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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 Agricultu...
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