Georgia Procurement Registry #PE-66062-NONST-2027-000000494

Atlanta Natural Area Management, Invasive-Plant Control, and Forestry Services

The City of Atlanta is preparing a procurement for natural-area restoration, invasive-plant control, and forestry services across City properties. - Government buyer: City of Atlanta, Department of Watershed Management (DWM), Office of Watershed Protection (OWP), Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. - Procurement scope: Annual Natural Area Management Program services, including invasive-plant treatment, tree removal and pruning, site maintenance, debris disposal, and restoration planting. - OEMs and vendors: No OEMs, prospective vendors, or named suppliers are identified. This procurement is for services rather than standalone products. - Estimated value: Approximately $750,000–$2,500,000; this is an estimate, not a stated contract value. - Service quantities: - Mobilization and demobilization, capped at 3% of the contract total; mowing and weeding, 1,000 square yards; bush hogging, 10 acres; general labor, 1,000 hours; vegetative debris and trash disposal, 50 tons. - Install 50 linear feet each of tree-protection fencing and Type S silt fence, plus 50 staked straw bales. - Invasive-plant spraying: Level A, 200 acres; Level B, 400 acres; Level C, 200 acres. - Invasive-plant stump cut-and-treat, basal-bark treatment, or stem injection: 100 acres each for Levels A, B, and C. - Tree removal: street trees by crane crew, 500 hours, and lift/climbing crew, 500 hours; greenspace trees by crane crew, 500 hours, and lift/climbing crew, 500 hours. - Street-tree pruning, 500 hours; greenspace tree pruning, 500 hours; stump grinding, 500 hours; 24-hour emergency-response premium, 10 hours. - Install 5 acres each of permanent seeded grass, temporary DS2 seeded grass, and native-seed grass. Include a $25,000 owner-controlled contingency. - Notable requirements: - Prequalification calls for at least five years of relevant experience, an organizational chart and key-personnel resumes, two comparable projects, and an established safety program with safety-record information. - Staff supervising invasive-plant treatments must hold a current Georgia Commercial Pesticide Applicators License. Work must protect non-target species and site features, and herbicide dye is required. - The draft scope targets at least 90% reduction of target invasive species, with retreatment at no cost if the target is not met. - Restoration must use native Georgia Piedmont straight species, not cultivars. The stated one-year survivability expectation is 90%, with replacement at no cost if unmet. - Work generally requires a site meeting and approved written proposal before starting; emergency forestry work is the stated exception to advance written-proposal approval.

Description

The City of Atlanta, on behalf of the Department of Watershed Management, is preparing a multi-step sealed bid process, beginning with prequalification and followed by an Invitation for Bids. The program covers invasive plant control, forestry services, and land management for City properties and natural areas. Interested vendors must demonstrate at least five years of relevant experience, provide an organizational chart and key personnel resumes, identify two similar projects completed or current within the last two years, and provide information about their safety program and safety record. Services may include invasive plant control, routine and emergency forestry services, and natural resource and conservation land management.

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