|
Litter Removal: We have in the RFP Litter Removal which there is a statement in Parks and in
<br />Rights -of -Way that says "daily litter removal ". The "daily" is defined as five (5) days in the week,
<br />and he wants to be clear on this, this means that your maintenance proposal under your maintenance
<br />item and all of the other items we have for Parks, for Rights -of -Way wherever it states "daily" you
<br />are giving five (5) days, whether it is Monday through Friday, or Monday, Wednesday, Friday,
<br />Saturday, Sunday, whatever it might be, you are giving us five (5) days, not three (3) days, you are
<br />not sending your crew out on a Monday and then sending them back out on a Friday. We need the
<br />presence of crews out there so where we have daily cleaning of litter, particularly on Collins Avenue
<br />and the Parks, that requires that the presence of your staff be there at least five (5) days in a seven
<br />(7) day work week.
<br />Do Parks: As part of the Parks, he wants to be clear as to what is included. We have some Parks
<br />that have Dog Parks and they have to be maintained as well. We don't specifically say Dog Parks
<br />because the Dog Park is part of our overall Park system and so the maintenance is also inclusive of
<br />the Dog Park.
<br />Common Areas of Park: The common areas of the Park itself, the parking lot associated with those
<br />Parks, the restrooms and other areas. He put other areas to make sure that he is not excluding
<br />anything specific. Not all of our Parks have restrooms.
<br />Rights- of -WaE. Under Rights -of -Way he has highlighted four (4) items: weeding, mowing, litter
<br />removal, and tree trimming. We are going to hit weeding for the right -of -way, since it is presumed
<br />that you are going to have people there daily cleaning up litter, the weeds in the City is an issue. We
<br />want to make sure that weeds are removed. The mowing and litter removal, it is important to have
<br />someone out there on a daily basis for five (5) days getting that litter picked up. The tree trimming
<br />is very important to maintain them at 10 to 2. That is the key for the rights -of -way.
<br />Main Plants: The main kind of plants we use in the City are Crown of Thorns, we have Terminalis,
<br />Silver Buttonwood, Coconut Palms, and Flax Lilies. We also have Golden Mound, Green Island,
<br />Ficus, Medjools, and he wanted to say something about some of this landscape material.
<br />The intent of this contract is that when the Landscape Maintenance person sees a need, to go ahead
<br />and replace the plants. For example, there might be some dead Gold Mound, just submit a proposal,
<br />replace the dead Golden Mound, in -kind, similar size, and that is what we expect. We expect the
<br />landscaping to be maintained constantly, having said that, it is noted that the contractor is required to
<br />maintain the plants. If not because you planted something and it died 30 days later, he is going to
<br />get a proposal to remove that same plant and be charged for it, continuous maintenance. So
<br />whatever is replaced, we are going to pay for it, but we will not pay for the replacement because of
<br />the lack of fertilization, lack of herbicides, lack of just overall maintenance. It means that we are
<br />going to be having to work a good partnership to make sure that the City is getting the service that is
<br />required, it is not keeping track of you, it is more that we want to make sure that whatever
<br />landscaping we get survives, is in good condition, and continues to be in good condition throughout.
<br />Atlas: As part of the RFP we have provided some Atlases. One of those Atlases is the Atlas that
<br />shows our current maintenance. The Atlas that is currently part of the RFP is the current
<br />maintenance application which shows some different colors, it shows some Parks being maintained
<br />Mandatory Pre - Submittal Conference QA 122811.doc Page 3 of 7
<br />
|