Request for Qualifications-Street Maintenance Services

The City of Malibu (City) is a beach city located in northwestern portion of Los Angeles County, California, along 21 miles of the Pacific Ocean and has a population of approximately 13,000. The City was incorporated in 1991, operates under the Council/Manager form of government and is considered a contract city. The five Members of the City Council are elected at-large. They serve staggered four-year terms, with the Mayor being selected from among the Council Members.

The City of Malibu is seeking qualified firms to provide annual street maintenance services. The selected firm will provide general routine maintenance services including but not limited to potholing, sign replacement, trash removal, cleaning bus benches, and graffiti removal. The firm will be responsible for sidewalk maintenance, storm drain system maintenance, weed abatement, and available for emergency response. Lastly, the City does not have its own maintenance yard. It will be the firm’s responsibility to obtain a maintenance yard. See the Draft Scope of Work for more details.

The City is soliciting proposals from qualified Firms/Contractors to provide Street Maintenance Services utilizing full-time staff and a task order basis for a three year term, with two optional one-year extensions. The City’s estimated annual budget for street maintenance is $1,800,000.

All work shall be performed in accordance with the latest edition of the Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction (Greenbook), the Standard Plans for Public Works Construction, The State of California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Standard Specifications and Standard Plans, or other standards and specifications as determined by the City Engineer (hereinafter Engineer) to be the most appropriate for the work. All work, where required, shall include the use of the Underground Service Alert system, the setup and removal of Traffic Control per the current Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), as modified by the State of California, and include best management practices for storm water quality control in accordance with both National Pollution Devices Elimination System permits active in the City as issued by the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board and. The Contractor shall be responsible for the work meeting the quality requirements of the City as solely determined by the Engineer.