Lawn Maintenance Services

The Fairburn Police Department is seeking qualified and experienced Contractors to provide landscape maintenance on private property when requested by the Fairburn Police Code Enforcement Division. The scope of services will include, but is not limited to, the following: Mow, edge, specific areas Pick-up and remove grass cuttings, thatch, dead leaves, litter, and other debris in designated areas. Area dimensions may consist of areas from 1/4 , 1/2 , 3/4 . 1-2 acres, each area must be priced accordingly. Qualified organizations may submit a Letter of Interest in response to this Request for Qualified Contractors to provide such services as described in the attached Appendix -A SCHEDULE OF LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DUTIES 1.0MOWING 1.1 Mowing operations shall be performed when requested by the Fairburn Police Code Enforcement Division. 1.2 Mowing operations shall be scheduled with the Fairburn Police Department Code Enforcement Division approval Monday through Thursday. 1.3 Mowing operations shall be performed to ensure a smooth surface appearance without scalping or allowing excessive cuttings to remain. 1.4 Turf shall be mowed with a reel-type (gang) mower equipped with rollers or a rotary type mower. 1.5 All equipment shall be adjusted to the proper cutting heights and shall be adequately sharpened. 1.6 Walkways shall be cleaned immediately following each mowing. 1.7 Mowing height shall be no less than two and one-half (2 1/2 ) inches on Bluegrass, Manhattan rye, Fescue grass and one-half (1/2) inch for Bermuda grass. 2.0 MECHANICAL EDGING 2.1 Mechanical edging of turf when requested by the Fairburn Police Department Code Enforcement Division. 2.2 Grass invasions must be eliminated, and turf edges shall be neatly edged, including, but not limited to edges along sidewalks, patios, drives, curbs, shrub beds, flower beds, tree bases and bike path. 2.3 Mechanical edging of turf shall be completed as one operation that results in a well-defined V-shape edge that extends into the soil. Such edging shall be done with a power edger with a rigid blade. 2.4 All turf edges shall be trimmed around sprinklers to provide optimum water coverage; valve boxes; meter boxes; backflow devices; and other obstacles.

Division 31 -	Earthwork, Earthwork Methods.
Division 32 -	Exterior Improvements, Bases, Ballasts, and Paving, Flexible Paving, Asphalt Paving, Rigid Paving, Concrete Paving, Curbs, Gutters, Sidewalks, and Driveways.