CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approve the award of Bid 21-085, Landscape, Maintenance, Mowing and Herbicide Services, to Blue Mountain Landscaping, Christy Webber & Company, Americana Landscape Group, Local Lawn Care & Landscaping, and Twin Oaks Landscaping for an amount not to exceed $1,133,518, and for a two-year term
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DEPARTMENT: Department of Public Works
SUBMITTED BY: Richard Dublinski, Director
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
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BACKGROUND:
The Department of Public Works (DPW) and Naper Settlement are responsible for landscape maintenance and mowing and herbicide of 175 City-owned sites totaling more than 500 acres. In addition to mowing the sites, the City has intergovernmental agreements with DuPage County and the Illinois Department of Transportation to mow along certain state and county rights-of-way. The agreement with DuPage County provides for the City to mow county-owned properties and for the county to reimburse the City for these services. State of Illinois agreements do not provide for reimbursement.
In February 2021, DPW issued Bid 21-085, Landscape Maintenance, Mowing and Herbicide Services. The contractors are required to provide basic mowing and herbicide services required for medians, rights-of-ways and parking lots to higher level landscaping necessary for City buildings such as the Municipal Center. The contract was divided into eight quadrants/sites and the Naper Settlement Campus with a mowing schedule of 30 times per year, weather permitting.
1. Group 1 - City Quadrant I - NW part of the City
2. Group 2 - City Quadrant II - NE part of the City
3. Group 3 - City Quadrant III - SW part of the City
4. Group 4 - City Quadrant IV - SE part of the City
5. Group 5 - CBD/Municipal Center/4th Ave commuter station - Central part of the City
6. Group 6 - Police Department/Lakewalk/Electric Service Center Campus
7. Group 7 - Springbrook Campus - Reclamation Plant, Elevated Tank, Substation, and DPW's "Compost" storage
8. Gr...
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