Request for Proposals: Martha Rivers Park Playground Replacement Project

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL MARTHA RIVERS PARK PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT PROJECT – COMPREHENSIVE PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT (1515 NEAL HAWKINS RD, GASTONIA, NC 28056) OPTIONAL COMPONENT: SITE DEMOLITION AND RECOVERY SERVICES I. OVERVIEW A. The City of Gastonia is seeking comprehensive, competitive proposals from qualified playground manufacturers and installation contractors to design, procure, and install new commercial-grade playground equipment at Martha Rivers Park in Gastonia, North Carolina. B. The current wooden community-built playground (Leathers design) was constructed in 1999. Over the years, the wood has degraded; therefore, a new and exciting playground design that meets national standards will need to take its place. C. The City of Gastonia seeks to maintain a similar overall design, structure, layout, and play experience as the existing Martha Rivers Playground, while incorporating modern, innovative, accessible, and code-compliant playground equipment and amenities. D. Vendors are encouraged to use the existing playground as a reference for the overall character, scale, configuration, and relationship between play components. E. Vendors are encouraged to make reasonable efforts to salvage, preserve, and incorporate existing nostalgic and historically recognizable elements of the Martha Rivers Playground, including hand tiles and brick pavers. F. Preliminary design and construction will be the focus of this RFP. G. The Vendor will be required to provide the best quality and quantity of services within the allotted budget for this project. H. A critical administrative element of this solicitation is cost flexibility surrounding demolition. The City reserves the absolute right to execute the dismantling, footing extraction, and disposal of existing site structures using in-house municipal/agency staff (Path A), or to award this segment to the selected Vendor as an optional contract add-on (Path B). I. The Submitting Vendor will ideally possess experience in playground design and installation and must be able to demonstrate a very high customer satisfaction level from past projects. J. The selected Vendor(s) will be required to coordinate the final design and selection of playground equipment with the Parks and Recreation Department to ensure a coordinated and cohesive finished project that benefits the community. The selected Vendor(s) will be required to coordinate the installation of the selected playground equipment with the City. K.