STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Government Performance & Financial Management
AGENDA DATE: September 27, 2023
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Office of Procurement Services
EXECUTIVE: Jack Ireland
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SUBJECT
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Authorize a three-year master agreement for the purchase of bedding plants, seed, sod, and trees for city wide use - SRH Trees, Inc. in the estimated amount of $2,120,043, Justin Seed Company Inc. in the estimated amount of $47,170, and The Letco Group, LLC dba Living Earth in the estimated amount of $31,753, lowest responsible bidders of three - Total estimated amount of $2,198,966 - Financing: General Fund ($996,918), Storm Water Operations Fund ($1,139,513), Bond Administration Fund ($43,000), and Dallas Water Utilities Fund ($19,535)
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BACKGROUND
This action does not encumber funds; the purpose of a master agreement is to establish firm pricing for goods, for a specific term, which are ordered on an as needed basis according to annual budgetary appropriations. The estimated amount is intended as guidance rather than a cap on spending under the agreement, so that actual need combined with the amount budgeted will determine the amount spent under this agreement
This master agreement will provide for the purchase of bedding plants, seed, sod, and trees for city wide use. The agreement will provide for a large variety of bedding plants, trees, sod, and seed for use on City properties and for City sponsored programs. Bedding plants and trees purchased under this master agreement will be used for the beautification of the City's public parks, open spaces, lakes, ponds, medians, golf courses, and City's rights-of-way. Plants will be purchased in season and on an as-needed basis.
Seeds will be used to establish or replace areas where maintenance and repairs have been performed on the City's rights-of-way, creeks, channels, and the Dallas floodway system, including levee/sump side repair...
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