TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Beth Beatty, City Manager
SUBJECT:
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Award of Contract Extension for the 2023-2027 Landscape Maintenance Services (Utilities) Program to Ramiro Guzman Landscaping in the amount of $122,165.62
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BACKGROUND:
On April 3, 2023, the Mayor and City Council awarded a contract to Ramiro Guzman Landscaping in the amount of $113,054.00, for lawn mowing and related services at sixty-seven (67) Public Utilities Department sites throughout the City and surrounding areas for 2023. Guzman was the lowest bidder for the contract. The contract contained a provision for four (4) optional annual extensions for years 2024, 2025, 2026, and 2027. Ramiro Guzman Landscaping received positive performance assessments from various staff members throughout 2023. The Public Service Committee will review this matter.
CONCLUSION:
The Administration recommends exercising the extension option through 2024 including a 3% increase for all original bid items, as provided for in the original Contract Document. Also, the following four (4) new sites are included in the 2024 contract, for an additional annual amount of $5,720.00.
* Future water storage site at Stryker Avenue & McDonough Street.
* Future water storage site adjacent to the Black Road Lift Station site.
* Future Greenfield Lift Station at Rowell Avenue and New Lenox Road.
* Old Greenfield Lift Station at 812 Rowell Avenue.
The total recommended contract award for 2024 is $122,165.62.
Sufficient funds are budgeted in the 2024 Water and Sewer Operating Fund and costs will be allocated to the various Contract Services accounts as follows:
Account Code
Account Org Description
Amount
50080031-524200
Plant Operations - Lift Stations
$27,652.40
50080011-524200
Plant Operations - Water
$39,399.98
50080802-524200
East Side Wastewater Treatment Plant
$19,951.10
50080803-524200
West Side Wastewater Treatment Plant
$11,809.98
50080804-524200
Aux Sable Wastewater Treatment Plant
$23,352.16
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