Case File 26-1782

Context: The item states funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets, with an initial two-year term and up to three one-year extensions.

Recommended: Obtain the executed contract and confirm how the city may terminate or reduce scope if future budgets do not fund years two through five, since only $52,431 is presently available against a $755,000 ceiling. Ask whether the vendor is entitled to any termination or demobilization costs when the contingency is triggered, and whether each of the three one-year extensions requires a separate written action.

Context: The May 28, 2026 authorization sets a two-year initial term with up to three one-year extensions for a single vendor, Power Pest Corp. d/b/a Urban Bird Services.

Recommended: Ask purchasing for the bid tabulation and number of responsive bidders on this pest and wildlife deterrent award to Power Pest Corp. doing business as Urban Bird Services. A thin bidder field tells you whether to invest in Texas wildlife-deterrent credentials and site experience now, because the next real opening is the first one-year extension decision after the two-year initial term, not a fresh solicitation.

Context: The May 28, 2026 council item authorizes up to $755,000 while naming only $52,431 in available Austin Convention Center and Austin Facilities Management operating funds, with the rest contingent on future budgets.

Recommended: Request the solicitation file and cost justification behind a not-to-exceed authorization of $755,000 when only $52,431 was identified as available in current operating budgets. Ask staff what volume of bird and bat work at the Convention Center and Facilities Management sites supports a ceiling roughly fourteen times the funded amount, and whether the figure assumes all three extension years are exercised.

Context: The May 28, 2026 contract covers bird and bat control funded through the Austin Convention Center and Austin Facilities Management operating budgets.

Recommended: Ask Austin Facilities Management and the Convention Center for the scope of work under this contract: which specific buildings receive netting, spikes, or roost exclusion, and when crews will be on site. If bat roosts near you are targeted, ask in writing whether exclusion is timed to avoid the season when pups cannot fly, before the vendor mobilizes.