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

The City of Palo Alto is seeking a five-year proposal from qualified firms to provide annual, on-call, and day rate maintenance services for Open Space Preserves which include (Baylands Nature Preserve, Foothills Nature Preserve, and Pearson Arastradero Nature Preserve) Locations outside of the Open Space Preserves include but are not limited to Hale Well and Mayfield Reservoir. The required services and performance conditions are described in the Scope of Work (or Services). Summary The specifications or scope of work included have been prepared to describe the standard of quality, performance, and other characteristics needed to meet City requirements. The City will accept alternative proposals of a designated material, product, thing, "or equal", and will determine if such alternative proposals are satisfactory in meeting mandatory requirements or specification, and if the proposed alternative meets the intent of the original mandatory requirement. Contractor shall perform trail maintenance in the Palo Alto Baylands Preserve, the Pearson Arastradero Nature Preserve and in Foothills Nature Preserve. This includes furnishing all labor, equipment, supervision, transportation, tools, operating supplies, and incidentals to perform the work in accordance with the specifications and provisions of the contract. The Palo Alto Baylands trail system is approximately 10 miles of compacted dirt, crushed rock or oyster shells. The Foothills Nature Preserve trail system is 15.0 miles long and includes approximately 40 drainage dips. Pearson-Arastradero Nature Preserve trail system is 10.3 miles long and includes approximately 15 drainage dips and water bars. The work will consist of, but is not limited to (1) grooming existing trails, (2) reshaping existing drainage dips, (3) installing new drainage dips, water bars and culverts, (4) closing "outlaw trails" using earth berms and other methods as described below, and (5) seeding and mulching disturbed areas outside of the travelway, (6) brushing and limbing, (7) construction of replacement wooden foot bridges, and (8) spreading and compacting crushed rock and oyster shell on trail treads. The project manager will make the determination of trail tread material to be used at each site. Background The City of Palo Alto Community Service Department, Open Space, Parks and Golf Division and the City of Palo Alto Utilities Department seeks a request for proposal (RFP) for the repair and service roads within the Palo Alto Baylands, the Pearson-Arastradero Nature Preserve and the adjoining Foothills Nature Preserve. The principal intent of this project is to: Correct for improper slopes to improve access and reduce run-off soil erosion Make the existing trails safer by repairing ruts and removing hazards Make existing year round trails in Pearson-Arastradero Preserve all-weather by improved drainage and aggregate surfaces Establish appropriate drainage so that the trails are easy to maintain by the Park Rangers Eliminate inappropriately situated or renegade trails in the Pearson Arastradero Preserve Make the trails accommodating to visitors by trimming vegetation encroaching the trail corridor consistent with the "Foothills Park Trail Management Plan". Question Submission Deadline: August 7, 2024, 1:00pm. Question Response Deadline: August 12, 2024, 5:00pm. Work Commences (Tentative): October 28, 2024. Performance Time - The performance time for the annual maintenance aspect of this project is estimated to be 60 calendar days per year. Work must be completed each year by December 31st.