Purchasing Type: Low Bidders (LB)
Public Hearing: YES ☐ NO ☒ Department: Purchasing & Contracting
AGENDA ITEM:
Title
Commission District(s): ALL
LB - Invitation No. 22-101520 Landscape Maintenance Services for Public Grounds (Annual Contract with 2 Options to Renew): for use by the Departments of Facilities Maintenance and Public Works-Sanitation. Consists of providing landscape maintenance services for public grounds. Recommend award to the lowest, responsive and responsible bidders: Artscape, Inc, The Simmons Group, and Let Us Love Your Lawn. Total Amount Not To Exceed: $681,800.00.
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Information Contact: Michelle Butler, CPPO, Procurement Manager
Phone Number: (404) 687-3581
PURPOSE:
Consists of, but is not limited to, landscape ground maintenance such as: mowing; line trimming; edging; aerating; de-thatching; litter and debris removal; fertilizer and lime application; tree and shrub maintenance such as pruning and selective removal; weed and exotic pest/plant removal; insect/disease control; herbicide application (pre and post emergence); watering; minor planting operations such as: bedding plants and a limited number of trees and shrubs; pressure cleaning; irrigation maintenance and repair; mulching; maintenance and minor repair; soil tests; and site clean-up. Eleven (11) bids were received.
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommended Action
Recommend award to the lowest, responsive, and responsible bidders:
Item Nos.: 1, 2-12, 13-22d and 23-30
Artscape, Inc., 2364 Dogwood Dr., Conyers, GA 30013
Notes: LSBE-MSA Firm
LSBE Participation: 15%
Estimated Amount: $140,000.00
Item Nos.: 31-41, 42-49a, 50-56, 57-84 and 85-95
The Simmons Group, LLC, 5977 Valley Green Rd., Lithonia, GA 30058
Notes: LSBE-DeKalb Firm
LSBE Participation: 20%
Estimated Amount: $291,800.00
Item Nos.: 96-97, 99-100 and 106-107
Let Us Love Your Lawn, Inc., 714 Rock Chapel Rd., Lithonia, GA 30058
Note: LSBE-DeKalb Firm
Estimated Amount: $250,000.00
Total Amount Not To Exceed: $681,800.00
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
1. Contract Effective Date: Date of Award
2. Contract Expiration Date: 1 year term with 2 options to renew
3. Amount Spent On Previous Contracts: $5,007,150.95
4. Funding: $ 610,000.00 General Operating (FM)
$ 71, 800.00 General Operating (Sanitation)
5. Additional Bidders:
Cleanstar National
540 Collins Road
Marietta, GA 30066
Ed Castro Landscape, Inc.
1125 Old Ellis Road
Roswell, GA 30076
Executive Realty Solutions, Inc.
6686 Browns Mill Ferry Drive
Stonecrest, GA 30038
Grand Landscapes
1400 General Arts
Conyers, GA 30012
Neda, Inc. dba Garden of Aden
2013 Scarbrough Drive
Stone Mountain, GA 30088
Residential Enhancements, Inc. dba RE Global
6434 Lawrenceville Highway
Tucker, GA 30084
Worldscapes, LLC
PO Box 1164
Atlanta, GA 30301
Complete Lawn Maintenance, LLC
4013 Meadow Glen Way
Fairburn, GA 30213
(Non-Responsive)