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File #: 0733-2019    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 3/5/2019 In control: Finance Committee
On agenda: 4/1/2019 Final action: 4/3/2019
Title: To authorize the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract with Winnscapes, on behalf of the Facilities Management Division, for mowing and landscape maintenance services; to authorize the expenditure of $198,700.35 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($198,700.35)
Attachments: 1. 0733-2019
Explanation

BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract on behalf of the Facilities Management Division with Winnscapes for mowing and landscape maintenance services.
Formal bids were solicited and the city received four (4) bids on February 26, 2019 (0 FBE, 0 MBE):
Winnscapes $198,700.35
Hickman Lawn Care $212,394.50
DLL Landscaping & Tree Service $232,203.00
Kirkbride Lawn Care LLC $330,100.00

Byrd Management Service submitted an incomplete bid and was deemed non-responsive. The Facilities Management Division recommends the bid be awarded to the lowest, most responsive and responsible bidder, Winnscapes.

Emergency action is requested so that lawn maintenance can commence without interruption.

Winnscapes Contract Compliance No. 31-1313521, expiration date October 17, 2019.

Fiscal Impact: This ordinance authorizes an expenditure of $198,700.35 from the General Fund with Winnsacpes for mowing and landscape maintenance services. The Facilities Management Division budgeted $195,000.00 in their 2019 General Fund operating budget for these services. The additional funding will come from budgetary line-item surpluses within the Facilities Management Division general fund budget. In 2017, the FacilitManagementment Division expended $199,831.00 for mowing and landscaping services. In 2018, the division expended $201,322.25 for these services.

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To authorize the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract with Winnscapes, on behalf of the Facilities Management Division, for mowing and landscape maintenance services; to authorize the expenditure of $198,700.35 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($198,700.35)

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WHEREAS, the Facilities Management Division solicited formal bids for mowing and landscape maintenance services; and

WHEREAS, the city received four bids; and

WHEREAS, Winnscapes was deemed the lowest, most responsive and responsible...

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