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CC - Approval of an Agreement with Sustainable Management Services, LLC, for Farmers' Market Manager Services for a 21-Month Term in an Aggregate Amount Not-to-Exceed $102,472.
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Meeting Date: August 28, 2017
Contact Person/Dept: Glenn Heald/CDD
Todd Tipton/CDD
Phone Number: (310) 253-5752
(310) 253-5783
Fiscal Impact: Yes [X] No [] General Fund: Yes [X] No []
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [X] Attachments: []
Commission Action Required: Yes [] No [X] Date:
Public Notification: (E-Mail) Meetings and Agendas - City Council (08/23/17);
Department Approval: Sol Blumenfeld, Community Development Director (08/17/17)
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council approve an agreement with Sustainable Management Services, LLC, for Farmers' Market Manager Services for a 21-month term in an aggregate amount not-to-exceed $102,472.
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
On November 15, 2016, the City terminated its contract with the former contract farmers' market manager and entered into a contract for interim farmers' market management services while staff prepared and issued a formal Request for Proposals ("RFP") for Farmers' Market Manager Services. The RFP was released on June 19, 2017 with a due date for proposals of August 3, 2017. Six proposals were received.
Table 1. Respondents to RFP (in alphabetical order).
Respondent
Cost to City (per year)
|1010|Farmer Mark
$50,000|1010|Motor Avenue Improvement Assoc.
$79,690 OR
$50,000 payment to CC for all rights to Market|1010|Cynthia Rogers
$50,531|1010|SEE-LA
$125,351|1010|Southland Farmers Market Assoc.
$121,600 (City to receive 20% of gross revenue)|1010|Sustainable Management Services
$58,555
Staff evaluated and ranked the proposals based on cost to the City, experience of respondent, the proposed management team, respondents' innovation and ideas for operation and promotion of the Culver City Farmers' M...
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