STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Government Performance and Financial Management
AGENDA DATE: October 23, 2019
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Office of Procurement Services
EXECUTIVE: Elizabeth Reich
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SUBJECT
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Authorize a three-year master agreement for bedding plants, trees, sod, and seed for citywide use - SRH Trees, Inc. in an estimated amount of $4,184,274.67 and Justin Seed Company, Inc. in an estimated amount of $93,296.59, lowest responsible bidders of three - Total estimated amount of $4,277,571.26 - Financing: General Fund ($1,915,952.92), Reforestation Fund ($2,103,738.60), Aviation Fund ($168,390.05), Storm Drainage Management Operations Fund ($71,489.69), and Dallas Water Utilities Fund ($18,000.00)
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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 bedding plants, trees, sod, and seed for citywide 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 repairs, curb, gutter, sidewalk replacement, ...
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