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Approve a contract for $431,032 with Neighborly Pest Management, Inc. for the period of July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025 for invasive pest eradication services; Delegate authority to the County Administrator to execute the contract and amendments within budgeted appropriations with County Counsel concurrence
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Agriculture Department recommends that the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve a contract with Neighborly Pest Management, Inc. for the period of July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025 totaling $431,032 for invasive pest eradication services; and
2. Delegate authority to the County Administrator to execute the contract and amendments within budgeted appropriations with County Counsel concurrence.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
In November 2023, the California Department of Agriculture (CDFA) extended a proclamation of emergency project through November 2025 for eradication of the glassy-winged sharpshooter in Vacaville. The Department of Agriculture completed a Request for Proposal process and on May 8, 2024, Neighborly Pest Management, Inc. was determined the best-evaluated bidder for glassy-winged sharpshooter (GWSS) emergency eradication pest control services.
GWSS pest control eradication service costs will be offset by funding provided by the California Department of Agriculture (CDFA) through a FY2024/25 cooperative agreement with the County. The FY2024/25 cooperative agreement is currently pending approval within CDFA. In the interim, CDFA issued the Agriculture Department a letter of intent to fund the eradication project in FY2024/25 (Attachment B). Emergency project pest control business expenditures and revenue reimbursement from the CDFA cooperative agreement were included in the FY2024/25 Recommended Budget. Approval of the pest control services contract will result in State reimbursement to the Agriculture Department of up to $431,032 in FY2024/25 to offset Vacaville GWSS pest eradication project expenses.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The costs associated with preparing the agenda item are nominal and absorbed by the Department’s FY2024/25 Working Budget.
ALTERNATIVES:
The Board could choose not to approve the attached contract; however, this alternative is not recommended as it would result in a delayed response of pest control treatments for the GWSS emergency eradication project in Vacaville as the current pest control services contract for the project expires June 30, 2024.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
None.
CAO RECOMMENDATION:
APPROVE DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION