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Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Execute a First Amendment to Agreement with Rojas Flores Landscaping, Inc. to include Additional Services for Newly Landscaped Areas for a Total Five-Year Compensation Not-to-Exceed Amount of $1,277,726.
In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), this project is exempt from further environmental review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15301 (Maintenance of Existing Facilities). (Public Works 26941570)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jennifer Ott, City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Alameda (City) Public Works Department manages more than sixty acres of landscaped areas including open spaces, medians, parking lots, and facility grounds. Public Works uses contract services to maintain these landscaped areas and the supporting irrigation systems. Staff completed a Request for Bid process and on January 3, 2023, City Council awarded a five-year agreement to Rojas Flores Landscaping, Inc. (Rojas) for landscape services for a total not-to-exceed $825,369. Since award of that contract, new landscaped areas in Alameda Point's Adaptive Reuse Area, along Clement Avenue, in Alameda Landing and other locations were constructed and require ongoing landscape services. In addition, another agreement for landscape services of certain medians on Bay Farm Island expired June 20, 2024. Staff recommends amending the agreement with Rojas to add the facilities now needing landscape maintenance services. The amended not-to-exceed five-year total is $1,277,726.
BACKGROUND
The Public Works Department uses contract services to maintain public landscaped areas throughout the City. On October 27, 2022, the Public Works Department issued a Request for Bid for Landscape Maintenance Services at Various Locations. On January 3, 2023, City Council awarded a five-year agreement with Rojas for a total not-to-exceed $825,369. The scope of work includes median strips ...
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