Sealed bids for tree maintenance work in Lodi due by May 6, 2026.

SECTION 1 NOTICE INVITING BIDS
CITY OF LODI, CALIFORNIA
Sealed proposals will be received by the Purchasing Officer, Lodi Finance Department, 310 West Elm Street, Lodi, California, 95240, until 11:00a.m. on Wednesday, May 6, 2026. The bidder is fully responsible for their proposals being delivered on time, and is encouraged to either deliver the proposal in person or utilize a delivery service that tracks and documents the delivery. Immediately after the time specified above, the proposals will be publicly opened at City Hall, 221 West Pine Street, Lodi, California, for the following described work.
The work may include, but is not limited to, maintenance pruning (structural and clearance) and crown reductions, tree removals, stump grinding, mistletoe removal, tree pest control, palm tree pruning, and emergency call outs as specified in the bid summary. All work shall be completed in accordance with the standards set forth by the International Society of Arboriculture Pruning Standards (Best Management Practices) and the ANSI A300 Standards. Successful bidder shall have a Certified Arborist on staff, who will supervise all tree care operations. Special projects that are difficult to access require the need for specialty equipment (i.e., crane), service request pruning, or pruning to reduce and/or pruning to restore would fall under Crew Rental. All work shall be done as described in the Specifications for the above project.
The contractor may begin work after receiving notice that the contract has been approved by the City Manager. The City will issue specific work orders on an as-needed basis throughout the course of the fiscal years 2026/27 and 2027/28.
Per Senate Bill 854, contractors and listed subcontractors must be registered with the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) prior to submitting bids to any public work contracts. Failure to comply will make bids non-responsive. No contractor or subcontractor may be awarded a contract for public work on a public works project unless registered with DIR pursuant to Labor Code Section 1725.5.
In accordance with the provisions of Section 1770 of the Labor Code, the Director of Department of Industrial Relations of the State of California has determined the general prevailing rates of wages and employer payments for health and welfare, pension, vacation, travel time, and subsistence pay as provided for in Section 1773.8, apprenticeship or other training programs authorized by Section 3093 and similar purposes applicable to the work to be done. Said wages are available online at www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR/PWD . The Contractor and any subcontractor shall pay each employee engaged in the trade or occupation not less than the hourly wage rate. As the wage determination for each craft reflects an expiration date, it shall be the responsibility of the prime contractor and each subcontractor to ensure that the prevailing wage rates of concern are current and paid to the employee.
The Contractor shall make travel and subsistence payments to each worker needed to execute the work as such travel and subsistence payments are defined in the applicable collective bargaining agreements in accordance with Section 1773.8 of the Labor Code.
If a craft or classification used on the project is not shown on the wage determination, the Contractor may be required to pay the wage rate of that craft or classification most closely related to it as shown in the general determinations.
The City of Lodi hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, sex or national origin in consideration for an award.
For any moneys earned by the Contractor and withheld by the City of Lodi to ensure the performance of the contract, the Contractor may, at Contractor's request and expense, substitute securities equivalent to the amount withheld in the form and manner and subject to the conditions provided in Section 22300 of the Public Contract Code of the State of California.
The Contractor shall submit copies of payroll records.
The contract documents are available to download for free at the either Virtual PM or PublicPurchase websites found at this links:https://www.virtual-bid.com/bids-searchhttps://www.publicpurchase.com/gems/browse/home
Registration with the websites is free and is required to download the documents. Companies downloading the documents will automatically be added to the plan holder’s list.
No bid will be considered unless it is submitted on a proposal form furnished by the City of Lodi within the full set of contract documents.
The City Council reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informality in the completion of such forms, and to award to the lowest responsible bidder.
The prime contractor on this project shall possess a valid State of California Class C-61, D49 or approved equal contractor's license.
The list of plan holders and the bid results will be available at Virtual Bid ( www.virtual-bid.com/bids-search ) or Public Purchase ( https://www.publicpurchase.com/ ) . Bid results will be available four hours after the bid opening.
By Order of the City CouncilCity Clerk4/18, 4/23, 2026 - ######