Title
Landscape Maintenance Services
Action
Action:
Approve landscaping maintenance contracts with each of the following vendors:
* West Elmwood Cemetery: Napper Services, LLC, $205,920,
* East Elmwood Cemetery: Napper Services, LLC, $124,800,
* Evergreen Cemetery: Napper Services, LLC, $112,320,
* East District: Taylor's Landscaping Service, Inc., $230,100,
* CATS Blue Line (South): Taylor's Landscaping Service, Inc., $617,889,
* CATS Blue Line (North): Taylor's Landscaping Service, Inc., $226,044, and
* CATS North Davidson Bus Facility: Roundtree Companies, LLC, $52,833.30.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Quin Hall, Engineering & Property Management
Explanation
* These contracts provide continuous landscape maintenance services for several City-owned buildings, medians, three cemeteries, and a CATS bus facility.
* On November 5, 2015, three separate Requests for Proposals were advertised, 19 proposals were received from nine interested service providers, for a total of seven contracts, for the following areas:
* City-owned facilities located in the east district;
* City-owned cemeteries; and
* City-owned properties along the CATS Blue Line Light Rail Transit and North Davidson Bus Facility.
* The Evaluation Committee comprised of City staff from Engineering & Property Management and CATS, selected the firms based on qualifications and experience of the firm in providing similar services for similar projects, qualifications and relevant experience of key team members, availability of team members, available equipment resources, price, and responsiveness of proposal package.
* For this service, the City's MWSBE vendors included 100% utilization with the following firms:
* Napper Services, LLC,
* Roundtree Companies, LLC, and
* Taylor's Landscaping Service, Inc.
* Total expenditures across all of the above contracts are estimated to be $1,569,906.30 in the aggregate over the three year term.
* Work is anticipated to begin March 1, ...
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