities: O’Hare and Midway maintenance lines are each listed at quantity 5; winter maintenance and inspection lines are each quantity 15. Labor lines include 5,000 irrigation labor units, 12,500 replacement-work labor units, and 2,500 new-work labor units. Other catalog, planting, and landscape-material lines are generally quantity 1; the materials allowance line is quantity 452,250. Units are not specified for many line items. - Named manufacturers/catalog vendors: Unilock, Whitacre Greer, Wausau Tile, Rainbird, Hunter, Toro, Keystone, Versa-Lok, Landscape Forms, Dura Art Stone, Tournesol Sitework, and Forms and Surfaces. These catalogs are specified for pavers, block walls, irrigation equipment, site furnishings, and related work. - Notable requirements: 60-month contract; airport-specific full-time crews; year-round monitoring and reporting; airport security badging; sustainability practices; and a performance/payment bond equal to 10% of contract value. Replacement and new plant materials include a one-year guarantee. A 181-day continuity extension may be available; specified line prices remain fixed for the first 36 months, with annual CPI adjustments thereafter capped at 5%.

Description

The City of Chicago is soliciting bids for Target Market Comprehensive Landscaping Services for the Chicago Department of Aviation. The solicitation is categorized as a Work Service and is designated as a target market. The bid is due November 16, 2026, and questions are due October 6, 2026. A pre-bid conference is scheduled for August 11, 2026, at 10510 W. Zemke Road, Building 804, Chicago, IL 60666.

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