Rfp 191700 Open Space Trail Maintenance

The specifications or scope of work included have been prepared to describe the standard of quality, performance, and other characteristics needed to meet City requirements.  The City will accept alternative proposals of a designated material, product, thing, “or equal”, and will determine if such alternative proposals are satisfactory in meeting mandatory requirements or specification, and if the proposed alternative meets the intent of the original mandatory requirement. Contractor shall perform trail maintenance in the Palo Alto Baylands Preserve, the Pearson Arastradero Nature Preserve and in Foothills Nature Preserve. This includes furnishing all labor, equipment, supervision, transportation, tools, operating supplies, and incidentals to perform the work in accordance with the specifications and provisions of the contract. The Palo Alto Baylands trail system is approximately 10 miles of compacted dirt, crushed rock or oyster shells. The Foothills Nature Preserve trail system is 15.0 miles long and includes approximately 40 drainage dips. Pearson-Arastradero Nature Preserve trail system is 10.3 miles long and includes approximately 15 drainage dips and water bars. The work will consist of, but is not limited to (1) grooming existing trails, (2) reshaping existing drainage dips, (3) installing new drainage dips, water bars and culverts, (4) closing “outlaw trails” using earth berms and other methods as described below, and (5) seeding and mulching disturbed areas outside of the travelway, (6) brushing and limbing, (7) construction of replacement wooden foot bridges, and (8) spreading and compacting crushed rock and oyster shell on trail treads.  The project manager will make the determination of trail tread material to be used at each site.