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For Landscape Maintenance Services for Ramble Ridge (2023) This is a grounds maintenance contract to provide for cleanup and turf maintenance for Ramble Ridge Subdivision. All units of work are to be pre-approved by the Contract Manager (CM) who also serves as a point of contact for all issues pertaining to this contract. Cleanup, mowing, granular fertilizer with pre-emergent and liquid herbicide application are included in the maintenance schedule. The areas to be maintained are designated in the attached map (Exhibit A) and include common areas, parks, street and cul-de-sac islands and all abutting arterial right-of-ways (ROW). All areas combined are roughly 67 acres. The CM will inspect and approve all equipment to be used by the contractor after City Council approval and prior to contract signing. The contractor will be responsible for storage of all equipment and material and have adequate provisions for storage off the site. All tractors and other grounds maintenance equipment that are operated on turf areas shall be equipped with turf-type tire tread. All mowing shall be done using turftype mowers. A written weekly progress report shall be submitted to the City. This report shall include all work completed and will be sent to the CM no later than Wednesday of the following week. The City reserves the right to eliminate in part or whole, one or more items of work from this contract as may be required to bring the cost of the work within the limits of available funds or for any other reason without affecting the unit prices as bid for any specific item. Bid bond or certified check required in the amount of 5% if the total amount for the item offered is $20,000 or more. Bid bond or certified check shall be made payable to City of Omaha Right is reserved to accept or reject any or all bids in their entirety and the bidders shall have the right to appeal any decision to the Omaha City Council and/or the Douglas County Board of Commissions. Questions regarding this bid should be sent via email to bidquestions@douglascounty ne.gov. Vendor must include the bid title and company name in the subject line. The deadline to submit questions on this bid is 11:00 a.m. on the Thursday before the bid opening date. Answers to questions will be posted via an addendum no later than the Friday before bid opening electronically The City of Omaha may terminate the awarded contract at any time if the vendor fails to carry out the terms or fails to make substantial progress toward the fulfillment of the contract obligations. In such event, the City shall provide the vendor with thirty (30) days written notice of conditions which endanger contract performance. If after such notice the vendor fails to remedy these conditions, the City may send a certified letter to the vendor for immediate cancellation of the contract. In such event, the City would receive a pro-rated portion of the value of the performance bond depending on the value of the remaining portion of the contract. The City will give the vendor sixty (60) days notice of termination of contract if appropriations cease. The City of Omaha may also terminate the agreement for any reason upon 30 days' notice. Liquidated damages shall be assessed at a rate of 1% of the total purchase order amount per calendar day that satisfactory performance is not fully complete. Satisfactory performance shall occur on or before the date agreed to at the time of the bid or purchase award between the City and the awarded bidder. Satisfactory performance shall also be deemed to include product or purchase compliance with all specifications set forth in the bid award. The amount of liquidated damages shall be deducted from any monies due the awarded bidder by the City. If applicable, when the monies due to the awarded bidder are not sufficient to satisfy the City's liquidated damages, the awarded bidder shall submit payment to the City the amount to satisfy any outstanding liquidated damages owed within 10 days of the date of non-performance. The City may, at its sole discretion, allow "excusable delays" when assessing if liquidated damages are applicable. An excusable delay is defined as a delay that causes disruption to the installation schedule but which is beyond the awarded bidder's control. Excusable delay may include delays caused by weather, strikes, or natural disasters. Any determination of excusable delay by the City shall be limited in time and scope and shall not be a guarantee or promise of future determinations of excusable delay by the City The city of Omaha reserves the right to cancel this agreement for just cause by way of a fifteen (15) day written notice to the Contractor. The units are an estimate. The City reserves the right to add or subtract from the contract work based on the unit costs. The estimated quantities will be used to determine the overall lowest and best bid.