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Bid Title

Elm Tree Treatment and Care Located at Various Locations Throughout Falmouth, 2026

Issuing Agency

Town of Falmouth

Location

Massachusetts

Published Date

Jul 8, 2026

Closing Date

Jul 22, 2026

Government Level

State & Local

Status

Closed

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Project Description

Bid Title:	Elm Tree Treatment and Care Located at Various Locations Throughout Falmouth, 2026
Category:	Public Works - Parks
Status:	Open

Description: The Service Provider shall perform a macro-infusion injection of Arbotect® 20-S fungicide at the dosage rate recommended by the manufacturer. For infected elm trees, the Service Provider shall perform the following in addition to the macro-infusion treatment: Prune flagging branches immediately as the vascular wilt moves rapidly in the sapwood. Strip the bark from the branch with flagging symptoms. Inspect the sapwood for streaking (dark staining). Cut the branch 6-10 feet beyond the discolored area to clear wood, ideally to a branch bark collar. Properly dispose of the infected wood or debark it completely. Make sure to disinfect all tools between each cut or drill hole using a bleach solution. Trenching between infected and non-infected trees will slow the spread of the disease by root grafts. Macro-infusions will be performed on 50 trees per contract year. 40 trees will be infected trees and the remainder will be non-infected trees. The Service Provider will provide a per hour crew cost for the macro-infusions that includes all labor, equipment, materials, Arbotect® 20-S fungicide, travel to and from the macro-infusion locations, and any other incidentals required to complete the scope of work. For purposes of this bid assume the macro-infusions will take a total of 400 hours of crew time. Publication Date/Time: 7/8/2026 8:00 AM Closing Date/Time: 7/22/2026 2:00 PM Contact Person: Jeremiah Pearson Tree Warden and Parks Superintendent jeremiah.pearson@falmouthma.gov Plan & Spec Available: Department of Public Works 416 Gifford Street Falmouth, MA 02540 Related Documents: 26-02-20 Elm Tree Treatment And Care Contract FY26 (mok) (002)

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TOWN OF FALMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

REQUEST FOR SERVICES

FOR

ELM TREE TREATMENT AND CARE

LOCATED AT

VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT FALMOUTH

2026

DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS

Peter M. McConarty, P.E., P.L.S.

PARKS SUPERINTENDENT

Jeremiah Pearson

Parks Department 416 Gifford Street Falmouth, MA 02540

Phone: (508) 457-2543 FAX: (508) 548-1537

SECTION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE

SECTION I - NOTICE TO SERVICE PROVIDERS .............................................................................1

SECTION II - INFORMATION TO SERVICE PROVIDERS / GENERAL CONDITIONS ............2

SECTION III - SCOPE OF WORK ..........................................................................................................9

SECTION IV - QUOTATION SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS ....................................................... 9

SECTION V - QUOTATION EVALUATION ...................................................................................... 11

SECTION VI - QUOTATION FORM ....................................................................................................12

SECTION VII - REFERENCES ............................................................................................................. 15

SECTION VIII - CERTIFICATE OF VOTE ........................................................................................ 16

SECTION IX - NON-COLLUSIVE RESOLUTION ............................................................................ 17

SECTION X - STATE TAXES CERTIFICATE CLAUSE .................................................................. 18

SECTION XI - BANKRUPTCY STATEMENT ....................................................................................19

SECTION XII - WAGE RATES ............................................................................................................. 20

SECTION XIII - AGREEMENT .............................................................................................................21

SECTION I - NOTICE TO SERVICE PROVIDERS

The Town of Falmouth, Department of Public Works, will accept quotes for:

Elm Tree Treatment and Care Located at Various Locations Throughout

Falmouth, 2026

Quotes will be received in the Office of the Parks Superintendent, Falmouth Public Works, 416

Gifford Street, Falmouth, MA 02540 on or before the following time and date: 2:00 p.m. on

Wednesday, July 22, 2026 at which time and place the Quotes will be opened and reviewed.

Service Providers may not withdraw their quotes for a period of 120 calendar days, after the actual

date of the opening of the quotes.

The successful Service Provider must furnish a 100 percent (100%) Performance Bond with a

surety company licensed to do business in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Wage rates for this Project are subject to the minimum wage rates as per M.G.L. Chapter 149,

Section 26 to 27D inclusive.

The request for services quote and award of this Contract will be under the provisions of M.G.L.

Chapter 30B.

This Services Proposal shall have a time period of one year with an option to renew for an

additional two one-year extensions.

The Town reserves the right to waive any informality in or reject any and all quotes, or to accept the

quote deemed to be in the best interest of the Town of Falmouth.

Quotes are welcome from minority and female businesses.

The successful Service Provider will execute the Agreement at Section XIII of this Request for

Services. Minor amendments that do not impact the overall value of the Agreement may be

negotiated.

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

Peter M. McConarty

Director of Public Works

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SECTION II - INFORMATION TO SERVICE PROVIDERS / GENERAL CONDITIONS

1. Attention of all Service Providers is directed to Massachusetts General Laws and to all other

applicable sections of the General Laws as most recently amended which govern the award

of this Contract.

