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

Santa Cruz is a Tree City USA and our community highly values its urban forest. The City maintains approximately 6,000 inventoried trees in parks, at public facilities, and along city streets, and tens of thousands more trees in open spaces and watershed lands. Additionally, the City provides emergency response to privately maintained trees that impede the public right-of-way. The City seeks a contractor to perform tree pruning and removal work on an on-call basis, including after-hours emergency response 365 days a year. The successful bidder will be a professional and responsive company that is staffed, equipped, and organized to meet the requirements below. The City of Santa Cruz was incorporated in 1866 and formed its current charter in 1948. It is governed under a Council/Manager form of government. A Mayor and six Council members set policy for the City and a City Manager serves as chief administrator of those policies. The City is located on the coast, 75 miles south of San Francisco on the northern edge of the Monterey Bay. It encompasses 15.8 square miles with cultural and ethnic diversity among its population of 65,000. Santa Cruz is part of the National Marine Sanctuary and is a popular tourist destination owing to its beaches, surf culture, and historical landmarks. The City provides a full range of municipal services and facilities including a recreational wharf, public golf course, over thirteen hundred acres of open space, full beach services, refuse management, law enforcement, fire protection, and water and wastewater utilities. The City is also host to University of California Santa Cruz, the Santa Cruz Harbor, and the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk amusement park. RFP Questions and Clarification Due Date:December 12, 2023, 3:00pm The term of the contract will commence upon notification of award and continue for a period of 3 year(s), with (2) 2 Year optional renewals plus any renewals agreed to by the parties and made in writing. Bonding requirements for federally funded contracts are subject to the following federal directives: Bidder's security of ten percent of the bid price for all public works contracts at the time of Bid submittal (Public Contract Code Section 20483(a)). Performance bond equal to 100-percent of the contract price for all public works contracts. Payment bond for all public works contracts of at least: 50-percent of the contract price if the contract price does not exceed $1 million. 40 percent of the contract price if the contract price exceeds $1 million but is not more than $5 million; or $2.5 million if the contract price exceeds $5 million. Within ten (10) business days, not including legal holidays, of contract award, the successful Proposer must submit a performance bond and payment bond, executed by the Contractor and the Surety. All bonds must be issued by California admitted Sureties. Should any surety or sureties be deemed unsatisfactory by the City, a notice will be given to the Contractor. The Contractor shall promptly substitute a new surety or sureties satisfactory to the City. No further payment shall be deemed due or will be made under the contract until the new sureties are accepted by the City. At its sole discretion, the City may allow the Contractor to provide bonds from multiple sureties to meet the bond requirements.