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

The City of Tustin is soliciting a written proposal for qualified contractors for landscape maintenance services. As a Request for Proposal (RFP) this is not an invitation to bid and, although price is very important, other factors will be taken into consideration Although the City is attempting to identify the limits and services required, this should not unnecessarily limit the contractor in the development of a scope it believes is necessary to meet the City's goals and objectives: The City is seeking a qualified licensed Contractor to provide Landscape Maintenance Services that will include management, supervisor, labor (including day porter), materials, equipment, and transportation to accomplish all landscape maintenance services at the specified areas as defined in this request. The award of this contract will be made at the discretion of the City, based on the qualifications and the cost proposals submitted by Contractors with responsive proposals. The contract will be for a period of twenty-four (24) months from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026, with renewal option on a one-year basis for an additional three (3) years at the sole discretion of the City. Unless otherwise directed by the City Council, the Director of Public Works will renew the contract based on the Contractor's overall performance, and upon renewal of all bonds and insurance certificate(s). A Faithful Performance Bond in the amount of 100% and a Labor and Materials Bond in the amount of 100% in the form attached to the contract documents shall be provided in the submitting proposal. Said bonds shall be issued by a surety company duly authorized to issue such bonds in the State of California. Prior to execution of contract, Contractor shall provide City with insurance certificate(s) with endorsements evidencing commercial general liability and automobile liability insurance as prescribed in the contract, with a company of A.M. Best's Key Rating of Grade A and Class VII (seven) with an Admitted Insurer, or rated Grade A- or better and Class X (ten) or better with a Surplus Line Broker. Workers' compensation insurance with a company of A.M. Best's Key Rating of Grade B- or better and Class VII (seven) or better, or offered by State Compensation Fund, is acceptable. The City of Tustin hereby affirmatively ensures that minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit proposals in response to this notice and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex or religion in any consideration leading to the award of contract. Every person submitting a proposal must have a Contractor's license for the work, in the classification of B, at the time of making a proposal. Further, it is a misdemeanor not to have a license at the time of the proposal. (Business and Professions Code Section 7028.15(a)). In the case of joint ventures, each person comprising the joint venture shall have a Contractor's license at the time of the proposal. (Business and Professions Code Section 7028.15(c)). However, the joint venture itself must have a "joint venture license" not later than the time of the award of proposal. (Business and Professions Code Section 20103.5). In the case of City contracts, which involve Federal funds, the Contractor must be properly licensed at the time of the award of the contract. (Public Contract Code Section 20103.5). A Contractor who is not properly licensed will have his proposal declared non-responsive (Business and Professions Code Section 7028.15(e). Any Proposer or Contractor not so licensed shall be subject to all legal penalties imposed by law, including but not limited to any appropriate disciplinary action by the Contractor's State License Board (Public Contract Code Section 20103.5). Question Submission Deadline:March 12, 2024, 4:00pm The City Council of the City of Tustin has obtained from the Director of Industrial Relations the general prevailing rate of per diem wages and the general prevailing rate for legal holiday and overtime work in the locality in which the work is to be performed for each craft or type of work needed and a copy of the same in on file in the office of the City Engineer. Not less than said prevailing rates shall be paid to the workers employed on this public works contract as required by Labor Code Sections 1771 and 1774 of the State of California.