Routine Park Landscape Maintenance

Apparent low bidder- Rodriguez Landscape Co $ $37,926 Park Landscape Maintenance - For furnishing all material and doing all the work necessary and required to perform landscape maintenance on parks and playgrounds owned by the City of Milwaukee, all in accordance with the specifications, at the following locations: PROJECT NO. 46-1-2022: NORTH REGION Located at: 3929 W Douglas St 6210 W Kaul Ave 6440 W Port Ave 4137 N 78th St 6665 N 84th St 8525 W Florist Ave 8900 W Bender Rd 9714 W Reichert Ave 6952 N Darien St 6632 W Hustis Ave PROJECT NO. 46-2-2022: SOUTH REGION Located at: 1300 W Lapham Blvd 1600 W Edgerton Ave 1825 W Washington St 3514 W Rogers St 937 S 4th St 5201 W Stack Dr 3429 W Pierce St 1867 W Arrow St 1829 E Fernwood Ave 1640 S 24th St 3305 S 73rd St 1530 S 38th St 1656 S 4th St 2168 S Kinnickinnic Ave PROJECT NO. 46-3-2022: EAST REGION Located at: 2435 N 12th St 1601 W Hopkins St 2105 W Keefe Ave 2478 N 26th St 3460 N 5th St 2624 N Buffum St 1970 W Olive St 2470 N 1st St 117 E Keefe Ave 1800 N 17th St 3050 N Bremen St PROJECT NO. 46-4-2022: WEST REGION Located at: 449 N 28th St 2403 N 29th St 3840 N 29th St 2929 N 30th St 3048 W Galena 3100 W Lloyd St 3512 N 45th St 3717 W Meinecke Ave 2461 N 55th St 3701 N 37th St Time for Completion: The term of each contract shall be for one (1) year, with three (3) one (1) year extensions permitted by mutual agreement between the City of Milwaukee and the CONTRACTOR. The contract shall begin on April 15, 2022 and expire on April 14, 2023. Subsequent extensions of the contract would be effective beginning on April 15 of each year. Routine maintenance cycle is not to exceed 10 days during the high-season (May-July), or 14 days during the low-season (August-October). CITY anticipates approximately eighteen (18) landscape maintenance cycles per year (season). Liquidated Damages, per diem: $400 The residency requirement for this project is 40% of all hours worked on the project. One quarter of these hours must be attributable to residents living in the following zip codes: 53204, 53205, 53206, 53208, 53210, 53212, 53215, and 53233. The SBE requirement for this project is 25% of the contract base bid. The SBE Compliance Plan (Form A) must be submitted with the bid and is an element of bid responsiveness. SBE certificates must be submitted with the Form A. Incomplete SBE Compliance Plans (Form A) or inaccurate SBE Compliance Plans will not be accepted and will render the bid unresponsive. For a complete listing of City of Milwaukee certified SBE firms, see the Office of Equity and Inclusion's (OEI) website at portal. If there are any questions regarding SBE firms, please contact the OEI office at 414-286-5553. The apprenticeship requirements for this project are: N/A. If this contract is awarded at $500,000 or higher, 25% of all apprentice labor hours must be worked by apprentices certified for participation in the Residents Preference Program and 40% of all apprentice labor hours must be attributed to apprentices living in the following zip codes: 53204, 53205, 53206, 53208, 53210, 53212, 53215, and 53233 The contractor shall specifically note the SBE, residency, and apprenticeship forms for this project. If the forms are not filled out properly, it will be cause for rejection of the bid. Bid Security Required: Bond, Certified Check, Cashier's Check or Cash to accompany bid: 10% of the Contractor's Base Bid. For those bids being submitted through portal and using a manual Bond, the contractor may send a signed/executed copy of the bid bond to the Department of Public Works Contract Office by emailing DPWbids@milwaukee.gov. THE EMAILED COPY OF THE BOND MUST BE RECEIVED BY NO LATER THAN 10:30 A.M. ON THE SAME DATE THAT THE BIDS ARE DUE FOR THAT SPECIFIC OFFICIAL NOTICE, or the bid will be considered non-responsive. The original bid bond document must then be submitted by the contractor to the Department of Public Works Contract Office in-person or by mail to 841 N Broadway, Rm. 506, Milwaukee, WI 53202, immediately upon being notified that they are the apparent low bidder. PAYMENT MONITORING REQUIREMENTS: All Contractors awarded a contract valued at $25,000.00 or more are required to participate in training on the City of Milwaukee's B2GNow contract compliance software within 30 days of the contract award date. Throughout the contract term, Contractors are required to regularly provide timely subcontractor payment information in the City's contract compliance software. Please contact the Office of Equity and Inclusion (OEI) at 414-286-5553 should you have any questions or concerns regarding the training or reporting process. PAYROLL MONITORING REQUIREMENTS: The Prime Contractor awarded this project is required to participate in training on the City of Milwaukee's LCP Tracker Labor Compliance Software after the date of contract award. Throughout the contract term, Contractors are required to regularly provide timely payroll information via LCP Tracker. Please contact the DPW Contracts Office at 414-286-3314 should you have any questions or concerns regarding the training or reporting process. Contractor must comply with all provisions of the CITY OF MILWAUKEE GENERAL OFFICIAL NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS published herein

Division 11 -	Equipment, Play Field Equipment and Structures, Playground Equipment, Play Structures.
Division 31 -	Earthwork, Selective Clearing, Grading.
Division 32 -	Exterior Improvements, Operation and Maintenance of Exterior Improvements, Athletic and Recreational Surfacing, Site Improvements, Fences and Gates, Irrigation, Planting Irrigation, Planting, Planting Preparation, Soil Preparation, Landscape Grading.
Division 33 -	Utilities.