Specifications include, but are not limited to: The City of Kansas City, Missouri has the goal of advancing its urban forestry program with the creation of a complete tree inventory using traditional methods or what is called a Smart Tree Inventory. The Smart Tree Inventory will use terrestrially-based remote sensing technologies, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and certified arborists to deliver a highly detailed, three-dimensional representation of each public tree and identify outliers within tree cohorts that are inspected by trained personnels. The City will use the information delivered via its tree inventory to establish a baseline of the extent and health of the City’s trees and to prioritize tree management activities across Kansas City. The intent of the City is to award a contract for a firm to assess and monitor an estimated 150,000 trees within the public right-of-way (ROW) of approximately 6,000 street lane miles, and developed areas in 224 park lands and other public properties. This request for proposals (RFP) outlines the minimum acceptable requirements for a comprehensive citywide tree inventory for the City of Kansas City. Proposals must include the performance of a complete tree inventory of an estimated 150,000 public trees. It is expected that two complete assessments of every City tree in a given area of interest will be completed over the course of this five-year project. The first assessment will be completed in year one (2024), with a subsequent assessment in year three (2026). The project includes statistically relevant comparisons and analyses between the two data sets to support the City’s forestry operations. This inventory shall also validate the city’s current tree inventory.
