2021-36 - REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE PROVISION OF BLOCK TREE PRUNING SERVICES

The City of Albany (hereinafter referred to as the “CITY”) hereby requests Proposals from qualified firms or individuals to provide Block Tree Pruning services on an as-needed and non-exclusive basis. 1.2 The City of Albany Forestry Division of the CITY’s Department of General Services has traditionally been a reactive organization, responding to service requests from residents and other CITY Departments as well as responding to weather-related tree emergencies. A Street Tree Inventory was completed in 2021 by the Davey Resource Group and made possible with the assistance of NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Urban and Community Forestry Grant. With this Inventory, the CITY is now able to begin implementing a long-term, proactive maintenance plan for the CITY’s trees. At the center of this maintenance plan is a CITY-wide, multi-year “block pruning” cycles.