RFQ for Preferred Arborist

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Cortez, Colorado is soliciting Requests for Qualifications and Experience from professional Arborists for on-call tree maintenance services. Services to be provided may include, but are not limited to, tree pruning, trimming, removal, risk assessment, emergency, and on-call services. The City is seeking to enter into a Preferred Contractor Agreement with the Contractor/Firm selected through this solicitation. Selection will be based on an evaluation of factors including recent experience, similar experience to that required by the City, background, capacity to meet the City’s needs, quality of previous public contractor projects undertaken, familiarity with the City facilities, and the cost (per hour) of the services being offered.   This Preferred Contractor Agreemen t is a legal business agreement that will outline the terms and conditions between the City and the selected contractor that will be primarily used for the specified services. This exclusivity will allow the City to receive benefits such as discounted rates while the Contractor is given security with consistent work with the City.

Request for qualifications, in a sealed envelope, must be sent to Darby Dettloff, Interim Facilities Superintendent and Project Manager, by UPS, Fedex, or US Mail or hand delivered, to 110 W Progress Circle, Cortez, CO 81321. Requests for Qualifications must be received before 3 P.M. Friday, December 19, 2025. Any Requests for Qualifications received after this time will not be considered