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Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. PA-00609 and award contracts to Azteca Landscape and Mariposa Horticultural Enterprises, for the Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine for landscape maintenance services, in the estimated annual amount of $2,802,000 for a period of one year, with the option of renewing for three additional one-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager, with the option of adding expenditures up to 15 percent (or $420,300) above the annual contract amount, if necessary and if funds are available. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
The Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine (PRM), is requesting City Council approval to enter into annual contracts for parks and street median landscape maintenance services for the following areas:
1. Northwest Parks & Streets Area 1 3. Southwest Parks & Streets Area 3
2. Northeast Parks & Streets Area 2 4. Southwest Parks & Streets Area 4
The proposed specifications were thoroughly reviewed and revised by the Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine to better define contractor responsibility, develop an effective scope of services, a consolidation of demographic responsibility and streamlined maintenance operations. Upon contract award and before the start of the contract, contractors are required to submit a bidder's bond, insurance certificates for commercial general liability, workers' compensation, auto and all-risk property insurance and an employee dishonesty bond. In addition, the contract has numerous financial remedies for contractor non-compliance and non-performance that include payment deductions.
With the development of new bid specifications, the Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine has increased the contracted acreage by 100 acres. This addition is based on the acquisition of new park space, street medians, and weed abatement at various parcels.
The City of Long Beach recently made efforts to consolidate core services and streamline the way we do bu...
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