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PROPOSED BID RECOMMENDATION
Presented by: ARNOLD RANDALL, GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT
Department: Resource Management
Request: Authorization for the Forest Preserve District of Cook County (the “Preserves”) to enter into a contract with Arborworks LLC, Downers Grove, Illinois
Reason: Contract #15-31-108 consists of the removal, topping or pruning of one thousand five hundred twenty-one (1,521) trees, forty-one (41) of which require stumping in accordance with the Preserves specifications in Region 9, Thorn Creek Division. Arborworks LLC was the lowest responsible bidder of the four (4) bidders.
Bid Opening Date: 09/16/15
Bid Results:
1. Arborworks LLC, $156,369.15
2. Groundskeeper Landscaping, $171,503.00
3. Trees R Us, $213,664.00
4. McGinty Brothers, $329,645.00
Estimated Fiscal Impact: $156,369.15
Contract Period: Ninety (90) days from notice to proceed
Account Name/Number: 09-6750 Habitat Restoration
District(s): 5 and 6
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.