This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Atherton, California. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

Town of Atherton is requesting bids from qualified, experienced and bonded firms in the State of California to provide on-call tree maintenance services and Arboricultural consulting services for Town Trees throughout the Town of Atherton and including Holbrook-Palmer Park. These maintenance services may include scheduled work such as pruning and removal of trees, and unscheduled or emergency response work to mitigate to mitigate a threat to public safety resulting from an accident, weather damage, structural failure, etc. The Town desires to enter into an agreement for two (2) years with the possibility of up to three (3) one-year extensions. Award will be made to the firm who best meets the City's requirements and who offers the most advantageous combination of low price and highest qualifications for all criteria described in this document. All firms submitting bid proposals must hold a valid State California C-27 and a C-61/D49 Contractor's License. Both licenses must be in good standing for the previous seven (7) consecutive years without any official unresolved record of complaints registered or filed with the Board or California Department of Consumer Affairs. This contract requires a valid California State Pest Control License. Contractor shall have OSHA certification of aerial equipment to be used throughout the term of this project. Both provisions shall be provided with the submission of bid proposals. A cover letter describing all persons that will be performing the work outlined in the contract. Personnel must be qualified and trained in the tree care industry. This will include the staffing a manager who shall be an ISA Certified Arborist and fluent in the English language. At all times during contracted tree care activities, the firm shall have work crews on site that are represented by an English-speaking supervisor who can receive and carry out instructions given by proper authorities. Contractor should have at least eight (8) similar and separate California municipal multi-year tree care contracts which have been successfully completed within the last seven (7) years. Each project shall be of comparable size and scope of this project (descriptions of these projects and contact persons must be provided with bid submission). These projects must include work in tree inventory. The proposal shall include a detailed description of their proposed inventory program along with sample reports. At the time of bid submittal, bidder must have staff that includes Certified Crane Operator(s) as recognized by National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO), ISA Certified Arborist on staff, ISA Certified Tree workers on staff, ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualified Arborist on staff. ISA Board Certified Master Arborist on staff, DPR Licensed Pest Control Advisor and DPR Licensed Pest Control Applicators on staff, ATSSA Certified Traffic Control Technician and Designer on staff. Wildlife Awareness trained personnel on staff. Contractor should have a Quality Control Plan with an effective and efficient means of identifying and correcting problems throughout the entire scope of operations. The successful Contractor shall be required to comply with this quality control throughout the term of the contract. Contractors shall have a current Safety Manual that meets SB 198 requirements for injury and illness prevention. The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time.