Site work for a playground / park / athletic field in Rensselaer, New York. Completed plans call for site work for a playground / park / athletic field.

The City of Rensselaer is seeking proposals to provide and install off the shelf (i.e. catalogue designs) playground systems at one or two city parks. The parks are easily accessible and the area of playground installation is relatively flat. We are seeking a playground system intended for children aged 2 to 12 years old with a capacity of approximately 45 to 65 children and a variety of ADA compliant play features (elevated play activities,ground level play activities, slides, climbers, etc.). The use zone is expected to be within 35 feet by 40 feet. Respondents to this RFP may propose an array of playground equipment options at various price points. Pour-in-place play ground surfacing will be installed throughout the use zone of the playground equipment installed and must have a critical fall height of at least 6 feet. Proposals from Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE), Minority-Owned Business Enterprise (MBE), Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE), and Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Business (SDVOB) are strongly encouraged. The City of Rensselaer reserves the right to negotiate an agreement based on fair and reasonable compensation for the scope of work and services proposed, as well as the right to reject any and all responses deemed unqualified, unsatisfactory or inappropriate at the sole discretion of the City. An interview may be requested to aid in the selection of a Supplier. The award will be made to the qualified Supplier whose proposal is deemed most advantageous to the City after all factors are considered. Acceptance of Proposal Content. The contents of the proposal of the successful proposer may become contractual obligations if the City of Rensselaerwishes to execute a contract based on the submitted proposal. Failure of the successful proposer to accept these obligations in a contract may result in cancellation of the award and such proposer may be removed from future solicitations. The selected firm will be required to sign a contract with the City relating to the work to be performed. Response Material Ownership. The material submitted in response to the RFQ becomes the property of the City of Rensselaer and will only be returned to the contracted firm at the City's option. Responses may be reviewed by any person after the final selection has been made. The City of Rensselaer has the right to use any or all ideas presented in reply to this request. Disqualification of a proposer does not eliminate this right. Reference Checks. The City of Rensselaer reserves the right to contact any reference or any client listed in the documents for information