Placement: Consent Agenda
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Approve Amendment #7 to Renew Contract #20190076 for Mowing of Drainage Rights of Way, Greenbelts, Ponds & McCarty Ranch WQR Area 1.
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Submitted By: Max Previlon, CPPB - Procurement Contracting Officer III, PMD.
Strategic Plan Link: The City's Goal of safe, clean, and beautiful.
Summary Brief (Agreements/Contracts only)
1. Prepared by: Max Previlon, CPPB, Procurement Contracting Officer, PMD.
2. Parties: City of Port St. Lucie and Nature's Keeper, Inc.
3. Purpose: To provide canal, pond, and ditch maintenance services throughout the City & McCarty Ranch WQR Areas
4. New/Renewal/Modified: Renewal.
5. Duration: January 1, 2026, through January 1, 2029 (3-year period).
6. Benefits to Port St. Lucie: A mowing contract is necessary as it helps to keep the City's drainage rights of- way, greenbelts & ponds aesthetically pleasing.
7. Cost to Port St. Lucie (Annual and Potential): The requested annual increase is $870,013.00.
Presentation Information: N/A.
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council approve Amendment #7 to Contract #20190076. To the extent necessary, staff requests that Council also waive formal re-bidding for the service under the Contract, per City Code of Ordinances, Section 35.08(c) (good cause shown).
Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Council amend the recommendation and approve Amendment #7 to Contract #20190076.
2. Move that the Council not approve the Amendment and provide staff with direction.
Background: The Public Works Department requests renewal of Contract #20190076 with Nature's Keeper, Inc., for an additional three-year term. The original Contract, approved by City Council on November 25, 2019, authorized Nature's Keeper, Inc. to provide mowing services for drainage rights-of-way, greenbelts, ponds, and the McCarty Ranch WQR Area 1 at an annual amount of $655,437.00. Following six previous amendments, the current amended contract amount has increa...
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