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Mitchell Ranch Community Development District
Request for Proposals for Landscape and Irrigation Maintenance Services

The Mitchell Ranch Community Development District (the “District”) hereby requests proposals to provide services relating to landscape and irrigation maintenance services, as more specifically set forth in the Project Manual.
The Project Manual will be available beginning on Tuesday, September 2, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. (EST). The Project Manual will be available by emailing the District Manager, Sean Craft at [email protected]. The Project Manual will include, but not be limited to, this Request for Proposals, the Instructions for Proposers, the Scope of Services, Maintenance Map, Evaluation Criteria, an Official Bid Proposal Form, and a form of the Agreement.
The District has the right to reject any and all proposals, make modifications to the work, and waive any minor informalities and irregularities in proposals as it deems appropriate, if it determines in its discretion that it is in the best interest of the District to do so. The Board of Supervisors of the District will award the contract to the proposal that they determine, in their sole discretion, is the most advantageous proposal to the District pursuant to the Evaluation Criteria contained within the Project Manual and its adopted Rules of Procedure. Please note that proposals received from firms failing to meet the following minimum qualifications/requirements will not be considered or evaluated: (i) Proposer must be fully licensed in the state of Florida and insured and (ii) Proposer must have recent experience with other communities of a similar nature, size and amenity level to the Mitchell Ranch CDD project, with verifiable references on those projects.
All questions relative to this project must be directed in writing to the District Manager, Sean Craft at [email protected] and/or the Field Services Manager, Amiee Brodeen at [email protected]. The deadline for submitting questions relative to this project is Friday, September 11, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. (EST).
Firms desiring to provide services for this project must submit either one (1) original (via hand delivery or UPS, FedEx or similar) OR one (1) digital PDF copy of the required proposal no later than 12:00 p.m. (EST) on Friday, October 2, 2026, at the office of Rizzetta & Company, Inc., located at 3434 Colwell Ave, Suite 200, Tampa, FL 33614 OR by emailing District Manager, Sean Craft at [email protected]. Proposals shall be submitted in a sealed opaque package, shall bear the name of the proposer on the outside of the package and shall identify the name of the District and the project. Proposals will be opened the same day at 12:30 p.m. at the Rizzetta office listed above. The District will also offer a virtual option for attendance at the Proposal opening to be provided in the bid package or by request to Sean Craft at [email protected]. At the Proposal opening, the name of each proposer and price submitted on the Official Bid Proposal Form will be announced. Any proposal not completed as specified or missing the required proposal documents as provided in the Project Manual may be disqualified.
Any protest regarding the terms of the Project Manual, or any component thereof, must be filed in writing with the District Manager within seventy-two (72) hours after the Project Manual is made available and a formal written protest with the District must be made within seven (7) calendar days after the date of timely filing the initial notice of protest. Failure to timely file a notice of protest or failure to timely file a formal written protest shall constitute a waiver of any right to object to or protest the contents of the District’s Project Manual. The formal written protest shall state with particularity the facts and law upon which the protest is based.
Mitchell Ranch Community Development District
Sean Craft, District Manager
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