City of Richmond – Request for Quotation (RFQ)
Plant Material Supply and Delivery
Justification
The City of Richmond Public Works Department requires the purchase and delivery of nursery plant materials for ongoing park beautification, right-of-way landscaping, and vegetation restoration efforts across the City. Procuring these materials through a competitive bidding process ensures quality, cost efficiency, and alignment with the City’s landscape and sustainability standards.
1. General Requirements
The City of Richmond Public Works Department (Operations & Maintenance – Parks and Landscaping Division) is seeking quotations from qualified vendors for the supply and delivery of trees, shrubs, and groundcover plant materials in a variety of sizes. • All plants shall be nursery-grown, healthy, well-rooted, and free of pests and disease. • Plants shall be grown in containers of the specified size (gallon, box, etc.) and conform to California Nursery Stock Standards.
• Pricing shall include delivery to designated City sites or the Corporation Yard (after coordination with City staff).
• Vendors are encouraged to provide species substitutions or equivalents only when a listed item is unavailable, subject to City approval.
• All materials shall be new stock, not previously planted or field-grown unless otherwise specified.
2. Specifications
Plant species and container sizes to be provided shall follow the schedule below (or approved equivalent).
No. Material
Description
Container
Size(s)
Unit Cost
1 Acer buergerianum 15-gallon / 24-
inch box
1 2 Cedrus deodara 15-gallon / 24-
inch box
1 3 Chitalpa
tashkentensis
15-gallon / 24-
inch box
1 4 Ginkgo biloba
‘Autumn Gold’
15-gallon / 24-
inch box
1 5 Koelreuteria
bipinnata
15-gallon / 24-
inch box
1 6 Lagerstroemia
‘Muskogee’ STD
15-gallon / 24-
inch box
1 7 Lagerstroemia
‘Tuscarora’ STD
15-gallon / 24-
inch box
1 8 Laurus nobilis 15-gallon / 24-
inch box
1 9 Pistacia Chinensis
‘Keith Davey’
15-gallon / 24-
inch box
1 10 Platanus acerifolia
‘Bloodgood’
15-gallon / 24-
inch box
1 11 Platanus acerifolia
‘Columbia’
15-gallon / 24-
inch box
1 12 Prunus cerasifera
‘Krauter Vesuvius’
15-gallon / 24-
inch box
1 13 Pyrus calleryana
‘Aristocrat’
15-gallon / 24-
inch box
1 14 Ulmus parvifolia
(sempervirens)
‘Drake’
15-gallon / 24-
inch box
1 15 Quercus agrifolia 15-gallon / 24-
inch box
1 16 Quercus lobata 15-gallon / 24-
inch box
1 17 Quercus shumardii 15-gallon / 24-
inch box
1 18 Quercus virginiana 15-gallon / 24-
inch box
1 19 Zelkova serrata
‘Village Green’
15-gallon / 24-
inch box
1 20 Abelia grandiflora 1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 21 Abelia grandifolia
‘Edward Goucher’
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 22 Agave ‘Blue Glow’ 3-gallon 1
23 Aloe striata 1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 24 Anigozanthus
flavidus
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 25 Arbutus unedo
‘Compacta’
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 26 Arctostaphylos
densiflora ‘Howard
McMinn’
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 27 Berberis t. ‘Rose
Glow’
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 28 Callistemon
viminalis 'Little
John'
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 29 Ceanothus griseus
horizontalis
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 30 Coleonema
pulchellum ‘Sunset
Gold’
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 31 Cotoneaster
dammeri ‘Lowfast’
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 32 Dianella caerulea
‘Cassa Blue’
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 33 Dianella tasmanica
‘Variegata’
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 34 Dietes vegeta 1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 35 Elaeagnus x
ebbingei ‘Gilt Edge’
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 36 Euonymus fortunei
'Colorata'
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 37 Euonymus fortunei
'Emerald 'n Gold'
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 38 Euonymus fortunei
'Radicans'
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 39 Gazania Mitsuwa
‘Trailing Yellow’
1-gallon 1
40 Grevillea lanigera
‘Coastal Gem’
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 41 Hemerocallis
Hybrids
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 42 Ilex vomitoria
‘Nana’
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 43 Juniperus
horizontalis ‘Blue
Chip’
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 44 Lantana camara
‘Radiation’
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 45 Lantana camara
‘Yellow Trailing’
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 46 Lavandula
intermedia ‘Grosso’
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 47 Leonotis leonurus 1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 48 Leptospermum
scoparium ‘Ruby
Glow’
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 49 Leucadendron
‘Safari Sunset’
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 50 Ligustrum
japonicum
'Texanum'
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 51 Lomandra
longifolia 'Breeze'
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 52 Lomandra
'Platinum Beauty'
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 53 Myoporum
parvifolium ‘White’
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 54 Myoporum
parvifolium
‘Pink’Prostratum
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 55 Muhlenbergia
rigens
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 56 Nandina
doemestica 'Gulf
Stream'
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 57 Nandina domestica
‘Harbour Dwarf’
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 58 Nepeta x faassenii
'Walkers Low'
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 59 Pennisetum
setaceum ‘Rubrum’
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 60 Phormium ‘Pink
Stripe’
5-gallon 1
61 Phormium ‘Yellow
Wave’
5-gallon 1
62 Phormium tenax
‘Atropurpureum’
5-gallon 1
63 Phormium tenax
‘Bronze Baby’
5-gallon 1
64 Pittosporum tobira
‘Variegata’
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 65 Rhaphiolepis indica
'Ballerina'
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 66 Rhaphiolepis indica
'Clara'
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 67 Rosa - Flower
Carpet Rose
2-gallon 1
68 Rosa – Iceberg
Shrub
5-gallon 1
69 Rosmarinus
officinalis
‘Prostratus’
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 70 Rosmarinus
officinalis ‘Tuscan
Blue’
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 71 Salvia
chamaedryoides
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 72 Teucrium fruiticans 1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 73 Teucrium fruticans
‘Azureum’
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 74 Teucrium
chamaedrys
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 75 Tracheolspermum
Asiaticum
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 76 Tracheolspermum
jasminoides
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 77 Tulbaghia violacea 1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 78 Verbena lilacina ‘De
La Mina’
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 79 Westringia
fruticosa
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 80 Xylosma
congestum
(senticosum)
‘Compacta’
1-gallon / 5-
gallon
1 3. Pricing Structure
Vendors must provide unit cost per plant, by species and container size, delivery cost if applicable, and lead time for fulfillment.
4. Additional Requirements
• Vendor shall state any minimum order quantities.
• All deliveries must be scheduled and coordinated with the Parks Superintendent or designee.
• Deliveries shall be made during normal business hours (Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–3 p.m.). • The City reserves the right to award by item, group, or total bid.
5. Submittal Information
All quotations must be submitted via BidsOnline no later than the closing date specified in the posting.