ITB 17-05-01 Landscape Maintenance Services

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City of Sunny Isles Beach | Invitation to Bid No. 17‐05‐01 46 responsible to harvest and submit appropriate frond, spear leaf or root tissue samples from palms demonstrating unusual characteristics to an approved lab for disease analysis report and forward results and recommendations to the City. Palms that show signs of distress shall be immediately top drenched, if necessary. Insect and disease activity will be treated on an as-needed basis upon inspection. Required service calls and treatment between scheduled maintenance shall be at Contractor’s expense. These reports are to be written and should be received by the City no later than ten days after each inspection. It is required that the City be notified in advance of planned activities in order to allow them to witness and record the applications. 3.8.6 INSECT AND DISEASE ACTIVITY The Contractor shall control or eradicate infestations by chewing or sucking insects, leaf miners, fire ants, whitefly and other pests and disease by spraying affected grasses or plants with chemical sprays and combinations of sprays suitable for that particular pest when the infestation or infection becomes evident and as often thereafter as necessary using Integrated Pest Management Principles. The Contractor shall be fully licensed to spray pesticides, and shall use sound cultural practices that aid in preventing the presence or proliferation of insects and diseases. The Contractor shall develop a pest management plan for approval by the City. The Contractor’s plan must establish the strategy and methods for performing the work in a safe, effective, and environmentally sound manner. Should the Contractor fail to report any disease or pest infestation that results in damage to the Site(s) under the responsibility of the Contractor, the Contractor must replace such damage, including, but not limited to, re-sodding, replacement of trees, palms, shrubs, groundcover, etc. Whitefly shall be controlled on all trees, palms, shrubs and groundcover and Contractor shall develop preventive measures in the pest management plan. Contractor is responsible to monitor infestations during the daily servicing and inspection of the site(s). 3.8.7 SPECIALTY PALM/TREE CARE Specialty palms such as Dates Palms, Royal Palms, Bismark Palms and other specialty foliage shall be treated with preventive chemicals per each individual need to properly maintain them. This includes pest infestation, fungicides and deficiencies. Any specialty palm and other trees damaged due to over/under treatment shall be the responsibility of the Contractor and all damaged material shall be replaced within one (1) week of the damage being noticed, at the Contractor’s expense, at no cost to the City. Aerial spraying on top of palms must