FISCAL YEAR 2026 DISTRICT CONTRACT LARGE MACHINE MOWING

The St. Johns River Water Management District is soliciting bids for large machine mowing services to be performed across five designated regions: North, West, North Central, South Central, and Southwest for Fiscal Year 2026. Separate contracts will be awarded for each region, with the possibility that a single contractor may be awarded multiple regions if they are deemed the lowest responsive and responsible bidder for those regions. The scope of work involves mowing various conservation, restoration, and preservation properties with large machinery following specified schedules and acreage requirements. The solicitation includes detailed bid tabulation sheets for each region outlining property acreages, estimated yearly mowing cycles, and cost per mowing cycle, allowing bidders to provide price estimates and enabling the District to evaluate cost-effectiveness by calculating cost per acre. Key dates for the solicitation process include a mandatory pre-bid meeting scheduled for January 6, 2026, with a final deadline for questions on January 9, 2026, and a bid submission deadline at 2:00 PM on January 13, 2026. The solicitation documents, including the invitation for bids, scope of work, bid forms, and tabulations, are accessible through several platforms such as DemandStar, Vendor Registry, Central Bidding, and the Florida MyFloridaMarketPlace. Addendum #1 issued in December 2025 provides clarifications including confirmation of deadlines and details on previous contract awards expiring in March 2026, along with protest procedures. The contract awards will be based on lowest responsive and responsible bid evaluations per region, with the estimated not-to-exceed budget for the existing contracts being approximately $2.19 million. Contact for inquiries is LaDonna Johnson of the District.