How to Buy Pest Control on Utah's State Contract, Without an RFP
For the facilities manager, business administrator, or purchasing agent who has a pest problem, a budget line, and no appetite for a three-month solicitation. Here is the statute, the vendors, the purchase-order language, and the file you keep.
1. Who can buy on the contract
A state cooperative contract is one the Division of Purchasing competes once, for everyone. The Procurement Code says who "everyone" is:
"Public entity" means "the state or any other governmental entity within the state that expends public funds" (§63G-6a-103): cities and towns, counties, school districts and charter schools, the Utah System of Higher Education institutions, special districts (transit, water, waste, fire), housing authorities, and every state department and agency. The pest control solicitation, SB26-4, carried the statement subsection (2) requires, and MA5191's Eligible User clause (Attachment A §1(g)) spells the list out: state departments, institutions and agencies; political subdivisions including colleges, school districts, counties and cities; nonprofit organizations; and federal agencies.
For executive-branch state agencies the contract is not optional:
Local governments, school districts, higher-education institutions and special districts may use the contract and are not required to. Most already do for other categories, and several have written it into policy: Jordan School District's purchasing guidelines say district or state contracts "should be used first"; Salt Lake County Policy 7020 treats a state-contract purchase as documented by a purchase order or master agreement; the University of Utah's Rule R3-100B lets its Purchasing Department use Title 63G, Chapter 6a contracts "without additional competitive processes"; Southern Utah University's Policy 5.24 excludes state-contract vendors from its bid requirement for any amount.
2. The eight vendors and their contract numbers
Pest control is a multiple-award portfolio: eight vendors hold parallel contracts, all effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2031. The buyer chooses among them.
| Contract | Vendor | Categories | State's 2026 evaluation score (of 1000) |
|---|---|---|---|
| MA5185 | Buffo's Termite & Pest Control | Pest control | 861.18 |
| MA5186 | Thorn Pest Solutions | Pest control; wildlife/bird | 801.91 |
| MA5187 | A-1 Exterminators | Pest control; wildlife/bird | 844.22 |
| MA5188 | Rentokil dba Terminix | Pest control; wildlife/bird | 773.33 |
| MA5189 | Sting Operation | Pest control | 818.97 |
| MA5190 | Harmon and Sons | Pest control | 795.81 |
| MA5191 | Falcon Pest Control (Mountain Supply LLC) | Pest control | 900.39, highest of all bidders |
| MA5192 | Morgan Termite and Pest Control | Pest control (Washington, Iron, Kane counties) | 723.50 |
Contract numbers, terms and categories from the Division of Purchasing's cooperative contract listings; scores from the Division's Award Justification for Solicitation SB26-4 (May 20, 2026), a public record reproduced here. Category 1 is general pest control; bird and wildlife work is a separate category held by three of the eight.
3. The purchase in five steps
- Confirm you are an eligible user. If you spend public funds, you are. There is nothing to register and no addendum to sign.
- Pick the vendor and write down why. The State's published evaluation, the vendors' price sheets on the contract page, the credentials of the people who will do the work, and references are all fair grounds. Keep the note: that is the best-value determination (section 5).
- Get a scope and price sheet from the vendor, with the contract number on it. MA5191 requires a signed scope/price sheet identifying the contract before work begins (Attachment B §3.B(2)). Prices may be at or below the ceiling prices on the State's cost sheet, never above.
- Issue the purchase order to the vendor directly. Orders are placed with the contractor, not the Division (Attachment A §36; Attachment B §3.B(3)). Cite the contract number on the PO.
- Pay the invoices; the vendor does the reporting. The vendor files the quarterly utilization report and pays the administrative fee to the Division out of contract sales. Nothing is added to your invoice for it.
Two things the vendor may not do. Under MA5191 the contractor may not require an eligible user to sign a document that adds terms to the state contract (Attachment B §3.C(2)), and any end-user agreement a contractor does use must be attached to the contract and approved by the Division (Attachment A §37). Falcon's eligible-user agreements run month to month with 30-day cancellation and no early-termination fee.
4. The purchase-order language
Purchasing offices ask for a sentence they can paste. This one carries the contract number, the vendor's legal name, the statutory authority, and the best-value reference:
For any other portfolio vendor, substitute its contract number and legal name; the authority is the same.
