The City of Derby is a fast-growing, progressive community located 10 minutes south of Wichita. In 2007, Family Circle Magazine recognized Derby as one of the Top 10 Best Towns for Families in the County. U.S. World and News Report designated Derby as a Best Place to Retire in 2006. The City of Derby has a population of 23,214 and is a full-service city providing water, sewer, police, fire and other municipal services in the metropolitan area of south-central Kansas. The City of Derby is served by two major north/south traffic corridors. The City operates under a mayor/council/manager form of government. The City of Derby is interested in proposals for the replacement of playground surfaces with infilled synthetic turf surfaces that will provide a quality playing surface at competitive rates. The proposals will be evaluated on experience, quality, price, and turnaround time. General Information: The City reserves the absolute right in its obligations to the public to accept the proposal that best serves the public interest. In order to permit manufacturers to follow their standard manufacturing processes, minor deviations from the provisions of these specifications will be considered. Such deviations will be approved only at the discretion of the City and only if such approval, in the sole opinion of the City, does not adversely affect the goal(s) of the City. All deviations from the above specifications, however insignificant, must be fully explained on response sheets and shall become part of the proposal. A performance bond, payment bond, and statutory bond each in the amount of 100 percent of the Contract Price, with a corporate surety approved by the City, may be required for the faithful performance of the contract. The successful contractor will have ten (10) calendar days upon notification of award to execute the Agreement and obtain the performance, payment, and statutory Bonds and return all required documents to the City to the attention of Steve White, Parks Director. Questions regarding this document must be submitted in writing to Steve White, Director of Parks, at stevewhite@derbyweb.com by 12:00 p.m. (Noon) on Friday, June 16, 2023. Questions of a substantive nature will be answered in writing as an addendum and posted on the Derby website by 12:00 (Noon) on Friday, June 23, 2023. Derby reserves the right to select the proposal which best meets, in its sole discretion, its required needs, budget constraints, quality levels, and administrative expectations. Due to the importance of this project, Derby also reserves the right to select one or more firms to accomplish this task or to reject all proposals.
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