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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 Clean Cut Tree Service, Inc., Grayslake, Illinois
Reason: Contract #15-31-121 consists of the removal two hundred eighty-nine (289) trees, two (2) of which require pruning in accordance with the Preserves specifications in Region 3, Des Plaines Division. Clean Cut Tree Service, Inc. was the lowest responsible bidder of the four (4) bidders.
Bid Opening Date: 11/25/2015
Bid Results:
1. Clean Cut Tree Service, Inc., $29,582.00
2. Homer Tree Care, Inc., $40,929.00
3. Trees “R” Us, Inc., $44,063.00
4. Groundskeeper Landscape Care, LLC, $52,080.00
Estimated Fiscal Impact: $29,582.00
Contract Period: Thirty (30) days from issuance of purchase order
Account Name/Number: 09-6750 Habitat Restoration
District(s): 14
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.