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Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. ITB PR15-095 for the provision of as-needed tree trimming services for the Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine; award the contract to Great Scott Tree Service, Inc., of Stanton, CA, in an annual amount of $420,000, and authorize a 15 percent contingency in the amount of $63,000, for a total annual amount not to exceed $483,000, for a period of two years, with the option to renew for two additional one-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager; and authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contract, including any necessary amendments thereto. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into a contract with Great Scott Tree Service, Inc., for as-needed tree trimming services for the Department of Parks Recreation and Marine (PRM). This maintenance contract is necessary to prevent trees in Citywide parks, beach areas, marinas, and on Metropolitan Transportation Authority Right-of-Way sites from becoming top heavy and overgrown. In addition, the contract will provide the mechanism to respond to emergency tree trimming needs in parks and various other PRM sites.
Prior agreements for these services were authorized in October 2010, and expired in June 2014. Since that time, services have been provided on an interim agreement, which expired on August 31, 2015.
The bid was advertised in the Press-Telegram on May 22, 2015, and 642 potential bidders were notified of the bid opportunity. Of those bidders, 19 downloaded the bid via our electronic bid system. The bid document was made available from the Purchasing Division, located on the seventh floor of City Hall, and the Division’s website at www.longbeach.gov/purchasing
. A bid announcement was also included in the Purchasing Division’s weekly update of Open Bid Opportunities, which is sent to 22 local, minority, and women-owned business gro...
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