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

The City of Fairhope is accepting proposals from qualified individuals and/or firms to provide professional Urban Forestry Planning and Management for the undeveloped 104 acres known as the Triangle Property at the north gateway to the City. This property has received grant funding for a major Capital Improvement Project within undeveloped City wooded parkland. The funded project proposes to initiate recreational and outdoor educational facilities on the currently undeveloped large tract of wooded City-owned land - the overall property is comprised of two large tracts - the southern tract is a 34 acre triangle shape property bound by Triangle Drive, US Highway 98 and Veterans Drive; the northern tract is 70+ acres and is bound by Veterans Drive on the south, US Highway 98 on the east, Fly Creek on the north and Scenic Highway 98 (Main Street) on the west. Both tracts are undeveloped and are forested with a mix of hardwoods and pines. Design elements of the Capital Improvement project included but are not limited to: 8-foot wide, all weather multiuse boundary trail of significant length (> 1 mile on the north tract), trail head facility that include road access, parking (including handicapped), restroom with covered porch to provide protection during inclement weather, informational kiosk, bike repair apparatus, connection of the new trail head with 6-foot wide concrete sidewalks along Veterans Drive to the Eastern Shore Trail located at the intersection of Veterans, Scenic Highway 98, Triangle Drive and Section Street, a unique pedestrian-way connecting the north tract to the south tract without a pedestrian crossing at grade, an outdoor classroom with trail access, shelter and seating, grading, drainage, paving, landscape and hardscape. Prior to any final design or construction, the City desires a Consulting Urban Forester under contract to plan, preserve, enhance, diversify and expand the character and quality of the existing and future urban forests on these tracts. The selected Consulting Urban Forester will work hand-in-hand with the City Staff, Design Team and Contractor(s) through the lifespan of this Capital Improvement Project. Questions or comments pertaining to this request for proposal must be presented in writing, sent as email to the attention of the Purchasing Manager, Erin Wolfe, 555 South Section St., Fairhope, AL 36532, e-mail: Purchasing@FairhopeAL.gov, by Tuesday, September 13, 2022, at 4:00 P.M. or will be forever waived. The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time.