Arborist Services

As requested by the City Council of the City of Edgewater, (hereinafter, “City”) has issued this Request for Proposal (hereinafter, “RFP”) with the sole purpose and intent of obtaining proposals from interested and qualified firms offering to provide Arborist Services on an as needed basis, in accordance with the specifications stated and/or attached herein/hereto. The successful proposer will hereinafter be referred to as the “Contractor”. If awarded, a contract to provide these services will be effective on September 9, 2024 as approved by the City of Edgewater City Council (hereinafter, the “Council”), signed by all required parties, and filed with the City Clerk. It is anticipated that multiple firms will be awarded a basic agreement to provide the necessary services for an initial period of three (3) years. At the option of the parties, this Agreement may be renewed for two (2) additional one (1) year terms. Authorization for performance of services by the selected firm(s) under the basic agreements shall be in the form of written task assignments signed by the firm, executed and issued by the City. Each project shall be negotiated at the time of the development of the scope of work. Each task assignment shall describe the services required, state the commencement and completion date of work and establish the amount and method of payment. The task assignment will be issued under, and incorporate the terms of a work order or any other similar arrangement agreed upon by the City and the consulting firm. The City makes no covenant or promise as to the number of available projects or that the firm will perform any project for the City during the life of the basic agreement. As is more fully explained in Section “6L” of this RFP, an award, if made, will be made to the best overall proposer(s) whose proposal is most advantageous to the City, taking into consideration the evaluation factors set forth in this RFP. The City will not use any other factors or criteria in the evaluation of the proposals received.