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Report regarding a resolution amending the existing landscape maintenance services agreement with Brightview Landscape Services, Inc. of Menlo Park, California for citywide landscape maintenance services in order to extend the term of the agreement by twelve months beginning July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021 for an additional amount not to exceed $583,146, for a total amount not to exceed $1,749,438. (Greg Mediati, Deputy Director of Parks and Recreation)
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RECOMMENDATION
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It is recommended that the City Council adopt a resolution amending the existing landscape maintenance services agreement with Brightview Landscape Services, Inc. of Menlo Park, California for citywide landscape maintenance services in order to extend the term of the agreement by twelve months beginning July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021 for an additional amount not to exceed $583,146, for a total amount not to exceed $1,749,438.
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BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
The City of South San Francisco (City) currently contracts with a landscape maintenance vendor for certain landscape maintenance services throughout the City. These specialized contracted services are necessary to keep up with the extensive and varied landscape maintenance responsibilities in order to maintain the City's safety and aesthetic objectives.
The scope of work for the landscape maintenance contract has been modified over time in order to care for those areas that were added to the city's maintenance obligations, as well as to modify tasks requested by the City. These specified locations include medians, streets, hook ramps, green spots and Common Green areas.
The current landscape maintenance services agreement was first entered into on July 1, 2018, for a two year term, expiring June 30, 2020. The Request for Proposals (RFP) issued in 2018 included a provision for the City to extend the agreement in three one-year increments, for a total of five years. Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic and su...
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