DEPARTMENT: Development Services Department
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Michael Shannon, PE, CBO
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT: Dangerous Premises Abatement Lot Clearing and Securing of Structures - Contract Award
SUMMARY:
This ordinance is authorizing the execution of contracts with Big Tex Contractors, LLC; Ida Ponce, dba A+ Lawn Service; Maverick Turnkey Construction Group, LLC; Michael A. Ramirez, dba Top Notch Services; and Raul Cerda, dba Raul's Landscape Service, for Dangerous Premises Abatement Lot Clearing and Securing of Structures Services for the Development Services Department in the estimated cumulative amount of $436,594.00 annually. All expenditures are contingent upon available funding in the department's General Fund Budget. The term of the contracts is for a one (1) year period. The City shall have an option to extend the contract for four (4) additional one (1) year periods.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The contractors will furnish all labor, materials, and equipment to mow grass and weeds and remove all brush, rubbish, rocks, bricks, graffiti, and trash as required on properties identified by the City. Additional requirements shall include the securing of accessible structures and premises by attaching plywood to first floor doors and windows and clearing debris from structures as required on properties when they are declared to be a danger to public health and safety under Chapter 6-172, City Code of Ordinances.
No volume of work under this contract is guaranteed. Once the contract is executed, specific projects will be identified and may be performed under this contract on an "as-needed" basis.
These services are being procured through a Public Health or Safety Exemption to Texas Local Government Code Chapter 252. State statute indicates that competitive bidding is not required under the Public Health or Safety Exemption which provides for the procurement to protect and preserve the p...
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