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BACKGROUND The City has historically utilized contract services for the street sweeping services and in July 2013, after conducting a public bidding process, it entered into a two year agreement for these services. However, in October 2014, staff determined that the services being provided did not meet required performance standards and in response, the agreement was terminated. In November 2014, the City Council authorized a short- term contract with CleanStreet, and in January 2015 a (RFP) was formally advertised to obtain a longer term agreement for street sweeping services. As part of the RFP process, a mandatory bidder's workshop was held on January 28, 2015. A total of two (2) companies responded to the Request for Proposals by the due date of February 13th. CleanStreet was selected as the lowest qualified bidder. DISCUSSION As an outcome of the Request for Proposal process CleanStreet submitted the lowest bid for annual street sweeping 7,614 curb miles to be swept per year, and 28 parking areas. CleanStreet is out of Gardena, CA and has over 45 years of experience who promotes "the highest quality services", new model equipment, and has a hands on approach with addressing resident complaints. CleanStreet also has Global Positioning System (GPS) which will enable the City to view via computer intemet where the sweepers are at all times. Summary of Proposed Agreement Under the terms of the agreement, the contractor will provide once-a-month sweeping in the residential areas totaling 7,614 curb miles annually. Curb miles are defined as the miles of each curb (or edge of pavement where no curb exists) of a City street. Twice per month sweeping will be provided in the commercial areas except for Downtown commercial streets which will be swept twice per week. The Contractor will also provide twice per month sweeping to 28 designated City parking lot areas. This agreement also includes provisions for both unscheduled and emergency sweeping services when requested by the City. The proposed agreement provides the following level of service to our community, which is consistent with past street sweeping contract service levels: • Sweeping in residential areas will be done on the same day of the week each month (except for holidays), which will be coordinated to avoid conflict with garbage pick up days. • The contract requires that sweeping machines not be over five years old. This will result in newer sweepers being used with less noise and emissions. • Contract Sweeping Services will be required to submit a monthly report of miles swept and tons of debris picked up by zone. Page 2 of 3