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

The City of CERES is soliciting Requests for Proposals from qualified firms to provide services for tree trimming, GPS tree inventory, removal, and replacement of trees, as needed, within the City's Community Forest. The City has approximately 14,616 street and park trees that comprise its Community Forest. The purpose of this contract is to provide the City with the best possible tree care to maintain the City's Community Forest at a level expected by the City's residents, City Council, City staff, and visitors of the community. The selected firm will work closely with the City staff to insure the most appropriate care of the City's Community Forest with sensitivity to the City, its residents and visitors. These specifications are part of the contract documents. Request for Interpretation and Clarification: Monday, April 07, 2025 Submit Questions to : Sam Royal - Director of Public Works 2220 Hackett Road Ceres, CA. 95307 Phone: (209) 538-5717 Email: Samir.Royal@ci.ceres.ca.us Tentative City Council Award Date: Monday, June 09, 2025 Performance Bond and Payment (Labor and Materials) Bond Requirements. Within the time specified in the Contract Documents, the Contractor to whom a Contract is awarded shall deliver to the City four identical counterparts of the Performance Bond and Payment (Labor and Materials) Bond in the form supplied by the City and included in the Contract Documents. Failure to do so may, in the sole discretion of City, result in the forfeiture of the Contract Award. The surety supplying the bond must be an admitted surety insurer, as defined in Code of Civil Procedure Section 995.120, authorized to do business as such in the State of California and satisfactory to the City. The Performance Bond and the Payment (Labor and Materials) Bond shall be for one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of the Total Compensation indicated in the Agreement. The term of this Agreement shall continue for an initial period of five (5) years.