The Parks department manages the annual mowing contract for irrigated and non-irrigated sites for town facilities including Parks, Town Hall, Finance, Police, Fire, Conference & Theatre, Stone Cottage, pump and lift stations along with various town right-of-ways and beautification areas. Irrigated sites are mown weekly, approximately 35 times between the months of March and October. Non-irrigated sites are mown bi-weekly, approximately 18 times between the months of March and October. The existing contract for this work expires in April of 2019. The existing contractor requested an early release from the contract. The Parks department rebid the contract on Bid Sync, bid # 19-09.
A bid was posted to Bidsync October 11, 2018 and was closed on November 27, 2018. Eight (8) vendors submitted bids:
| Vendor |
Bid Amount |
| LOD, LTD. d/b/a LawnScape of Dallas |
$110,696.71 |
| Lawn Star Landscape |
$116,997.00 |
| SLM Landscape & Maintenance Inc |
$149,981.92 |
| Abescape Group, LLC |
$179,976.21 |
| Carruthers Landscape Management, Inc |
$190,050.00 |
| JD’s Makit Green, Inc |
$220,212.00 |
| Greener Pastures Landscape LLC |
$228,388.00 |
| Superior Landscapes |
$566,215.00 |
Lawnscape of Dallas was the lowest responsible bidder. LawnScape of Dallas currently maintains other landscape areas for the Town and has a good working relationship with the Town. Staff recommends awarding the contract to LawnScape of Dallas
This is an annual renewable contract that can be extended for five (5) twelve-month periods under the same terms and conditions as the original contract (subject to CPI increase approval).
The total amount budgeted for this project is $129,957.26. The contract amount will be less than the budgeted amount and of that $3187.11 is funded from the Utility Fund, $10,836.61 is funded from the Hotel Fund and the remaining $86,672.10 is funded from the General Fund.
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