San Lorenzo River Levee Burrowing Rodent Mitigation - Phase 1 - Fumigation

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 the impacts of burrows on the San Lorenzo River Levees. Burrowing rodents pose a threat to levee stability and management of the burrowing rodent population is required to prevent levee deterioration. The burrowing rodent management program will be implemented in two phases. Phase 1 will consist of a licensed fumigator identifying burrows, flagging burrows, recording the number of burrows in each zone (Attachment B) and mitigating active burrows through carbon monoxide fumigation. The selected contractor shall use an RC 206ES Rodent Control compressor or equivalent, for this task. Fumigation shall be completed by a qualified pest control business with a valid California Department of Pesticide Regulations Pest Control Business License and registered with the County of Santa Cruz Agricultural Department. Additionally, the contractor shall have a Category M: Non-Soil Fumigation Qualified Applicator License (QAL). Phase 2 of this project is a separate solicitation (IFB PW-0227).