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<br />City of Sunny Isles Beach | ITB 18-03-03 Right-of-Ways and Facilities Landscape Maintenance Services 41 <br /> <br />SECTION 3 <br />Performance Standards & Technical Specifications <br /> <br /> <br />3.1 SCOPE OF SERVICES <br /> <br />The City of Sunny Isles Beach (the “City”) intends to secure the services of a qualified landscape <br />contractor for Landscape Maintenance Services to be rendered throughout the City. It is the intent <br />of this bid document that all work shall result in compliance with the Performance Standards and <br />Technical Specifications and all regulatory requirements applicable to such project. Bidder shall <br />provide proof that the company has been in continuous operation for a minimum of five (5) years.* <br />This experience shall consist of performing similar work for a government agency during those entire <br />5 years. *A Bidder that has joined to create a new company, has been purchased or undergone a <br />name change, must have been in business a minimum of 6 (six) months. The City reserves the right <br />to accept a combination of experience amongst owners from said previous companies in order to <br />meet minimum requirements. <br /> <br />The Contractor shall provide all labor, materials, equipment, tools, qualified and certified supervision, <br />and other items and services both necessary and incidental to ensure that the Landscape <br />Maintenance Services are performed in a manner that will maintain a healthy landscape and present <br />a neat, clean, and professional appearance of all rights-of-way, bus shelter locations, parking lots <br />and government facilities. The Work shall include, but not be limited to, weeding, mowing, turf <br />maintenance, edging, pruning, hedge trimming, raking, sweeping, blowing and vacuuming sidewalks, <br />herbicide applications including preventive and corrective applications, fertilization and pest <br />management services using Integrated Pest Management principles, irrigation system maintenance, <br />monitoring and repair, maintaining and replacing, if necessary, any plants lost due to negligence of <br />the Contractor, seasonal color replacement, removing graffiti within one (1) day of inspection with <br />City’s approval, daily removal of all litter including dead animals, shopping cart removal and litter <br />pick up seven days per week, or as defined by the City. The Contractor shall adhere to the City Noise <br />Ordinance. <br /> <br />The intent of the following descriptions in this ITB is to convey the requirement that the various areas <br />listed in this ITB shall be maintained to a superior level such that they are viewed by the public as <br />the best maintained and most beautiful in all of southern Florida. It is this standard that will be <br />required of the Bidders. <br /> <br />If the Contractor intends to use sub-contractors to perform any work on this contract, these <br />contractors are subject to approval by the City, at its sole discretion. <br /> <br />3.1.1 In addition, the City will award to the lowest responsive responsible bidder as a tertiary (third <br />in 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. Disasters include natural events such as <br />hurricanes, tornadoes, windstorms, floods, and fires, as well as man-made events or emergencies <br />such as civil unrest and terrorist attacks. After a disaster occurs, a designated City employee will <br />contact the Contractor(s) holding the Disaster Debris Removal and Disposal contract to advise them