2. The Service Provider shall submit his Quotation upon forms furnished within this contract

document.

3. All Quotations shall be signed correctly in ink by the individual or in case of a firm,

partnership, or corporation, it shall be signed by a person having a legal authority from said

firm, partnership, or corporation.

4. All Quotations shall be submitted to the Town of Falmouth, MA at the office of Department

of Public Works, 416 Gifford Street, Falmouth, MA 02540 on or before the date stated in

the Notice to Service Providers.

5. Quotations forms shall be completely filled in. Quotations which are incomplete,

conditional, or obscure, or which contain additions not called for will be rejected. Use the

pages of this Document when submitting Quotations and submit Agreement Document

intact. All Quotations along with the qualifying statements shall be considered firm prices

for the period of the Quotation as submitted by the Service Provider. No award will be made

to any Service Provider who cannot satisfy the Town of Falmouth that he has sufficient

ability and experience in this class of work and sufficient capital and plant to enable him to

prosecute and complete the work successfully within the time named. The Owner's decision

or judgment on these matters will be final, conclusive, and binding.

6. The Town may make such investigations as it deems necessary to determine the ability of

the Service Provider to perform the work, and the Service Provider shall furnish to the Town

all such information and data for this purpose as the Town may request. The Town reserves

the right to reject any Quotation if the evidence submitted by, or investigation of, such

Service Provider fails to satisfy the Town, that such Service Provider is properly qualified to

carry out the obligations of the Agreement and to complete the work contemplated therein

within the time period set forth in the Invitation to Quotation documents.

7. All applicable Federal, State and Local Laws, ordinance and rules, regulations (including but

not limited to any laws, ordinances or regulations relating to the Town of Falmouth or any

authorities shall be binding upon the Proposer throughout the pendency of this Contract.

The Service Provider shall be responsible for compliance with any such law, ordinance rule,

or regulation, and shall hold the Town harmless and indemnify same in the event of non-

compliance during the pendency of this Contract.

8. Certificate of Insurance acceptable to the Town shall be filed with the Town prior to

execution of any contractual Agreement. These Certificates shall contain a provision that

coverage afforded under the policies will not be reduced or canceled unless at least thirty

(30) days prior written notice has been given to the Town. The Town of Falmouth shall be

named as additional insured.

The Service Provider shall procure and maintain, at the Service Providers own expense,

during the Contract time, liability insurance as herein-after specified:

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Service Provider’s General Public Liability and Property Damage Insurance including

vehicle coverage issued to the Service Provider and protecting the Service Provider from all

claims for personal injury, including death, and all claims for destruction of or damage to

property arising out of or in connection with any operations under this Agreement. Insurance

shall be written with a limit of General Liability of not less than $1,000,000 for all damages

arising out of bodily injury including death, at any time resulting there-from, sustained by

any one person in any accident; and a limit of liability of not less than $3,000,000 aggregate

for any such damages sustained by two or more persons in any one accident.

9. The Service Provider shall procure and maintain, at the Service Provider’s own expense,

during the duration of the Agreement, in accordance with the provisions of the Laws of the

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, G. L. Chapter 149, Section 34A, Workman's

Compensation Insurance, including occupational disease provisions, for all the Service

Provider’s employees, and in case any work is sublet, the Service Provider shall require such

sub-service provider similarly to provide Workman's Compensation Insurance, including

occupational disease provision for all of the latter's employees unless such employees are

covered by the protection offered by the Service Provider. In case any class of employees

engaged in hazardous work under this Agreement is not protected under the Workman's

Compensation Law, the Service Provider shall provide and shall use each sub-service

provider to provide adequate and suitable insurance for the protection of its employee not

otherwise protected.

10. A Performance and Payment Bond in the amount of One Hundred (100%) percent of the

annual contract price will be required for the faithful performance of the Contract. The

Service Provider shall obtain and submit the bonds within ten (10) days after notification of

the Quotation award. The successful Service Provider’s Quotation Bond shall not be

released until such time the Performance and Payment Bonds have been posted. Within

seven (7) working days of receipt of acceptable Performance and Payment Bond and

Agreement signed by the party to whom the Agreement was awarded, the Town shall sign

the Agreement and return to such party an executed duplicate of the Agreement.

11. At the time of the Quotation deadline, each Service Provider will be presumed to have read

and to be thoroughly familiar with the Contract Documents (including all addendum). The

failure or omission of any Service Provider to examine any form, instrument or document

shall in no way relieve the Service Provider from any obligation with respect to his

Quotation.

Each Service Provider shall acknowledge receipt of any and all the addendum issued by the

Town of Falmouth indicating such receipt on the Quotation Form. Failure to do so shall be

cause to reject the Quotation as being non-responsive.

12. Each Service Provider must sign and submit the "Non-Collusive Resolution", and a "State

Tax Certification Clause" with the Quotation Form.

13. As per regulations, the Service Provider shall give first priority to utilizing resources in the

area (Town of Falmouth).

14. The Service Provider shall comply with any and all requirements set out in the following:

a. Notice to Service Providers

b. Information to Service Providers/General Requirements

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