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<br />City of Sunny Isles Beach | ITB 20-08-01 City Landscaping Services 17
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<br />Section 2
<br />Special Terms and Conditions
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<br />2.1 PURPOSE OF BID:
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<br />The City of Sunny Isles Beach (the “City”) intends to secure the services of qualified, experienced
<br />and licensed contractor(s) (the “Contractor”) with a minimum of five years experience to provide
<br />Landscape Maintenance Services, in accordance with the terms, conditions and specifications
<br />contained in this Invitation to Bid (ITB). The bidder will have the option to bid, Option A- bid on
<br />Parks only or Option B- bid on Parks/ROWs combined, however there will not be an
<br />option to bid on ROWs only. The specifications for Option B can be found on this
<br />hyperlink, all the terms and conditions (including Exhibit A) on this document shall also apply to
<br />option B. The awarded Contractor is expected to begin work no later than November 1, 2020,
<br />specifically for Option A. It is the intent of this bid document that all work shall result in compliance
<br />with the contract documents and all regulatory requirements applicable to such service.
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<br />The Contractor shall provide all labor, materials, equipment, tools, qualified and certified
<br />supervision, and other items and services both necessary and incidental to ensure that the
<br />Landscape Maintenance Services are performed in a manner that will maintain a healthy landscape
<br />and present a neat, clean, and professional appearance of all parks and recreational facilities areas.
<br />The Work shall include, but not be limited to, weeding, mowing, turf maintenance, edging, pruning,
<br />hedge trimming, raking, sweeping and vacuuming sidewalks, herbicide applications including
<br />preventive and corrective applications, fertilization and pest management services using Integrated
<br />Pest Management principles, irrigation system maintenance, monitoring and repair, maintaining
<br />and replacing, if necessary, any plants lost due to negligence of the Contractor, seasonal color
<br />replacement, removing graffiti on a daily basis, daily removal of all litter including dead animals,
<br />shopping cart removal and litter pick up seven days per week, or as defined by the City. The
<br />Contractor shall adhere to the City Noise Ordinance, and also the amendment stating Contractors
<br />cannot blow debris onto other people’s properties, referenced in Chapter 193.
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<br />In addition, the City will award to the lowest responsive responsible bidder as a tertiary (third in
<br />order) bidder for services relating to disaster debris removal, in the event that the City’s primary
<br />and secondary debris removal contractor has defaulted and/or terminated. Disasters include
<br />natural events such as hurricanes, tornadoes, windstorms, floods, and fires, as well as man-made
<br />events or emergencies such as civil unrest and terrorist attacks. The Contractor may handle debris
<br />management activities in the City in accordance with applicable regulations of the Federal
<br />Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Florida
<br />Department of Transportation (FDOT), Florida Department of Health (FDH), Natural Resources
<br />Conservation Services (NRCS), South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), and the Florida
<br />Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP). Primary Contractors shall be required to follow all
<br />applicable requirements of 2 C.F.R. 200.318 through 200.326 and FHWA-1273 – Federal-
<br />Aid Construction contracts in the execution of this Contract, and shall require and enforce
<br />similar compliance with all sub-contractors. The prospective participant certifies, by submission of
<br />this proposal, that neither it nor its principals is presently debarred, suspended, proposed for
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