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SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY LANDSCAPING MAINTENANCE REPLACEMENT AND SERVICE CONTRACT SPECIFICATION Rev. 11/4/2016 Summary of Work Part 1- General Description of Work The work of the contract, Landscaping Maintenance, Replacement and Service at Various Locations, consists of landscaping work, new plantings, and landscaping maintenance services to be done at the following Septa properties (18 properties in total). Line Item #1 SOUTH A. AT&T Station Plaza is located at Broad and Pattison Avenue, Philadelphia. Pa. The Work areas at Pattison Ave. Station Plaza are at existing planting beds, concrete planter containers, and plaza concrete surfaces. In addition to containers, seasonal flowers are to be planted in beds surrounding large air vent on S end of plaza. B. Oregon Station Plaza is located at Broad and Oregon Avenue, Philadelphia. Pa. The Work areas at Oregon Ave. Station Plazas consist of existing concrete planter containers and tree planter beds. C. 69th Street Terminal (Main Entrance) Market Street, Upper Darby Pa. The work area at 69th Street terminal consists of the planting bed areas located at the front entrance on Market Street. Work also includes concrete surfaces in immediate area of work areas. In addition to planters, seasonal flowers are to be planted in the 2 large beds at entrance of facility. D. Yeadon Loop is located on Chester Ave in Yeadon, PA. The Work areas are at existing planted bed, concrete planter and around planted shrubs and trees. 1 E. 40th Street Loop which is located at 40th Street & Baltimore Ave, Philadelphia. Pa. (University City Area) The work area at 40th Street Loop is limited to the existing six concrete planters and all trees in tree pits on the plaza. F. 63rd & Malvern Loop which is located at 63rd Street & Malvern Ave, Philadelphia. Pa. (West Philadelphia. Overbrook Area) The Work areas at 63rd & Malvern Loop includes all planting beds , trees in planting beds, as well as all trees in tree pits on the plaza. (The existing large sycamore tree is not part of the work of this contract. Contract includes 3 planting beds and pit with existing tree.) Seasonal flowers to be planted in all beds on site. G. Millbourne Station is located at Wister & Millbourne Avenue, Upper Darby, PA 19082 The work area at Millbourne station consists of all existing rose bushes on Eastbound entrance side. H. Parkside Loop is located at 1550 N. 50th Street, Philadelphia. Pa. The work area at the Parkside Loop includes all planting beds, grassy areas (includes grass cutting and weed whacking for all grassy areas within and surrounding Parkside Loop, both in front of and behind restroom building and fence), trees in planting beds, as well as all trees in tree pits on the plaza. Line Item #2 NORTH A. Norristown Transportation Center and Parking Garage, is located on Lafayette Street in Norristown The work areas at Norristown Transportation Center consist of existing planting beds with stone and mulch, concrete planter containers located on the plaza, plaza areas tree pits on both sides of access road, concrete surfaces of plaza area and the entire perimeter areas of the SEPTA parking garage. The stone areas between the Parking garage and track area are also included in the work 2 of the Contract. The work area also includes three concrete planters. B. Madison & Richmond Loop Plaza which is located at Westmoreland St and Richmond Street, Philadelphia. Pa. (Port Richmond Area, near the Allegheny Exit of I-95) The Work areas at Madison & Richmond Loop includes the two planting beds and trees in planting beds, as well as all trees in tree pits on the plaza. C. Gregg Street Bus Loop is located at Frankford Avenue and Gregg Street, 9159 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA The work area at Gregg Street Bus Loop consists of an existing planting bed, areas around planted shrubs and trees, two concrete planters, and all trees in tree pits or on site. Seasonal Flowers to be planted around bus shelter. D. Bells Corner Loop is located on Castor Avenue near Bustleton Avenue. 8240 Castor Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19152 The work area at Bells Corner Loop consists off one U-shaped concrete curbed planting bed, areas around all planted shrubs and trees including all trees in tree pits and all trees on site. Work includes all grassy areas (grass cutting and weed whacking). E. City Line Loop is located on Frankford Avenue, 10018 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19114 The work area at City Line Loop consists of all existing planting beds (two), areas around all planted shrubs and trees and all trees in tree pits on site. F. Cheltenham Loop Located on Cheltenham and Ogontz Avenue, Wyncote, PA 19095 The work area at Cheltenham Loop consists of all existing planting beds, areas around all planted shrubs and trees and all tree pits on site. Seasonal flowers to be planted in beds surrounding bus loop. 3 G. Frankford