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All applicants must provide thorough and comprehensive responses that clearly demonstrate their team's approach to and consistency with the below-mentioned standards. The City invites qualified firms to respond to this Invitation for Bids (IFB) for the project ("Project") titled below: San Lorenzo River Levee Burrowing Rodent Mitigation - Phase 2 - Grouting IFB No. IFB No. PW-0227 The City anticipates awarding a contract to a vendor for 1 (one) year with an option to renew biennially for up to 5 years plus any renewals agreed to by the parties and made in writing. The Bidder will provide the services outlined in Section PRELIMINARY SCOPE OF WORK. The successful Bidder shall furnish all tools, equipment, materials, tax, apparatus, facilities, labor, transportation, supervision, and management, not specifically provided by the City, to complete the work described in this RFP. The successful Bidder will provide a brief statement of services, as detailed further in Section PRELIMINARY SCOPE OF WORK. The City of Santa Cruz Public Works Department is seeking contractors to implement a burrowing rodent management program on the San Lorenzo River Levees. This program is anticipated to be a multi-year effort to manage the burrowing rodent population and manage the impacts of burrows in the San Lorenzo River Levees. Burrowing rodents pose a threat to levee stability and management of the burrowing rodent population is needed. The last burrowing rodent mitigation project occurred in 2023. The burrowing rodent management program will be implemented in two phases. Phase 1 consists of a licensed fumigator identifying burrows, flagging burrows, recording the number of burrows in each zone upon the levees and mitigating active burrows through carbon monoxide fumigation. (Fumigator obtained through IFB PW-0226). Phase 2 consists of a licensed contractor grouting the marked and fumigated burrows until they are sealed and covering with dirt. This will be done while following sediment control best management practices (BMPs), exercising caution for sensitive animal and plant species found on the levees and maintaining public levee access to the highest extent possible. Liquidated Damages The parties agree that in litigation or arbitration resulting from either party's breach, the amount of loss would be extremely difficult or impracticable to prove. Accordingly, the parties wish to make a commercially reasonable estimate of the damages they would incur in the event of a breach by the other party and to establish that estimate as liquidated damages. In the event of a breach by the seller, the buyer shall recover as liquidated damages and as the buyer's exclusive remedy for the seller's breach, the amount of $ 1,000 per day for failure to deliver or perform within the specified time limit. IFB Questions and Clarification Due Date:August 15, 2025, 3:00pm Response to bidder(s) IFB Questions and Clarification & Issue Addenda:August 20, 2025, 3:00pm Failure to comply with all requirements, instructions, and conditions of the invitation for bids and this specification may result in rejection of bid. Non-responsive bids may not be considered and may be rejected.