Site work for a playground / park / athletic field in Evanston, Illinois. Completed plans call for site work for a playground / park / athletic field.

Work on this project includes removal of failed existing brick curbing and permeable concrete pavement and installation of a stone retaining wall and new permeable concrete pavement at the Arrington Lakefront Lagoon located east of Sheridan Road at Church Street in Evanston, Illinois. The City of Evanston (the City) in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois, hereby notifies all Bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that the contract(s) entered into pursuant to this Notice will be awarded to the successful Bidders without discrimination on the ground of race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, familial status or national origin. The State of Illinois requires under Public Works contracts that the general prevailing rate of wages in this locality be paid for each craft or type of worker hereunder. This requirement is in accordance with The Prevailing Wage Act (820 ILCS 130) as amended. The City of Evanston reserves the right to reject any or all submittals or to accept the submittal(s) deemed most advantageous to the City. The Evanston City Council also reserves the right to award the contract to an Evanston firm if that firm's bid is within 5% of the low bid. Each Bidder shall be required to submit with their bid a disclosure of ownership interest statement form in accordance with the provisions of City Code Section 1-18-1 et seq. Failure to submit such information will result in the disqualification of such bid. The City of Evanston has a goal of awarding 25% of its contracts to MinorityOwned, Women-Owned, and Evanston-based businesses (M/W/EBEs). All questions related to this bid document should be submitted in writing to Linda Thomas, Purchasing Specialist at lithomas@cityofevanston.org with a copy to Stefanie Levine, Senior Project Manager, at slevine@cityofevanston.org.