Pre-Advertisement Notice for Annual Natural Area Management Program

This scope of work is for land management services in support of natural areas and greenspace management. The Contractor shall provide natural resource and conservation land management services for properties and natural areas managed by the City of Atlanta. City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management (DWM), Office of Watershed Protection (OWP), Annual Natural Area Management Program.

Three Areas of Emphasis:

1. Invasive Plant Control
2. Forestry Services
3. Land Management

Invasive Plant Control

Upon identification of a need for services by the City, the Contractor and a member from the City team must meet on site to discuss work to be completed and set expectations for work to be performed. After the site visit, Contractor will submit a written proposal outlining work to be done and associated costs.

Contractor will follow EPD, EPA and manufacturers guidance for the use of all herbicides. The approved methods of control may be a combination of herbicide treatment, manual control, and mechanical control. Areas for invasive control shall be distinguished by the level of infestation (high: above 50%, moderate: 10 – 50%, low: below 10%), with separate unit price items for the different levels of infestation and for treatment type (manual control, cut and treat/stem injection/basal bark application, foliar application, and mechanical control). Each application shall result in 90% or higher reduction in the density of the target species within 0-3 months of treatment [...]. If a 90% reduction is not met, contractor shall retreat areas of concern at no cost to the City until control target level is achieved.

Forestry Services

Work onsite will not commence until the proposal has been signed by a member of the City team and returned to the contractor. City team members will contact Contractor and inform them of the nature of the emergency. [...] A text message or email confirming the work to be done can be used as a notice to proceed.

Land Management

Services may include, but are not limited to:

• Meadow management, design, establishment and maintenance of new or existing meadows;
• Habitat assessments and species monitoring, camera trap or acoustic monitoring support, data analysis, and development/implementation of site-specific ecological management plans
• Vegetation surveys and rare/sensitive plant species protection
• Development of site-specific ecological management plans
• Restoration planting, establishment, and maintenance, overseeding, and seed collection
• Volunteer/community stewardship event coordination and support
• Non-vegetative debris removal

A 90% survivability rate is expected of all restoration plantings after 1 year. If 90% survivability is not met, the contractor shall replant material at no cost to the City.

A post-work site visit between contractor and the City team member must take place for the City to approve work that has been completed before invoices will be approved for payment.

Invoices submitted should reflect the line items as presented in the cost proposal that was signed by the City Team Member and reference the proposal number.

A unit price must be provided for each item listed unless otherwise noted. Failure to provide a complete cost proposal form and cost data may deem the proposal non-responsive.