The work to be performed under this contract includes furnishing all labor materials, travel time, equipment and all other work incidental thereto necessary or required for the treatment, pruning, removal and disposal of trees that have been or may be affected by a pest or disease and the improvement of soil in the boroughs of the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Staten Island, for the City of New York Parks & Recreation (“Agency”). This Request for Bids is released through PASSPort, New York City’s online procurement portal. Responses to this CSB must be submitted via PASSPort. To access the CSB, vendors should visit the PASSPort public Portal at https://www1.nyc.gov/site/mocs/systems/about-go-to-passport.page and click on the “Search Funding Opportunities in PASSPort” blue box. Doing so will take one to the public portal of all procurements in the PASSPort system.

To quickly locate the CSB, insert the EPIN, 84624B0118, into the Keyword search field. In order to respond to the CSB, vendors must create an account within the PASSPort system if they have not already done so. If applying for an MWBE Waiver, you must submit the completed Schedule B to Delangy Martinez, MWBE Program Manager at delangy.martinez@parks.nyc.gov by April 5th, 2024. The bid opening date will be on Thursday, April 18th, 2024 at 3:00pm through a Microsoft TEAMS call in (audio only) +1 646-893-7101, 697039558# United States, New York City Phone Conference ID: 697 039 558# Or to join via Microsoft TEAMS video please go to Passport link in attachments and download “Bid Opening Information for Block Pruning Contracts”.