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Exhibit A - Consultant Agreement with Serrano Animal and Bird Hosptial Appendix ATTACHMENT I SCOPE OF WORT{ CITY OF SANTA ANA REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS RFP NO.: 17-059 Introduction and Background: Santa Ana Zoo The Santa Ana Zoo at Prentice Park's mission is to instill a passion of the natural world through conservation, recreation, and education. The Zoo first opened in 1952 on land donated to the City of Santa Ana by a local businessman, Joseph Edward Prentice. His conditions on the grant deed stated the land must always be a City park, the park be named Prentice Park, and the City maintain a zoo with at least 50 monkeys. The Zoo is owned and operated by the City of Santa Ana and gets additional financial support from the zoo society, Friends of Santa Ana Zoo, a private 5010 non-profit entity. The Zoo is open to the public 10;00 AM to 5:00 PM 4Q days a -year seven days a week and averages about 250,000 visitors a year. The Zoo Animal Collection The Zoo maintains a diverse collection of animals, The Zoo has 80 different species and 270 individual animals. There is a strong emphasis on primate species. The Zoo's collection includes (but is not limited to) domestic and wild hoofstock, xenarthrans, carnivores, assorted small mammals, psittacines, birds of prey, waterfowl, ratites, and various reptiles and amphibians, and invertebrates. The current zoo master plan focuses on the animals of Central and South America. Despite the emphasis on the Neotropics, the Zoo features animals from Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. Veterinary Facilities The Zoo has an on-site animal hospital with surgery, radiography, and recovery rooms. A separate pathology building is used to perform necropsies. There are two dedicated quarantine facilities for large and small animals. Description of Work: 1. Contractor's Obligations; A. Contractor shall be experienced with wild, exotic (meaning non -domesticated) animals including, but not limited to, primates, ungulates, carnivores, xenarthrans, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates. B, Contractor shall perform the City's required veterinary services for the Santa Ana. Zoo. Contractor shall be available on a seven-day per week, twenty-four hour basis to perform all emergency and normal routine veterinary services, including but not be limited to: 1. The contractor shall be on site a minimum of two (2) days a week for a minimum of sixteen hours weekly at mutually agreed upon intervals; 2. Routine and emergency consultations, as needed, by City personnel; 3. Blood tests and parasite checks; 4. Monitor the effect of prescribed treatments; 5. Establish procedures and practice for disease containment, quarantine, parasite control City of Santa Ana RFP 17-059 Page 10 20B-15