2024 Holiday Tree Lighting Services

The City of La Cañada Flintridge invites all qualified vendors to submit quotes for Holiday Tree Lighting services beginning October 23, 2024, in order to have lights illuminated by December 1, 2024 (installed one week prior for testing) and removed by the first week of January 2025, pending weather. Said services shall include without limitation:Tree Coverage: The vendor is responsible for ensuring that the lights are properly covering the tree (into the branches so that the trees do not look like lighted sticks). The vendor is responsible for procuring and supplying all lights, extension cords, material, connections, connection tape, skilled labor, equipment, and scheduled maintenance for the installation and removal of the lights.Hanging and Testing Lights: The vendor is responsible for ensuring that the installation of the Holiday lighting is working while they being installed. Please ensure the holiday lighting is plugged in and operating; do not unplug the holiday lighting once it is operating. The City will inspect, during the day, all of the trees, and if any tree is not operating you will be notified to correct it. Also, please note that the median power outlets are not GFCI protected, and per OSHA the vendor is responsible for safeguarding their employees by requiring them to use individual GFCI protection devices during the installation. GFCI devices are only to be used by the installation worker and are to be removed as the final step of the installation.Locations: The vendor is responsible for procuring and supplying all lights for the following locations:1. Center Median Trees (total 102 trees): Every Tree with no exceptions, shall have holiday lighting installed on Foothill Blvd. Starting 200’ East of Briggs Ave and ending 150’ East of Crown Ave. Additionally, all trees on Angels Crest Hwy from Foothill Blvd to I210 Fwy, and the City Entry Oak Tree on Verdugo Blvd, located 50’ East of Lenzgrove Lane, and the Oak tree at the end of Town Center Dr. Located in the roundabout, shall be lit. The Verdugo & Town Center Trees shall remain permanently lit. You are responsible for updating and maintaining a visually pleasing lit tree at these 2 locations, and do not remove the lighting from these 2 trees at the end of the holidays. These trees require use of 50 ft light strands (some more, some less). Trunks and branches will be wrapped with mini lights. The below guidelines will be followed: • Wrap lights from 2 ft above ground up minimum height of 15 ft. if tree height allows. • Spacing between strands will be approximately one-half the total diameter of the tree (The larger the tree the larger the spacing)• Lighting Strand and extension cords shall be green in color. • All electrical connections will be wrapped with green connection tape to prevent water intrusion. 2. Memorial Park Hillside Trees (total of 4 trees): The vendor is responsible for covering the trees that are located on Hillside at the back of Memorial Park. These are primarily Chinese Elm Trees which require use of 50 ft light strands (some more, some less). Trunks and branches will be wrapped with mini lights. The below guidelines will be followed:• Wrap lights from at least 8 ft above group up minimum height of 20 ft. • Spacing between strands at minimum will be approximately one-half the total diameter of the tree (The larger the tree the larger the spacing)• Lighting Strand and extension cords shall be green in color. • All electrical connections will be wrapped with green connection tape to prevent water intrusion. 3. Additional Liquidambar Trees at Memorial Park (total of 2 trees): The vendor is responsible for covering the trees that are located on the corner of Foothill Blvd and La Cañada Blvd. These are Liquidambar Trees which require use of 50 ft light strands (some more, some less). Trunks and branches will be wrapped with mini lights. The below guidelines will be followed:• Wrap lights from at least 8 ft above group up