The work to be completed under this Bid shall consist of Tree & Stump Removal and Tree & Brush Trimming as listed. The Contractor shall provide adequate crew, equipment and materials to safely and efficiently complete an assigned project. Each such crew shall include an individual who shall be designated as the crew supervisor and who shall be responsible for the crew’s activities and who shall receive instruction from the Director of Public Works or his representative and direct the crew to accomplish such work.
All work shall be performed in strict accordance with ANSI Z 133.1 “Pruning, Trimming, Repairing, Maintaining and Removing Trees and Cutting Brush-Safety Requirements” with special emphasis
given to the requirements that only qualified line-clearance tree trimmers be assigned to work where a potential electrical hazard exists. Whenever a tree, which is not scheduled to be removed, must be trimmed or pruned, the contractor shall ensure that such trimming and pruning is carried out under the direct supervision of a City of Peoria staff member. All pruning and trimming shall be performed in strict accordance with the provisions of ANSI A 300 “Standard Practices for Tree, Shrub and other Woody Plant Maintenance.”
The City reserves the right to decrease the scope of work to be done and to omit any work in order to bring the cost within available funds. The City further reserves the right, at any time during the
progress of the work, to restore all or part of any items previously omitted or reduced. Exercise by the City of the above rights shall not constitute any ground or basis of claim for damages or for
anticipated profits on the work omitted. No adjustment will be made in the contract unit price shown for any item in the bid schedule regardless of the quantity performed. Trees scheduled for removal
may possibly be eliminated from the scope of work.
