Title
Adopt a Resolution to Approve and Authorize the City Manager to Execute Amendment No. 8 with Del Conte's Landscaping, Inc. for Citywide Median Maintenance and Weed Abatement in City Right-of-Ways for $111,699.12 from July 1 through December 31, 2023
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COUNCIL PRIORITY
* Infrastructure
SUMMARY
The City has a Non-Professional Service Agreement with Del Conte's Landscaping, Inc. to provide landscape maintenance and weed abatement services in City right-of-ways. The proposed amendment for a contract extension will provide additional time for staff to issue a comprehensive RFP for services with a new contract start date no later than January 1, 2024.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council approve and authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 8 to a Non-Professional Services Agreement with Del Conte's Landscaping, Inc. to provide monthly median maintenance and weed abatement services in City right-of-ways for six months starting July 1, 2023.
BACKGROUND
On August 31, 2015, the Public Works Department issued Request for Proposals (RFP) 55026 for Citywide median maintenance. Four firms submitted proposals deemed responsive to the RFP. After review by a committee of internal staff, the five proposals were ranked and Pacheco Brothers Gardening, Inc., a Hayward-based firm, was selected based on the firm's highest score and the second lowest bid price. The City entered into a contract with Pacheco Brothers Gardening, Inc. on March 1, 2016.
Amendment No. 1 extended the Non-Professional Services Agreement through June 30, 2018 and allowed the City Manager to extend the contract annually for three additional years by contract amendment. The subsequent year, Amendment No. 2 noted that the company name had changed to Del Conte's Landscaping, Inc.
Analysis
If authorized, the existing contract will be extended for six months in the amount of $111,699.12. The new contract price reflects a 3.3% increase over the prior fiscal year....
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