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Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager, or Designee, to Execute a Five-Year Agreement with Rojas Flores Landscaping, Inc. for Landscape Maintenance Services - Various Locations (Citywide) for a Total Amount Not to Exceed $825,369.
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 31041520) Not heard on December 20, 2022.
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Alameda (City) has more than sixty acres of landscaped area comprised of open space, medians, parking lots and facility grounds. The City uses contract services to maintain these landscaped areas and the supporting irrigation systems. Staff completed a Request for Bid (RFB) process and is now recommending the execution of a five-year agreement with Rojas Flores Landscaping, Inc. for citywide landscape maintenance for an amount not to exceed $825,369.
BACKGROUND
The City uses contract services to maintain public right of way landscaped areas throughout the city. The scope of work for the proposed agreement addresses median strips and special areas, and includes general landscaping maintenance, irrigation repairs, and weed abatement at locations throughout the city. In addition, the agreement includes seasonal mulching within new bioswales in the right-of-way to filter stormwater runoff.
DISCUSSION
On October 27, 2022 the Public Works Department issued an RFB for Landscape Maintenance Services Various Locations. To solicit the maximum number of bids and most competitive price, the RFB was provided to 19 separate builders' exchanges throughout the Bay Area, and notices of the RFB were sent to contractors on the list of qualified contractors maintained by the Public Works Department. A notice was also placed on the City's website and published in the Alameda Sun. After a bi...
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