Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into contracts with eleven contractors to provide lawn care service on City owned property held in the Land Bank. Eleven companies responded to an Invitation To Bid, SA-005716. However, the lowest price bidder is unable to provide lawn care services for all properties maintained by the Land Bank thus the need to enter into contract with multiple vendors. Therefore a price list was negotiated with all vendors that had responded to the bid request thus increasing the number of vendors that are interested in providing lawn care services and ensuring there is enough capacity to maintain all Land Bank parcels. Contracts will be offered first to those with lowest initial bid prices until all land bank parcels have been assigned for lawn care. The rest of the companies that agreed to the price list will be alternates and will only be offered contracts in an as- needed basis.
These companies will be offered contracts:
Mowtivation Lawn Services LLC
Yah's Construction LLC
Ibar Home Maintenance
Truckco LLC
MPower Inc.
Shining Company
Culver Property Preservation
These companies will be alternates:
Clean Turn International LLC
Myers Landscaping
The Landscape Group LLC
Byrd Management Service
FISCAL IMPACT: Funds for these contracts are from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Fund ($250,000).
EMERGENCY JUSTIFICATION: Emergency action is requested so lawn care services can begin in a timely manner.
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To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into contracts with various contractors to provide lawn care service on City owned property held in the Land Bank; to authorize the expenditure of $250,000 from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Fund; to waive the relevant provisions of Chapter 329 of the City Code relating to competitive bidding; and to declare an emergency. ($250,000.00)
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WHEREAS, in 2012, Mayo...
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