SUBJECT:
Title
Request Approval of Bid Award: 26B-021 SE 92nd Loop Landscaping - H & J Landscaping Services, Inc., Ocala, FL (Budget Impact - Neutral; expenditure of $474,600.63)
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INITIATOR: |
DEPARTMENT: |
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Susan Olsen, Director |
Procurement Services |
DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND:
On behalf of the Office of the County Engineer, Procurement advertised a bid for a landscaping project along SE 92nd Loop between US Hwy 441 and SE 58th Avenue/SR 35. Work includes installing various types and sizes of plants and mulch materials along the grassed median, outside of the pavement area within the right-of-way and in the drainage retention areas. In addition, work includes providing design-build services of an irrigation system for the installed landscaping. Two (2) submittals were received, and the tabulation is below:
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Firm - Location |
Bid Total |
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Ocala Landscape Management, Inc. - Ocala, FL |
$380,531.00- withdrawn |
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H & J Landscaping Services, Inc. - Ocala, FL |
$474,600.63 |
After attending the pre-award meeting, Ocala Landscape Management, Inc. made the decision to withdraw their bid. Steven Cohoon, P.E., County Engineer, recommends that H & J Landscaping Services, Inc. receive the award as the lowest, most responsive and most responsible bidder.
Attached for review is a draft of the contract. Upon approval at today’s meeting, it will be sent to H & J Landscaping Services, Inc. for signature, and upon return, will be forwarded to Legal, the Clerk, and Chairman for signatures.
BUDGET/IMPACT:
Neutral; expenditure of $474,600.63. 10% contingency will be added to the purchase order in accordance with the Procurement Manual. Funding is from VF762541-563610-TIP54100D (Public Improvement Transportation Capital Fund).
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
Motion to approve the recommendation to allow staff to issue a contract, and upon approval by Legal, authorize the Clerk and Chairman to execute the contract with H & J Landscaping Services, Inc. under 26B-021.
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