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Recommendation to Award a Five Year Contract for an Amount Not to Exceed a Total Five Year Expenditure of $8,264,931.69 to West Coast Arborists, Inc. for Citywide Urban Forest Maintenance Services, No. P.W. 04-17-25. (Public Works 310)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jill Keimach, City Manager
Re: Recommendation to Award a Five Year Contract for an Amount Not to Exceed a Total Five Year Expenditure of $8,264,931.69, to West Coast Arborists, Inc. for Citywide Urban Forest Maintenance Services, No. P.W. 04-17-25
BACKGROUND
The City of Alameda is in need of the services from an outside organization to help the City with the maintenance of its urban forest. The project will update and maintain the City's street tree inventory, develop a database of private trees pruned for Alameda Municipal Power (AMP) to provide line clearance; prune approximately 3,650 street trees and 150 park trees for the Alameda Recreation and Park Department (ARPD); provide line clearance for approximately 315 private trees for AMP; plant approximately 150 young trees ranging from two- to six-inch caliper trunks; and remove and stump grind approximately 200 dead, dying, or diseased trees in accordance with the recently revised street tree removal policy.
DISCUSSION
On March 28, 2017 the Public Works Department sent out a Request for Bid (RFB) for citywide urban forest maintenance services. 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 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 web page on March 28, 2017, and published in the Alameda Journal on March 31, 2017. After a bidding period of 21 days, two contractor's submitted bids, and the bids were opened on April 18, 2017.
Bidder
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Bid Amount
West Coast Arborists, Inc.
Anaheim, CA
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