City Council

4.\nApprove Contract No. MA 106-498851 with EMTS, Inc., dba Elite Maintenance & Tree Service, in\nthe amount of $319,303, to provide landscape maintenance services for various sites throughout\nthe City, for a one year term, with up to four one-year optional renewals, for a cumulative contract\nin the amount of $1,596,515 plus annual renewal increases subject to CPI, applicable taxes, and\na 20% contingency; authorize the Purchasing Agent, or designee, to execute the contract and all\nnecessary documents including renewal options in accordance with Request for Proposal No.\n412-288461-MQ; waive the sealed bidding requirements of Council Policy 4.0 and ratify a fourmonth second extension of the current master agreement with Brightview Landscape Services,\nincreasing the contract amount by $21,000, for the continued provision of landscape maintenance\nservices during the solicitation process.