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Recommendation to amend Contracts No. 28892 and 29207 with Azteca Landscape and Contracts No. 28893 and 29208 with Midori Gardens to extend current landscaping services for parks and street median maintenance services through September 30, 2008, and increase the contracts by an amount not to exceed $598,270. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is being requested to amend the current landscape services contracts with Azteca Landscape, adding $421,270, and Midori Gardens, adding $177,000. The contracts for general landscape services will expire on July 22, 2008. The contracts for street median services will expire on September 1, 2008. The Parks, Recreation and Marine Department has been working on creating a new landscape bid specification that streamlines the current services and combines general landscape with street median maintenance. Due to the extensive time and work incorporating the new specifications and the need to continue service until a new contract can be awarded, City Council approval is requested to extend the current contracts until September 30, 2008.
The original bid for general landscape services PA-00304 was advertised on May 4, 2005 and 35 potential bidders specializing in street median maintenance were notified of the bid opportunity; 12 were Minority-owned Business Enterprises (MBEs), five were Womenowned Business Enterprises (WBEs), ten were Long Beach businesses, and eight were certified Small Business Enterprises (SBEs). The bid document was made available from the Purchasing Division, located on the Plaza Level of City Hall, and the Division's website at www.lonqbeach.qov/purchasinq. A bid announcement was also included in the Purchasing Division's weekly update of Open Bid Opportunities, which is sent to 30 local, minority, and women's business groups. Bids were opened on December 12, 2003. Azteca Landscape, a MBEIWBE of Ontario, CA and Midori Gardens, a MBE of Santa Ana, CA were determined to be the lowest responsi...
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