Commercial landscaping contract readiness checklist

# Commercial landscaping contract readiness checklist
Blank planning aid for private commercial and managed-property accounts. Not a lead list, price sheet, or award guarantee. Snow, tree, and pesticide work need their own scope and credentials.

Before you chase accounts: match territory, equipment, crew capacity, and seasonal peak load to the properties you can actually service.

## Buyer route

- □ Property manager / HOA / apartment portfolio

- □ Commercial property direct (owner or facilities contact)

- □ Facilities-management / supplier network

- □ Municipal or other public portal (separate procurement rules)

## Qualify the account

- □ Service-area drive time and clustering with other stops

- □ Peak-week crew hours vs current book of work

- □ Equipment fit (mowers, trailers, blowers, irrigation tools)

- □ Access, storage, water, dumpster, and noise windows

- □ Base scope written: turf, beds, hardscape, irrigation, reporting

- □ Snow / tree / pesticide called out as in, out, or separate bid

## Credentials and insurance

- □ Business registration / local license if the buyer requires it

- □ State landscaping / contractor license where the site requires it

- □ Pesticide: commercial applicator / business credentials if chemicals are in scope

- □ Tree work: any arborist or specialty credentials the buyer or state requires

- □ COI matches buyer limits, additional insured, and waiver requests (review with your agent)

## Site walk and proposal

- □ Site map or zone list attached to notes

- □ Frequencies and quality standards recorded

- □ Exclusions and T&M allowances labeled

- □ Startup date and transition plan realistic

- □ Price tied to written scope — not “size of opportunity”

StartBusinessByState.com · Commercial landscaping acquisition companion · September 2026