This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in East Lansing, Michigan. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

Reference Number 0000341060 Delivery Point: 1800 E State Road, East Lansing MI 48823 Question Acceptance Deadline 02/23/2024 12:00 PM EST Questions are submitted online Yes, Should any of the pages or documents listed above be missing from your packet, or if you have any questions regarding this RFP, please contact Cliff Walls, Environmental Sustainability and Resiliency Manager at the City of East Lansing Engineering Department at (517) 337-9459. This agreement will be through December 31st, 2024. Extensions into subsequent fiscal years are subject to review and mutual agreement by the City and Contractor. The Contract may be extended for subsequent planting years if mutually agreed upon by the City of East Lansing and the Contractor. Historically, the City of East Lansing has performed City right-of-way tree plantings utilizing internal Department of Public Works staff. Eighty to one hundred trees a year over two planting cycles (fall and spring) have been typical, which are installed in parkways (the area between sidewalk and road), parks, and road medians. However, the City's lack of specialized equipment, staff capacity, and planting expertise are limiting factors that reduce the number, size, and quality of tree plantings we can perform. The City seeks a qualified firm to furnish, transport, and plant trees to outsource our tree planting operations. The project also includes the watering of trees through the first two growing seasons, performed by the Contractor or their subcontractor. Due to equipment and expertise, the City's staff has only planted containerized trees. However, the City is open to pricing for the purchase and planting of ball and burlapped, bare root, and container trees to compare options, sizing, and costs. The City is open to planting a mix of each type, based on the goals of specific locations (i.e, larger ball and burlapped in strategic park areas, smaller, cheaper trees for routine street plantings, etc). These decisions will be determined by pricing, and therefore the total number of tree plantings is not yet known, but the City has a budget of up to $70,000 for the project. Awards shall be made for fixed price agreements with no guarantee of quantities to be ordered. The attached bid forms requests unit price per tree planted for a variety of approved species, as well as the cost for bi-weekly watering during the guarantee period. Buyer Preferences, Guidelines & Requirements General Requirements - Bid Deposit Required - Insurance Required Bonding Requirements - Bid Bond 2000 $ - Performance Bond 25 % Each proposal shall be accompanied by a certified check, cashier's check or bid bond on an open, solvent Michigan bank in the amount of $2,000, payable to the City of East Lansing as a guarantee of good faith. The City reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and to waive any irregularity in proposals received whenever such rejection or waiver is in the best interest of the City.