The City of Capitola wishes to engage the services of a qualified arborist/tree service(s) on an on-call basis to provide tree trimming and tree maintenance during and after business hours. Due to a significant amount of work to be completed, the City is seeking a tree service company to complete tree trimming and maintenance work requests, including clean-up of debris from trees, along street rights of way, creek and public rights of way. Description of Services. The scope of services required by the City is more particularly set forth in Attachment A to this RFP, which is attached to this RFP and incorporated herein. The precise scope of services to be incorporated in the agreement shall be negotiated between the City and the successful proposer(s), if any. This work is to be performed by a tree service contractor, licensed, insured and bonded to do business in the City of Capitola. The work to be done will consist of removal of trees and/or stumps, trimming of trees, hauling and disposal of debris, and where necessary, repair or replacement to original condition of any damaged public or private property. Chipped waste material shall be disposed of within the City, at a location of the City's choice and at Contractor's expense. Logs, brush and other debris may be dumped at a separate location as designated by the City at Contractor's expense. Contractor shall be aware of and shall comply with City Ordinances governing tree trimming work and traffic control regulations during work. Contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, and equipment necessary to perform the work described herein in strict accordance with these specifications, pruning standards as set forth by A.N.S.I., the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Western Chapter, and subject to the terms and conditions of the contract. The award of the contract will be for a two-year period, with up to three, one-year extensions, as approved by the City. The City reserves the right to extend the date by which the responses are due. The City reserves the right to reject any or all responses, to waive any informality or irregularity in any response, and to be the sole judge of the merits of each response. Any inquiries regarding this Request for Proposals should be sent in writing to the following individual and email address: Jessica Kahn and jkahn@ci.capitola.ca.us
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