# East Bay Municipal Utility District Ebmud #26-557-01

North Local Watershed Tree Planting, Maintenance, and Monitoring

**Posted:** February 19, 2026
**Respond By:** November 18, 2026
**Identifier:** 26-557-01
**NAICS:** 115310, 237990

East Bay Municipal Utility District is seeking a contractor for watershed tree planting and long-term care to mitigate impacts from the Spec 2139 Orinda Disinfection Project.
- **Government buyer:** East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD), Design Division; contact listed as Emily Darby, Senior Civil Engineer. Work is in the North Local Watershed.
- **OEMs and vendors:** No OEMs, manufacturers, or contractor vendors are named in the provided materials.
- **Trees requested:** 182 Coast Live Oaks, 50 riparian trees, and 169 other trees selected based on site conditions and availability of disease-free stock. A separate line lists 38 contingency trees. The stated planting quantity is 401, but the listed tree quantities total 439 when the contingency is added; the quantity basis should be clarified.
- **Services:** Evaluate planting sites and prepare a site evaluation report; develop a planting, maintenance, and monitoring plan; plant and establish trees; provide maintenance, monitoring, and annual reporting. The pricing form estimates 200 maintenance days and 52 monitoring/reporting units; these are estimates, not guaranteed quantities.
- **Notable requirements:** At least 85% tree survival over five years, with replanting as needed; disease-free stock and Sudden Oak Death prevention protocols; no pesticide use on District watershed lands; riparian species only in riparian areas; wildlife-exclusion measures; and a minimum of four years of maintenance and five years of monitoring. The District may also authorize site-improvement and biological-monitoring allowances of $30,000 and $50,000, respectively.
- **Performance period:** Five years, with planting, maintenance, monitoring, and reporting phases; no renewal options are identified.

### Description

East Bay Municipal Utility District seeks proposals for local watershed landscape planning, tree planting, maintenance, and monitoring in the North Local Watershed area. The work includes evaluating planting sites, preparing a Planting and Maintenance Plan for District approval, planting and establishing trees, and maintaining and monitoring them over five years. The planting is off-site mitigation for environmental impacts from the Spec 2139 Orinda Disinfection Project and calls for 401 trees, including contingency trees. Proposals are due November 17, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. PST, and must be submitted electronically.

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