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o <br />i CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />I. BACKGROUND <br />Incorporated in 1886, Santa Ana, a Charter City, established a Council -Manager form of <br />government in 1952. The City Council is composed of seven members; the Mayor elected at <br />large and six Council members elected by ward, who appoint the City Manager, City Attorney <br />and Clerk of the Council. The City of Santa Ana (City) is a full -service City with a diverse <br />population of approximately 335,000. <br />The City's eleven agencies provide all the traditional municipal services, as well as water utility, <br />library system, 20-acre zoo, City Jail, Police Department, and contracts with the Orange County <br />Fire Authority for provision of fire services. The City employs 1,178 authorized full-time positions <br />and has an annual citywide budget is $646 million, including the General Fund budget of $316 <br />million. <br />The City of Santa Ana is located 10 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean, 33 miles southeast of <br />Los Angeles and 90 miles north of San Diego. The City, which is the county seat of Orange <br />County, encompasses an area of approximately 27 square miles and is the 11th largest by <br />population in California. <br />For more information, please visit https://www.santa-ana.org <br />II. OVERVIEW OF PROJECT <br />The City of Santa Ana (City) is seeking proposals from qualified firms and organizations <br />(Proposers) to provide landscaping maintenance and irrigation systems maintenance of street <br />medians and public right-of-way amenities, vacant lots/parcels, slopes, channels, and <br />easements. See EXHIBIT I for complete Scope of Services. <br />The term "Vendor", "Proposer", "Firm", "Consultants", and "Contractor" shall refer to any legal <br />entity or entities submitting a proposal in response to this Request for Proposals (RFP). <br />III. MANDATORY PRE -PROPOSAL MEETING <br />A mandatory virtual pre -proposal meeting will be held on the date and time specified on the <br />cover page of this RFP. Proposals will only be accepted from respondents that attended the <br />mandatory meeting. <br />Failure to attend this meeting shall result in your firm being disqualified from proposing. <br />Meeting Link: <br />https://zoom.us/m/98704388674?pwd=j NghAhm idyrUAJ IAWC13bQgvbsacGF.1 <br />The meeting will include a detailed discussion of the project, route schedule, posting programs <br />etc. All questions shall be required to be submitted in written form. After the pre -proposal <br />meeting, City will respond to pre -proposal attendees by e-mail to written questions or requests <br />for clarifications. At a minimum the Contractor Operation/Field Supervisors are required to <br />attend this meeting. <br />MEDIAN AND RIGHT OF WAY LANDSCAPING MAINTENANCE - RFP #25-058 <br />