RFQ for Preferred Arborist

The City of Cortez is seeking a preferred arborist for on-call tree maintenance services. The selected contractor will provide services such as tree pruning, trimming, removal, risk assessment, emergency, and on-call services. The city will evaluate the requests for qualifications based on factors including recent experience, similar experience, background, capacity to meet the city's needs, quality of previous public contractor projects, familiarity with the city facilities, and the cost per hour of the services being offered. • The city is looking for a contractor with relevant technical experience and proper permits and licenses. • The contractor should have the capacity to meet the city's needs, including emergency and on-call response. • The contractor will be required to provide a cost proposal, including the cost per hour for consulting labor, contractor labor, emergency on-call response, and other expenses. • The city will enter into a preferred contractor agreement with the selected contractor, which will outline the terms and conditions of the agreement.