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PROPOSED BID RECOMMENDATION
Presented by: ARNOLD RANDALL, GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT
Department: Resource Management
Request: Authorization for the Forest Preserves of Cook County (the “Preserves”) to enter into a contract with Groundskeeper Landscaping, Orland Park, Illinois
Reason: Contract #16-31-103 consists of the removal of three hundred and seventy (370) trees, one hundred and one (101) of which require stumping at Edgebrook Golf Course in accordance with the Preserves specifications in Region 4, North Branch Division. Groundskeeper Landscaping was the lowest responsible bidder of the four (4) bidders.
Bid Opening Date: 12/18/2015
Bid Results:
1. Groundskeeper Landscaping, Inc., $56,500.00
2. Cuebas Landscaping Corp., $68,543.00
3. Trees R Us, Inc., $89,414.00
4. Clean Cut Tree Service, Inc., $148,000.00
Estimated Fiscal Impact: $56,500.00
Contract Period: Thirty (30) working days from issuance of purchase order
Account Name/Number: 09-6756 EAB Tree Removal, 09-6750 Habitat Restoration
District(s): 10
Concurrence(s):
The vendor has met the Minority and Women Business Enterprise Ordinance provision.
The Chief Attorney and Chief Financial Officer have approved this item.