Placement: Consent Agenda
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Award Contract #20230056 For Tree Trimming, Forestry, Slope Mowing, & Removal Services.
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Submitted By: Nadia Tourjee, Procurement Management Department (PMD).
Strategic Plan Link: The City's Mission to provide exceptional municipal services.
Summary Brief (Agreements/Contracts only)
1. Prepared by: Nadia Tourjee, Procurement Contracting Officer I, PMD.
2. Parties: City of Port St. Lucie and Brooker Equipment dba Sampson Tree Service.
3. Purpose: Procure services to provide tree trimming, forestry, slope mowing, and removal services to manage citywide trees and invasive plants.
4. New/Renewal/Modified: New.
5. Duration: One (1) year with four (4) additional one (1)-year options to renew.
6. Benefits to Port St. Lucie: Managing over 25,000 trees and invasive plants to protect a structural investment which effects the landscape, wildlife, and air quality.
7. Cost to Port St. Lucie (Annual and Potential): Estimated annual expenditure is $855,000. Future expenditures will be appropriated in each year's budget.
Presentation Information: N/A.
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council award Contract #20230056 and enter into a unit price contract with Brooker Equipment dba Sampson Tree Service for Tree Trimming, Forestry, Slope Mowing, & Removal Services.
Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Council amend the recommendation and award Contract #20230056.
2. Move that the Council not approve Contract #20230056 and provide staff with direction.
Background: This E-Bid is a re-bid of tree trimming and removal services. The City has invested over $25 million in trees to ensure the health, vigor, and structural integrity of its landscaping. There are over 25,000 trees and invasive exotic plants that are encroaching upon private property from public land that need to be maintained. As the City's vast roadway network and infrastructure have expanded, improvements to these corridors and op...
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