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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: David McCabe, Assistant Fire Chief
DATE: May 19, 2018
SUBJECT:
A resolution to provide landscaping purchasing and installation at Fire Station 7 in the amount of $85,721.00 from Twin Oaks Landscaping of Oswego, IL and RC Wegman Construction Company of Aurora, IL.
PURPOSE:
To pay for purchase and planting of trees, bushes, plants, and grass at Fire Station 7.
BACKGROUND:
When Fire Station 7 was bid out and constructed, the landscaping package was bid out based on planting requirements from the city. Due to unforeseen construction costs above what was originally planned, as well as construction delays due to weather and ground condition issues, the landscaping decision was postponed. The landscape bids expired in May of this year. The Fire department worked with the zoning division to determine requirements for landscaping. RC Wegman, general contractor for the Fire Station 7 project, obtained revised plans from the landscape architect, Hitchcock Design Group of Naperville. These revised plans reflected the requirements set forth by the city zoning division.
Bid opening 18-37 occurred on July 18, 2018, and the lowest responsible bidder was determined to be Twin Oaks Landscaping of Oswego, IL.
The total cost of the resolution is $85,721, which includes a bid of $78,885.00 by Twin Oaks Landscaping, and a fee of $6,836.00 to RC Wegman to serve as project manager for the landscape project.
The low bid for the work was by Americana Landscape Group of Elgin, IL in the amount of $61,676.00. It was determined that the company was formerly known as Alaniz Landscapes, which had failed to perform on multiple contracts for lawn maintenance work in past years.
DISCUSSION:
The requirements for the landscape were set by the city's zoning division. The design includes purchase and planting of trees, bushes, plants, and seeding of grass areas as set forth in the design by Hitchcock Design Group, and approved by the city's zoning depa...
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