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Request Approval of Contract Amendment (Renewal): 20B-102-CA-05 Drainage Retention Area Mowing - C&C Solutions, LLC, Ocala, FL, and Top-Quality Lawn Management, LLC, Ocala, FL (Budget Impact - Neutral; estimated expenditure of $269,596.35)
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Susan Olsen, Director |
Procurement Services |
DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND:
On March 24, 2020, the Board approved to contract with four (4) contractors to provide routine mowing of drainage retention areas (DRAs), drainage right of ways, adjacent right-of-ways, drainage easements, and conveyance swales. The work includes trimming around structures such as pipe ends, discharge structures, signs, trees, and along fence lines which at times, includes the use of specialized equipment and hand work.
Two (2) contractors; C&C Solutions, LLC, and Top-Quality Lawn Management, LLC, have been offered renewals to extend their contracts through the final renewal option. Steven Cohoon, P.E., County Engineer, recommends approval of the fifth one-year renewal term for these two contractors. The remaining two mowing areas have been solicited through the Procurement bid process.
Attached for review is a draft for the contracts. Upon approval at today’s meeting, they will be sent to C&C Solutions, LLC, and Top-Quality Lawn Management, LLC, for signature, and upon return, will be forwarded to Legal, the Clerk, and Chairman for signatures.
BUDGET/IMPACT:
Neutral, expenditure of $269,596.35. Funding is from EK430538-534101 (Stormwater Program).
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
Motion to approve the recommendation and allow staff to issue a contract, and upon approval by Legal, authorize the Clerk and Chairman to execute contracts with C&C Solutions, LLC, and Top-Quality Lawn Management under 20B-102.
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