Power line clearance and vegetation management services
Power Line Clearance, Solicitation 196580, issued by City of Seattle.
At a glance
Seattle City Light seeks qualified vendors for a contract pool to perform vegetation management and power line clearance services across its distribution service area. Services include tree trimming and removal near energized circuits, general vegetation management, stump grinding, fuels management, and emergency storm response. Work may extend throughout the City Light service area including Skagit Camps and transmission corridors.
Key facts
- Issuing agency
- City of Seattle
- Solicitation number
- 196580
- Type
- purchase
- Posted
- Mar 12, 2026
- Response deadline
- Apr 23, 2026, 12:30 PM EDT
- Pre-bid meeting
- Mar 26, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT
- Place of performance
- King County, WA
Official description
Solicitation #CL0-6688. Issued by FAS - Purchasing. The purpose of this solicitation is to establish a pool of contracts with qualified vendors to furnish labor, equipment, transportation and supervision to perform comprehensive vegetation management services for Seattle City Light. This includes power line clearance tree trimming and tree removal operations near or around energized high voltage circuits, secondary voltages, electrical equipment, street light and telecommunication cables, as well as general vegetation management work not involving electrical hazards. Work will be performed throughout the entire City Light Distribution Service Area, possibly including Skagit Camps and Transmission tower right-of-way corridors. This solicitation will replace current contracts 5242 with Davey Tree Surgery and 6518 with Xylem LLC (formerly with Kemp West). Services under this blanket contract include, but are not limited to: • Power line clearance tree trimming and removal (electrical hazard work) • General tree trimming, pruning, and removal (non-electrical hazard work) • Tree transplanting • Stump grinding and brush removal • Fuels management and vegetation clearing • Emergency storm response and hazard tree mitigation
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