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Bid Guaranty for COT Mowing Project
Division of Parks Recreation & Forestry, Division of Code Enforcement
Karen Ranney Wolkins (x2326), Dennis Kennedy (x1234)
(Revised)
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Authorizing the waiving of the bid guaranty requirements of Toledo Municipal Code Section 187.09; setting a fixed bid guaranty of $250 for all bids submitted for 2020 mowing operations; making findings with respect thereto; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The City of Toledo Division of Parks, Recreation and Forestry and the Division of Code Enforcement are collaborating for a comprehensive competitive bidding process in requesting submissions for mowing at various City of Toledo locations in 2020. The bid for mowing, in accordance with Toledo Municipal Code Section 187.09, currently requests a bid guaranty of 5% of the submitted bid total. It is the opinion of both the Parks Division and Code Enforcement Division that maintaining this bid guaranty requirement would create an impediment for many small vendors, thereby greatly reducing the number of mowing bids submitted.
This ordinance is requesting authorization to waive the bid guaranty requirement of TMC Section 187.09 and setting a fixed bid guaranty of $250 for the mowing bid. While the fixed guaranty amount is expected to result in a larger and more diverse number of submissions, the large volume of bid submissions also vastly reduces any chance of additional risk to the City in the event a vendor is unable to enter into a contract with the City for mowing services.
The fiscal impact of this ordinance is as follows:
- The total amount of funds requested: $0
- The expenditure budget line item: N/A
- New revenue generated (operational revenue, grants, if any): none
- Revenue budget line item (if any): none
- Are funds budgeted in the current fiscal year (yes/no)?: N/A
- Is this a capital project (yes/no)? no
- If yes, is it new or existing (new/existing)? N/A
- What section of the City's Strate...
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