Item - 2022.IE31.7

Tracking Status

  • City Council adopted this item on July 19, 2022 without amendments and without debate.
  • This item was considered by the Infrastructure and Environment Committee on July 7, 2022 and adopted without amendment. It will be considered by City Council on July 19, 2022.

IE31.7 - 2023 Arboricultural Services Contract Terms

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted on Consent
Wards:
All

City Council Decision

City Council on July 19, 20, 21 and 22, 2022, adopted the following:

 

1. City Council authorize the public release of any terms and conditions in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 15, 2022) from the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, and the Acting Chief Procurement Officer, which are made public through the issuance of a Request for Proposal, and City Council direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 15, 2022) from the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, and the Acting Chief Procurement Officer, remain confidential as it pertains to a position, plan, or instruction to be applied to negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the City of Toronto.

 

Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 15, 2022) from the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, and the Acting Chief Procurement Officer, Purchasing and Materials Management, remains confidential at this time in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as it pertains to a position, plan, or instruction to be applied to negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the City of Toronto.  Any terms and conditions in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 15, 2022) from the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, and the Acting Chief Procurement Officer, which are made public through the issuance of a Request for Proposal, will be publicly released.

Confidential Attachment - The attachment to this report is about proposed terms and conditions to be applied to negotiations to be carried on by the City of Toronto for Urban Forestry's Arboricultural Services Negotiated Request for Proposal, which will be issued in August 2022, for implementation in July 2023. Procurement development includes an obligation not to disclose any information of the content of the Negotiated Request for Proposal and maintain confidentiality.

Background Information (Committee)

(June 15, 2022) Report from the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the Acting Chief Procurement Officer, Purchasing and Materials Management on 2023 Arboricultural Services Contract Terms
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2022/ie/bgrd/backgroundfile-228068.pdf
Confidential Attachment 1

IE31.7 - 2023 Arboricultural Services Contract Terms

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted
Wards:
All

Confidential Attachment - The attachment to this report is about proposed terms and conditions to be applied to negotiations to be carried on by the City of Toronto for Urban Forestry's Arboricultural Services Negotiated Request for Proposal, which will be issued in August 2022, for implementation in July 2023. Procurement development includes an obligation not to disclose any information of the content of the Negotiated Request for Proposal and maintain confidentiality.

Committee Recommendations

The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommend that:

 

1. City Council authorize the public release of any terms and conditions in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 15, 2022) from the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, and the Acting Chief Procurement Officer, which are made public through the issuance of a Request for Proposal, and direct that the balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (June 15, 2022) from the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, and the Acting Chief Procurement Officer, remain confidential as it pertains to a position, plan, or instruction to be applied to negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the City of Toronto.

Origin

(June 15, 2022) Report from the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the Acting Chief Procurement Officer, Purchasing and Materials Management

Summary

The purpose of this report is to respond to City Council direction on item AU8.6 Getting to the Root of the Issues: A Follow-Up to the 2019 Tree Maintenance Service Audit, outlining the final details of the Negotiated Request for Proposal, including the contract terms being proposed for contracted Forestry services.

 

This report has been prepared in consultation with the City Manager's Office.

Background Information

(June 15, 2022) Report from the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation and the Acting Chief Procurement Officer, Purchasing and Materials Management on 2023 Arboricultural Services Contract Terms
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2022/ie/bgrd/backgroundfile-228068.pdf
Confidential Attachment 1

Motions

Motion to Adopt Item moved by Councillor Mike Layton (Carried)
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