Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Consent
SUBJECT:
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CONSIDER REJECTION OF BIDS FOR RFP NO. 23-014: CITY-WIDE MEDIAN LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE
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I. SUMMARY
On March 20, 2023 the City of Carson, Department of Public Works issued a bid for proposals from qualified contractors to provide professional landscape median maintenance for medians City wide.
Three (3) bids were received. Staff has discussed and re-evaluated the City's options with respect to contractor qualifications, bid pricing structure, and having multiple contractors perform the work with the City Attorney's Office. That discussion resulted in staff having to seek a rejection of all bids due to staff desiring to award the bid to multiple contractors. Staff believes that awarding the bid to multiple contractors is more advantageous to the City and its residents. Having multiple contractors affords each contractor the appropriate amount of time to provide high-level maintenance on the City's medians. It also reduces response times when requests are submitted.
City Staff requests that City Council reject all bids received and authorize staff to re-advertise in an effort to receive competitive and responsive bids, with the understanding that there may be multiple awardees.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Take the following actions:
1. REJECT the bids received for RFP 23-014: City-Wide Median Landscape Maintenance
2. AUTHORIZE staff to re-advertise in an effort to receive competitive and responsive bids with the understanding that there may be multiple awardees.
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III. ALTERNATIVES
1. DO NOT reject the bid.
2. TAKE another action the City Council deems necessary and appropriate at this time consistent with the requirements of the law.
IV. BACKGROUND
On March 3, 2023, the City of Carson, Department of Public Works, issued an RFP for City-wide median Landscape Maintenance. Prior to the issuance of the RFP, the City was without a contractor for approxi...
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