REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on Award of Grazing Lease with Five Dot Land & Cattle Company for the Benicia Ranch Property
Report
BACKGROUND
Silicon Valley Power, the City's Electric Utility, provides electricity service to approximately 52,000 residential and business customers. The Electric Utility also manages several City-owned parcels of real property throughout the State of California as part of the City's efforts to generate and transmit its own electricity.
In 1982, the City purchased a 2,050-acre parcel of real property in Solano County, California, known as the Benicia Ranch Property. Since 2008, the City has leased the property to Schene Enterprises, Inc., which provides cattle to graze the land. The grazing of the land controls vegetation growth, minimizes fire risks on the Benicia Ranch Property, and provides a stable stream of revenue to the City.
The most recent lease with Schene Enterprises, Inc. paid the City $26,650 semiannually, and expired on September 16, 2018. The City wants to continue to lease the Benicia Ranch Property to a lessee providing grazing cattle at the Benicia Ranch Property.
DISCUSSION
On February 23, 2019, the City issued a Request for Bid (RFB) to select a qualified lessee at the Benicia Ranch Property. The City published the RFB using BidSync, the City's e-procurement tool. The City received three bids by the March 22, 2019 deadline.
* Five Dot Land & Cattle Company (Standish, CA)
* Schene Enterprises, Inc. (Dixon, CA)
* Clayton Koopmann d.b.a. Walking C Livestock (Sunol, CA)
Staff determined all bids were responsive and met the initial pass/fail review of the stated minimum qualifications. Five Dot Land & Cattle Company was determined to be the highest (pays the most to the City), responsive, and responsible bidder. The final bid results are listed below.
Bid Rank
Bidder
Bid Amount (initial year)|1010|Five Dot Land & Cattle Company
$84,173|1010|Schene Enterprises, Inc.
$69,700|1010|Clayton Koopmann ...
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