Title
Landscape Installation Services
Action
Action:
Approve one-year contracts with the following companies for landscape installation services:
- The Metrolina Landscape Company, $150,000
- Roundtree Companies, LLC, $225,000
- Carolina Outdoor Maintenance, Inc., $75,000
- Leisure Time Lawn Care, LP, $75,000
- Southern Shade Tree Co., Inc., $75,000
- New Beginning Landscape, LLC, $100,000
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Mike Davis, Engineering and Property Management
Quin Hall, Engineering and Property Management
Tim Porter, Engineering and Property Management
Explanation
§ These contracts provide continuous landscape installation services for City right-of-way and in coordination with TreesCharlotte plantings in schools and parks.
§ Services include, but are not limited to:
- Plant material installation in the right-of-way planting strip (between the curb and sidewalk), behind sidewalk and in medians,
- Stump grinding, debris removal and disposal on specific projects where tree replacement is occurring, and
- Mulching and clean-up.
§ The City will issue work orders for specific individual projects separately to each contractor.
§ On June 28, 2017, the City issued a Request for Proposals; seven proposals were received from interested service providers.
§ Firms selected were the best qualified firms to meet the City’s needs on the basis of demonstrated competence and qualification of services in response to the RFP requirements.
§ Estimated contract expenditures for all contracts are $700,000 annually.
Charlotte Business INClusion
No subcontracting goals were established because there are no subcontracting opportunities (Part C: Section 2.1(a) of the Charlotte Business INClusion Policy). Four contracts will be awarded to the following certified firms, resulting in $475,000 (67.86%) total MSBE utilization:
• Roundtree Companies, LLC (SBE) ($225,000)
• New Beginnings Landscape, LLC (SBE, MBE) ($100,000)
• Carolina Outdoor Maintenance, Inc. (SBE) ($75,000)
• Leisure Time Lawn Care, LP (SBE) ($75,000)
Fiscal Note
Funding: General Community Investment Plan