Transportation Center (F.T.C.) and Parking Garage Located is located at Bridge and Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 119124 The work area at the Frankford Transportation Center consists of all existing planting beds, areas around all planted shrubs and trees and all tree pits on site(including trees on Bustleton Ave and Bridge St), including the areas surrounding the Parking Garage. Seasonal flowers to be planted in raised beds near bus shelters in facility. H. 33rd & Dauphin Loop located at the corner of N. 33rd St and Dauphin St. Philadelphia, PA 19132 The work area at 33rd and Dauphin loop consists of all existing planting beds and trees in the beds surrounding the loop and removing weeds from the stone water retention pits. I. 35th and Allegheny Loop, located on the corner of N. 35th St and W. Allegheny Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19129 The work area at 35th & Allegheny bus loop consists of all planting beds and trees within the loop and trimming the foliage back from adjacent properties on the north side of the loop. J. 23rd and Venango Loop, located at the corner of N. 23rd St and W Venango St. Philadelphia, PA 19140 The work area at 23rd and Venango Loop consists of all planting beds and trees within the loop. K. Midvale Depot, located at 4301 Wissahickon Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19129 The work area at Midvale Depot includes all bushes and the beds of roses in front of transportation building, in addition to the trees, planting beds and grass along fence on Roberts Ave starting on the corner of Roberts Ave and Wissahickon Ave and continuing down to the Roberts Yard entrance. Seasonal flowers to be planted in beds along Roberts Ave and rose beds in front of transportation building. 4 Contractor’s Responsibilities A. Contractor is responsible for all material, labor, and equipment required for landscape maintenance, in accordance with specification. B. Contractor is responsible for a satisfactory and complete piece of work, in accordance with the intent of the specifications. He shall provide, without extra compensation, all incidental items required as part of his work. C. Contractor is responsible for obtaining any permits and/or licenses necessary to complete the work herein. D. Contractor is responsible for performing all work in accordance with rules, regulations, procedures and safety practices of, OSHA and all other Governmental Regulatory Agencies having jurisdiction over this project. E. The specifications are intended to cover the complete project and it shall be thoroughly understood that failure to mention specifically any work which would normally be required to complete the project shall not relieve the contractor of his responsibility to perform such work. F. Contractor shall be responsible for safety and any injury to persons and damage to property within the project work area. Secure protective barriers shall be provided by the Contractor, when needed, in areas where the contractor is performing ongoing work, to assure the protection of the general public. G. Contractor shall be responsible for the maintenance, materials, and adequacy of equipment, procedure and schedule of work, safe operation of the equipment and the safety of labor during the landscaping work. H. Contractor shall continuously keep the work, the site and adjacent properties free from accumulations of waste materials, rubbish and windblown debris resulting from operations. The contractor shall remove the waste material from the site and dispose of at the legal areas away from the project site. I. All operations shall be conducted so as not to interfere with, interrupt, or endanger the SEPTA’s continued operations on site. 5 J. Contractor is responsible for repairing any and all damages to existing elements caused by the execution of the work. K. Contractor shall provide all required submittals within ten (10) days of receiving a formal Purchase Order or Notice to Proceed. Schedule and Sequence of Work A. Contractor will complete the landscaping service according to the planting schedule for each location. B. Installation and landscaping maintenance services will be completed according to an approved work schedule, which must be submitted to SEPTA Project Manager within three (3) days of Notice to Proceed. Project Coordination A. All Communications shall be handled through SEPTA’s Project Manager or designee. The Contractor shall not deal with any other parties within SEPTA unless specifically authorized by the Project Manager. All responses from within SEPTA shall be made through SEPTA’s Project Manager. This applies to Technical Matters only. B. The Contractor shall assume all liability, financial or otherwise, in connection with the contract and shall protect and save harmless SEPTA from any and all damages or claims that may arise because of inconvenience, delay, or loss experienced by him because of the presence and operations of other Contractors working within the project limits.