Rio Rancho Public Schools (RRPS) is requesting competitive sealed bids with the intent of entering into a contract for landscaping maintenance. All potential Offerors are to read, understand and accept the requirements of this Request for Bids, especially the mandatory requirements. Rio Rancho Public Schools was founded in 1994 and is the third largest school district in New Mexico with 2,340 staff members. Enrollment, as of December of 2017, includes 17,227 students across 19 schools (1 preschool, 10 elementary schools, 4 middle schools and 4 high schools and 1 district office). District enrollment growth is currently flat; the district anticipates opening one additional elementary school in the next five years. Rio Rancho Public Schools (RRPS) is requesting competitive sealed bids with the intent of entering into a contract for landscaping maintenance. Potential Bidders are to read, understand and accept the requirements of this Invitation to Bid (ITB), especially the mandatory requirements. Rio Rancho Public Schools has operational and other funds to purchase landscaping maintenance. Question Deadline 10/15/2024 at 2:00 PM MT Submit written questions Upload to online. RRPS reserves the right to waive technical irregularities per state code 13-1-132, (see "Technical Irregularities" in Definitions and Terminology section below). RRPS also reserves the right to waive mandatory requirements provided that all of the otherwise responsive bidders failed to meet the same mandatory requirements and the failure to do so does not otherwise materially affect the procurement. This right is at the sole discretion of RRPS. Licensing Requirements The Contractor and subcontractors shall comply with all licensing laws and regulations. The Contractor shall, as part of the bidder, provide copies of all of the Contractor's business license which are necessary to perform the work in the State of New Mexico. The term of any contract shall be from the date of execution and shall run for a twelve-month period. Contracts shall be eligible for an automatic annual renewal not to exceed a total of FOUR years.