DEPARTMENT: Finance
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Troy Elliott
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Annual Contract for Poured in Place Rubber Playground Safety Surfacing Application
SUMMARY:
This ordinance authorizes acceptance of a contract with The Playwell Group to provide labor and materials for Poured in Place Rubber Playground Safety Surfacing Applications at various City Park locations for an estimated cost of $137,000 annually. Funding for this contract is available through the FY2018 Parks and Recreation General Fund Operating Budget.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Submitted for Council consideration and action is the proposal submitted by The Playwell Group to provide labor and materials for Poured in Place Rubber Playground Safety Surfacing Applications at various city park locations. Poured in Place safety surfacing is a protective surfacing that will enable city parks to be in compliance with Critical Fall Height safety requirements for playground surfaces which is required in order to reduce the risk of severe head injury from falls. The critical fall height of a playground surface is determined by the height of the highest piece of playground equipment that a child can stand on and the play surface underneath the equipment. This height will determine the thickness of the safety surfacing required.
The City issued a Request for Competitive Sealed Proposals for "Annual Contract for Poured in Place (PIP) Rubber Playground Safety Surfacing Application" on December 15, 2017, with a submission deadline of February 7, 2018. Three proposals were received and two proposals were deemed non-responsive. One proposal was deemed non-responsive by the Economic Development Department due to respondent's failure to meet the Small Business Economic Development Advocacy subcontracting requirement. The other proposal was deemed non-responsive for failure to submit any of the RFCSP proposal requirements and attachments that were established as part of t...
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