Active SLED Opportunity · ILLINOIS · CITY OF AURORA, IL
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The City of Aurora, IL seeks qualified contractors for tree trimming, removal, stump grinding, and landscape restoration services funded by a $1 million USDA grant to support urban forestry management and public safety.
The City of Aurora is seeking qualified tree contractors to provide tree removal, tree trimming, stump grinding, total landscape restoration, and tree trimming for 7,833 tree of various tree diameter breast sizes (DBH). The City of Aurora was awarded a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service’s Urban and Community Forestry Program. The funding is designed to provide direct federal support to the city for urban tree-planting and management.
The City of Aurora is committed to preserving, maintaining, and enhancing its urban forest to improve public safety, environmental sustainability, and the overall quality of life for its residents. As part of these ongoing efforts, the City has been awarded a $1 million grant through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry Program. This grant provides federal funding to support urban forestry initiatives, including the management, maintenance, and improvement of the City's public tree canopy.
To implement the objectives of the grant, the City is seeking qualified contractors to perform professional tree maintenance and removal services throughout the City. The resulting contract will support the City's efforts to improve tree health, mitigate hazardous tree conditions, and maintain a safe and sustainable urban forest in accordance with grant requirements and industry best practices.
Evaluation of the proposer's organizational structure, availability of qualified personnel, staffing plan, project management approach, supervisory personnel, certified arborists, crew qualifications, safety program, emergency response capabilities, and overall capacity to perform the required services throughout the contract term. The City will consider the firm's ability to provide adequate staffing levels, equipment resources, and continuity of service.
Evaluation of the firm's experience providing tree trimming, tree removal, stump grinding, and emergency tree services for municipalities or similar public agencies. Consideration will be given to the firm's years of experience, qualifications of key personnel, professional certifications, successful completion of comparable projects, demonstrated safety record, and the quality of references from current or former clients.
Evaluation of the proposer's understanding of the City's needs and the proposed methodology for completing the work. This includes work planning, scheduling, quality control procedures, communication with City staff, emergency response procedures, traffic control, environmental stewardship, debris disposal practices, protection of public and private property, and overall approach to delivering efficient, safe, and high-quality services.
Evaluation of the proposed pricing schedule, including unit prices, hourly rates, emergency response rates, equipment rates, and overall cost competitiveness. Pricing will be evaluated for reasonableness, completeness, transparency, and overall value to the City. The City reserves the right to evaluate pricing in conjunction with the technical proposal to determine the proposal offering the best overall value rather than the lowest price.
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Pricing shall not be mentioned anywhere in the body of the Technical Proposal.
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Bid Deposit MUST be uploaded electronically with submission through the City’s E Procurement System, OpenGov. Upon notification from the City, Bidder’s must deliver ORIGINAL Bid Deposit within three (3) business days.
Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.
Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.
Sufficient references of all like public and/or private agencies must be presented below. Listing must include company name, contact person, telephone number and date purchased. All Proposers, as a condition of and prior to entry into a contract, agree that a complete background investigation of the principals of the Proposer and all employees who will work on the project may be made. Proposers agree to cooperate with the appropriate City of Aurora personnel to supply all information necessary to complete these investigations. The City of Aurora in its complete discretion may disqualify any Proposer, including low Proposer, and may void any contract previously entered into based on its background investigation.
Please provide the following information for each subcontractor:
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By signing this Proposal, the Proposer hereby certifies that they are not barred from bidding on this Proposal as a result of a violation of Article 33E, Public Bids of the Illinois Criminal Code of 1961, as amended (Illinois Compiled Statutes, 720 ILCS 5/33E-1).
I/We hereby certify that:
A. A complete set of proposal papers, as intended, has been received, and that I/We will abide by the contents and/or information received and/or contained herein.
B. I/We have not entered into any collusion or other unethical practices with any person, firm, or employee of the City which would in any way be construed as unethical business practice.
C. I/We have adopted a written sexual harassment policy which is in accordance with the requirements of Federal, State and local laws, regulations and policies and further certify that I/We are also in compliance with all equal employment practice requirements contained in Public Act 87-1257 (effective July 1, 1993) and 775 ILCS 5/2-105 (A).
D. I/We operate a drug free environment and drugs are not allowed in the workplace or satellite locations as well as City of Aurora sites in accordance with the Drug Free Workplace Act of January, 1992.
E. The Proposer is not barred from bidding on the Project, or entering into this contract as a result of a violation of either Section 33E-3 or 33E-4 of the Illinois Criminal Code, or any similar offense of “bid rigging” or “bid rotating” of any state or the United States.
F. I/We will abide by all other Federal, State and local codes, rules, regulations, ordinances and statutes.
The Proposer's Executing Officer, being first duly sworn on oath, deposes and states that all statements made herein are made on behalf of the Proposer, that this deponent is authorized to make them and that the statements contained herein are true and correct.
Proposer deposes, states and certifies that Proposer is not barred from contracting with any unit of local government in the State of Illinois as result of a delinquency in payment of any tax administered by the Illinois Department of Revenue unless Proposer is contesting, in accordance with the procedures established by the appropriate statute, its liability for the tax or the amount of the tax, all as provided for in accordance with 65 ILCS 5/11-42.1-1.
International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Certification
Please provide the anticipated
This includes but not limited to: plumbing licenses, industry certifications, proof of safety training, IDOT Prequal., etc
This will be added by purchasing in the Vendor submissions in the next stage.
SLED stands for State, Local, and Education. These are solicitations issued by state governments, counties, cities, school districts, utilities, and higher education institutions — as opposed to federal agencies.
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