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AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE AGREEMENT FOR NORTHERN PARKWAY LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE WITH SOMERSET LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE, INC., FOR ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPE SERVICES ALONG LOOP 303
Staff Contact: Jack Friedline, Director, Public Works
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Purpose and Recommended Action
Recommendation
This is a request for City Council to authorize the City Manager to enter into Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement for Northern Parkway Landscape Maintenance with Somerset Landscape Maintenance, Inc., Contract No. C-10434, for an increase in compensation in the amount of $26,221 annually for additional landscape services adjacent to Loop 303, and to authorize the City Manager to renew the Agreement, at the City Manager's discretion, for an additional three, one-year renewals to a total amount not to exceed $928,612 over the full term of the Agreement.
Background
The City of Glendale has entered into five Intergovernmental Agreements (IGAs) with the State of Arizona for the installation and maintenance of landscaping improvements along Loop 303, to include decomposed granite, irrigation, and plants. As part of the IGAs, the city has agreed to perform landscape maintenance, irrigation line repair, herbicide, insecticide, and litter control along the improved areas, specifically on the arterial cross streets intersecting the freeway. The project is complete and the state has requested that the city begin regular maintenance.
A Request for Proposals (RFP) 15-78 for Landscape Maintenance Services was advertised on June 9, 2015 for Northern Parkway. The RFP included the following evaluation criteria: Experience and Qualifications, Method of Approach, and Pricing Structure. Eight proposals were received and Somerset Landscape Maintenance, Inc., offered the most responsive and responsible proposal. The Agreement for Northern Parkway Landscape Maintenance was entered into on November 10, 2015, is effective through November 9, 2017, and includes the option to renew...
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