Placement: Consent Agenda
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Award Contract #20200096 for Landscaping Services to Nature's Keeper, Inc.
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Submitted By: Michelle Fentress, Procurement Agent I, Procurement Management Division (PMD).
Strategic Plan Link: The City's Goal of safe, clean, and beautiful.
Summary Brief (Agreements/Contracts only)
1. Prepared by: Michelle Fentress, Procurement Agent I, PMD.
2. Parties: City of Port St. Lucie and Nature's Keeper, Inc.
3. Purpose: To provide landscaping services throughout the City of Port St. Lucie on an as needed basis.
4. New/Renewal/Modified: New.
5. Duration: The initial term is for 4 years with an option to renew for an additional 3 years.
6. Benefits to Port St. Lucie: To provide attractive, well-maintained streetscapes and medians on major corridors.
7. Cost to Port St. Lucie (Annual and Potential): Estimated expenditures for FY 2020-2021 is $1,053,735. Future years expenditures will be as approved in each department's budget.
Presentation Information: N/A.
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council award Contract #20200096 and enter into a unit price contract for Landscaping Services with Nature's Keeper, Inc.
Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Council amend the recommendation and award Contract #20200096.
2. Move that the Council not approve Contract #20200096 and provide staff with direction.
Background: The City of Port St. Lucie has invested a significant amount of funding into improving landscaping on City property and on roadway right-of-ways throughout the City. Periodically, this landscaping requires replacement due to vehicular damage, or other factors such as natural aging. The Public Works Department requires the services of a qualified landscaping contractor to replace trees, plant material and mulch within landscaped areas.
Issues/Analysis: Staff reviewed the proposal from Nature's Keeper, Inc. and determined it to be responsive and provides the best value to the C...
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