NOTICE OF BID OPPORTUNITY Competitive Solicitation 22-0010-2 Plants & Trees COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION POSTING: October 25, 2023. DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING BIDS: December 7, 2023. Find the full solicitation on Washington’s Electronic Business Solution (WEBS). Vendors not registered in WEBS will not receive updates or amendments to the solicitation, which could disadvantage your bid. Pre-bid conference: November 9, 2023 at 1:00 PM (Pacific Time). Join via Teams: Click here to join the meeting Meeting ID: 233 972 394 78 Password: NNzacX Join by phone: (833) 322-1218 Password: NNzacX Contract location: Thurston County, Washington Contract description: The Washington State Department of Enterprise Services (Enterprise Services) is conducting a competitive procurement to award multiple Contracts for specified categories of annuals, bulbs, ferns, grasses, perennials, sedums, sempervivums, shrubs, and trees (Plants and Trees) for Enterprise Services to acquire. Items are divided into 7 categories such as trees, grasses etc. Bidders may bid on one or more categories. To be responsive, Bidders must bid on every item listed in the category upon which they are bidding. When placing a bid, Bidders are NOT required to have in stock items upon which they are bidding. Rather they must either have such items in stock, or be able to supply said items at a commercially reasonable time and in a manner appropriate for the item being supplied. There may be up to two awards per category. Bidders who are awarded a contract in a category may receive requests for items in Bidder’s catalog that would have been in said category but were not specifically listed. Commodity codes: Code Title 595-10 Bedding Plants and Cuttings 595-15 Bulbs and Seeds (Incl. Flower Seeds) 595-35 Groundcovers and Vines 595-52 Perennials 595-59 Plants, Herb 595-57 Plants, Non-Flowering 595-65 Shrubbery, Evergreen 595-66 Shrubbery, Flowering 595-70 Trees, Fruit and Nut 595-75 Trees, Ornamental and Shade 595-77 Tropicals Inclusion plan: None Preference/priority points: • Washington small businesses: 35 Points • Veteran-owned businesses: 35 Points • Executive Order 18-03: 15 Points Solicitation documents: Solicitation documents, contacts and bid instructions are available in WEBS: https://pr-webs-vendor.des.wa.gov/. Question-and-answer period: October 25 – November 22, 2023. Submit questions or concerns about this solicitation in writing to the Procurement Coordinator, Sean Santoro, at DESCPRMInternal@des.wa.gov.