REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 02/15/2023
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Community Services Department
SUBJECT:
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AWARD OF CONTRACT TO L.R. LANDSCAPING INC. FOR ON-CALL EMERGENCY LANDSCAPE SERVICES.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This staff report asks Council to approve a contract with L.R Landscaping Inc. for on-call landscaping services in an amount not to exceed $500,000 per fiscal year. On-call landscape services are used as needed for work to be performed outside the scope of work of the regular landscape services contractors.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council:
a. Award Notice Inviting Bids 23-005RH to L.R. Landscaping, Inc. for on-call emergency landscape services, for the total bid amount of $500,000 per fiscal year and waive any and all minor irregularities in the bidding documents as submitted by said bidder.
b. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute the Maintenance and General Services Agreement with L.R. Landscaping, Inc., in an amount up to $500,000 per fiscal year, including any non-substantive extensions, change orders, and amendments up to ten percent of the contract amount of $50,000 as authorized by Corona Municipal Code Section 3.08.050(H).
c. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee to issue yearly purchase orders in accordance with the duly authorized and executed agreements, change orders, amendments, and renewals.
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BACKGROUND & HISTORY:
The City of Corona utilizes on-call landscaping services as needed that are outside of the scope of work of the regular landscape services contractors. These non-routine maintenance items include homeless encampment clean-ups, irrigation repairs and installs, plantings in parks, Landscape Maintenance Districts (LMDs) and parkways improvements, ballfield maintenance, weed abatement, and winter season rain preparations. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2022, Council awarded a single-year contract for these services with ...
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