Site work for a road / highway in South Miami, Florida. Completed plans call for site work for a road / highway.

The City is hereby requesting sealed proposals in response to this RFP #PW2021-40, SW 84th Street Landscape Improvements from SW 57th Ave to SW 58th Ave. The purpose of this Solicitation is to contract for the services necessary for the completion of the project in accordance with the Scope of Services, (EXHIBIT 1, Attachments A, B & C) and the plans and/or specifications, if any, described in this Solicitation. The work specified in this Request for Proposal (RFP) consists of furnishing all goods, materials, supplies, and services necessary to provide a completed project that meets all of the needs described in this Scope of Services and as otherwise described in this RFP (the "Work"). The Work is to be performed per specifications and the contract documents. The Work is to be performed in accordance with the specifications and the contract documents (as defined in the Instructions for Respondents) that are provided to the Contractor by the City as well as in accordance with those plans, drawings and specifications that are required to be produced by the Contractor and that are approved by the City. This includes but is not limited to keeping the project site clean and safe; the furnishing all labor of the Contractor and the labor of all allowable subcontractors; providing dumpster(s); disposing of materials; providing all necessary engineering and architectural plans, drawings and technical specifications; all permits; all necessary equipment, including rental equipment, machinery, tools, transportation and freight; coordination with any other City contractor, subcontractors and utility companies (i.e. power, gas, water); erecting construction safety measures, including fencing, privacy screening and cones, and ensuring that the safety measure are in place at the end of each working day; root pruning and sod restoration at affected areas to the City's satisfaction; cleaning the construction site at the end of each working day; maintenance of traffic and hiring of off duty City police officer if required by the City; and any other goods and services necessary to perform all of the Work. The Respondent, when submitting the Proposal, must include a Proposal/Bid Bond, if required for this project, in the amount of 5% of the total amount of the base Proposal on the Proposal/Bid Bond Form included herein. A company or personal check will not be deemed a valid Proposal Security. The City of South Miami may require the successful Respondent to furnish a Performance Bond and Payment Bond, each in the amount of 100% of the total Proposal Price, including Alternates if any, naming the City of South Miami, and the entity that may be providing a source of funding for the Work, as the obligee, as security for the faithful performance of the Contract and for the payment of all persons or entities performing labor, services and/or furnishing materials in connection herewith. In addition, if the Respondent's employees will be working in secure or sensitive areas of the City, the City may require that the Respondent provides employee bonding, naming the City of South Miami as the obligee on the bond. The bonds must be with a surety company authorized to do business in the State of Florida. Any questions concerning the Solicitation or any required need for clarification must be made in writing, by 10:00 AM August 17, 2021 to the attention of Steven P. Kulick, Chief Procurement Officer at skulick@southmiamifl.gov or via facsimile at (305) 669-2636. The City reserves the right to award the Project to the person with the lowest, most responsive and responsible Proposal, as determined by the City, subject to the right of the City, or the City Commission, to reject any and all proposals, and the right of the City to waive any irregularity in the Proposals or Solicitation procedure and subject also to the right of the City to award the Project, and execute a contract with a Respondent or Respondents, other than to the one who provided the lowest Proposal Price and, if the Scope of the Work is divided into distinct subdivisions, to award each subdivision to a separate Respondent. The City is soliciting proposals from highly qualified firms for the landscape Improvements along SW 84 th street from SW 57 th Ave to SW 58 th Ave includes but not limited to removal and disposal of 17 existing trees within the corridor as identified in the tree disposition plan, including but not limited to: o 10 (ten) Calistemon Viminalis, o 3 (three) Quercus virginiana, o 3 (three) Largestroemia viminalis, and o 1(one) ficus microcarpa. Installation of: o 6 (six) Quercus virginiana, o 6 (six) ceasalpinia granadilo, o 1 (one) swietenia mohagoni, and o 115 (one-hundred and fifteen) asparagus densiflorus 'Meyeri'.