5. The best-value file
A multiple-award contract shifts one decision to the buyer: which of the awarded vendors. Nothing in the Procurement Code requires a second solicitation for that choice, but a purchasing office should be able to show why it chose as it did, and some entities set their own rule. Salt Lake County's Policy 7020 asks for quotes from other awarded vendors on multiple-award contracts; school districts act under their board's purchasing policy and, above the board's threshold, its approval (Utah Code §53G-4-405). A one-page memo covers it:
- The contract number and the vendor selected.
- The State's evaluation scores for the portfolio (the technical score reflects the evaluators' judgment of the program each vendor would actually deliver).
- The vendor's price sheet and the quoted scope, showing the quote is at or below the contract's ceiling prices.
- Anything specific to your facilities: a credentialed applicator on staff, a written IPM plan, documentation practices (pesticide application records under Utah Admin. Code R68-7), school IPM requirements under R392-200-18, hospital pest control under R432-100-39(1)(d), and the like.
- References from comparable entities.
If the office wants that memo written for it, we will draft it against the public record and hand it over, whichever vendor it ends up naming.
6. Questions we get asked
Can a Utah city, county, or school district buy from the state contract without an RFP?
Yes. Under Utah Code §63G-6a-2105(2), a public entity may obtain the item from a state cooperative contract without signing a participating addendum, because the State's solicitation said the contract was for the benefit of public entities. Issue a purchase order citing the contract number and keep the best-value note.
Are state agencies required to use it?
Executive-branch procurement units may not buy elsewhere when the item is available on a state cooperative contract, except under the small-purchase provisions of §63G-6a-506 or as otherwise provided in the Code (§63G-6a-2105(3); R33-121-201(1)). Local entities may use it but need not.
Does the buyer sign anything with the vendor?
No participating addendum. Under MA5191 the vendor may not require additional terms (Attachment B §3.C(2)); the vendor provides a signed scope and price sheet with the contract number before work begins (Attachment B §3.B(2)).
Is there a fee to the State?
Not to the buyer. The vendor pays the contract's administrative fee (0.75% on MA5191) to the Division out of contract sales and files the quarterly utilization report. No other unit may add a fee (R33-121).
What if we were buying from a vendor that is no longer on the portfolio?
Nature Concepts, Newby's/Bybee and Pestmaster/Assured Pest Control were on the 2021–2026 portfolio and are not on the 2026–2031 one. Purchases from them since July 1, 2026 are not state-contract purchases. Choose among the eight current vendors, document the choice, and cite the new contract number.
Does the contract cover bird and wildlife work?
Category 1 is pest control. Bird and wildlife work is a separate category on the portfolio, held by Thorn Pest Solutions, A-1 Exterminators, and Rentokil/Terminix. Falcon's MA5191 award is Category 1; we quote bird and bat work outside the contract.
What does Falcon charge on the contract?
Ceiling prices on the MA5191 cost sheet (after the guaranteed 5% contract discount): general pest treatment twice monthly $237.50; exterior barrier treatment monthly $128.25; preventative maintenance program monthly $118.75; technician $90.25 per hour; senior technician $109.25 per hour; Board Certified Entomologist $213.75 per hour; entomologist facility assessment with a written IPM plan $1,852.50; IPM program and compliance oversight $90.25 to $261.25 per site per month by tier; remote rodent monitoring $14.25 per station per month. Quotes may be at or below these figures; mileage applies only beyond 40 miles from our nearest location.
Sources. Utah Code §63G-6a-2105 and §63G-6a-103 (le.utah.gov, retrieved September 25, 2026) · Utah Admin. Code R33-121 (state cooperative contracts) and R33-105 (small purchases) · State of Utah Cooperative Contract MA5191, Attachment A §§1(g), 35, 36, 37, 38 and Attachment B §§3, 4; Attachment C cost sheet · Division of Purchasing, Vendor Guide (November 6, 2024); "How to Buy from a State Cooperative Contract" and "Making a Best Value Decision" (Rev. 01-2025) · Division of Purchasing, Award Justification, Solicitation SB26-4 (May 20, 2026) · Salt Lake County Policy 7020 · Jordan School District purchasing guidelines · University of Utah Rule R3-100B · Southern Utah University Policy 5.24 · Utah Code §53G-4-405. This page is a vendor's plain-language guide, not legal advice; your purchasing office's own policy controls.
The vendor the State scored highest
Falcon Pest Control earned the highest total score of any bidder on Utah's 2026 pest control solicitation: 900.39 of 1,000. Every program is designed by Trent Frazer, a Board Certified Entomologist, one of fewer than 440 Board Certified Entomologists and Utah's only BCE in independent commercial practice.
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