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File #: 2020-996    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Consent Status: Passed
File created: 12/7/2020 In control: City Council
On agenda: 1/11/2021 Final action: 1/11/2021
Title: Award Contract # 20200115 Furnish & Install Sod to Nature's Keeper, Inc.
Attachments: 1. Bid Tabulation Report, 2. Nature’s Keeper, Inc.’s Contract, 3. Nature's Keeper, Inc.'s Submittal, 4. Bid Documents
Placement: Consent Agenda
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Award Contract # 20200115 Furnish & Install Sod to Nature's Keeper, Inc.
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Submitted By: Jason Bezak, Procurement Agent I, Procurement Management Department (PMD).

Strategic Plan Link: The City's Goal of high-quality infrastructure and facilities.

Summary Brief (Agreements/Contracts only)
1. Prepared by: Jason Bezak, Procurement Management Department.
2. Parties: City of Port St. Lucie and Nature's Keeper, Inc.
3. Purpose: For repair work, drainage improvements and culvert replacements, restore swales for proper drainage.
4. New/Renewal/Modified: New.
5. Duration: Initial Contract Period is for two (2) years with the option to renew for one (1) additional 2-year period.
6. Benefits to Port St. Lucie: To keep Port St. Lucie beautiful.
7. Cost to Port St. Lucie (Annual and Potential): Estimated Annual Expenditures are $200,000. The initial contract period is estimated at $400,000. Total potential amount is estimated at $800,000.

Presentation Information: N/A.

Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council award Contract # 20200115 and enter into a unit price contract with Nature's Keeper, Inc. to furnish & install sod.

Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Council amend the recommendation and award Contract # 20200115.
2. Move that the Council not award Contract # 20200115 and provide staff with direction.

Background: The City of Port St. Lucie uses approximately eight-hundred thousand (800,000) square feet of sod per year for the City's medians, roadsides, highways, water drainage areas and multiple other projects to preserve and maintain Port St. Lucie as a beautiful city for all ages.

An E-Bid was issued on November 4, 2020 to 342 potential suppliers. There were 9 plan holders with 1 proposal being received on November 24, 2020.

Issues/Analysis: Staff reviewed Nature's Keeper, Inc.'s submittal and finds it responsive and provides the best value to the City. Nature's Keeper, I...

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