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Award of Landscaping Contracts to MCE Corporation and Merchants Landscape Services, Inc.
It is recommended that the City Council review the following and choose the appropriate action in each recommendation :
RECOMMENDATION NO. 1
1) Approve a three-year contract, with two optional one-year extensions to MCE Corporation to provide Citywide Non-Occupied Median, Streetside/Right-of-Way (ROW), and other Landscaping and Amenity Maintenance;
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2) Direct Staff to reject the current bids for Citywide Non-Occupied Median, Streetside/ROW, and other Landscaping and Amenity Maintenance and issue another Request for bids, and extend the current Citywide Landscaping contract with MCE for the portion of their contract that addresses Citywide non-occupied medians, streetside/ROW, and other landscaping and amenity maintenance an additional four months to facilitate the timing of the bidding process.
RECOMMENDATION NO. 2
3) Approve a three-year contract, with two optional one-year extensions, to Merchants Landscape Services, Inc. to provide Occupied Space Landscape and Amenity Maintenance; and adopt the following resolution:
RESOLUTION NO. 2021-09 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF POMONA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE FY 2020-21 OPERATING BUDGET BY APPROPRIATING A TOTAL OF $6,576 FROM THE UNIVERSITY CORP ASSESSMENT DISTRICT BUDGET FROM AVAILABLE RESERVES
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4) Direct Staff to reject the current bids for Citywide Occupied Space Landscape and Amenity Maintenance and issue another Request for bids, and extend the current Citywide Landscaping contract with MCE for the portion of their contract that addresses Citywide occupied space landscaping and amenity maintenance an additional four months to facilitate the timing of the bidding process;
5) Reject the bid protest submitted by MCE Corporation as meritless; and
RECOMMENDATION NO. 3
6) Provide direction to Staff to further pursue in-house maintenance services; and
7) Authorize the City Manager to exec...
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