REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: SCOTT L. MOZIER, PE, Director
Public Works Department
BY: BRIAN E. RUSSELL, Assistant Director
Public Works Department, Streets, Landscape, and Graffiti Divisions
MARK A. RIVAS, Senior Management Analyst
Public Works Department, Streets, Landscape, and Graffiti Divisions
SUBJECT
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Award a Requirements Contract to Briner & Son Landscape Management of Fresno, California to provide weekly landscape maintenance services to all community facilities districts (CFDs) and community parks within the City of Fresno, east of Freeway 41 for one year with seven optional one-year extensions in an amount up to $944,424.00 per year plus an annual 20% contingency (RFP No. 12400071) (Council Districts 4, 5, 6 and 7).
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council award a Requirements Contract for one-year with seven optional one-year extensions in an amount up to $944,424.00 per year plus an annual 20% contingency to Briner & Son Landscape Management of Fresno, California as the best value for weekly landscape maintenance services and to authorize the Public Works Director or designee to sign the contract on the City's behalf.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Landscape Division of Public Works is seeking a Requirements Contract to provide weekly landscape maintenance services for all CFDs and community parks east of Freeway 41. The prior contract reached its expiration date and is on a short-term contract extension while this new contract is bid and awarded. The Landscape Maintenance Division is responsible for the maintenance of CFD's and parks, and coordinates with the PARCS Department to ensure the community parks portion of the contract is serviced in a way that is deemed acceptable by the City. This weekly landscape maintenance is accomplished by using a combination of City landscape crews who primarily focus on the larger regional parks, and private landscape contracts, who primarily focus on the CFD landscapes...
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