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

Raymond Park Renovations The City seeks a full range of construction services to renovate the approximately 2.8-acre public park in the Neighborhood Nine neighborhood of Cambridge. Raymond Park is located at 112 Raymond between Walden Street, Raymond Street, and Upland Road, and directly abuts private residences on one side. The park is a neighborhood park that supports both active and passive recreation, a playground, a community garden, and shared offleash dog activity each morning. Raymond Park has been a neighborhood park and playground since the early 1920's. Prior to the establishment of the park, documents suggest that the land may have been used as a clay pit. Since the park's original dedication, it has included a playground and ball field, ice skating in the 1930's, established a community garden in the 1980's, and a memorial garden at the corner of Upland and Raymond in the late 1990's. The last significant renovation was in 1993. The landscape architectural design includes the renovation of the existing playground, sports field, terraced seating, new multi-sport hard court, trees, plantings, seating, walkways, lighting, and minor improvements at the community garden. The scope of work includes demolition, grading, new subsurface utilities, drainage, irrigation, lighting, fencing, salvaging and reusing the exiting stone wall, new paving surfaces including asphalt, concrete, playground safety surfacing, playground equipment installation including an embankment slide, plant and tree installation, signage and furniture installation. Of the greatest importance is the protection of existing trees and existing community garden plots to remain in place. The successful bidder should expect the schedule include the coordination of work and installation of a public art piece that fulfills the City's Percent for Art Ordinance. Additionally, the City is interested in exploring options for the construction schedule and site management that would allow access to the community garden during the growing season, as well as identifying other opportunities to keep parts of the park open for neighborhood use while work is taking place in other areas. The estimated project value is: $2,300,000.00 All questions must be submitted in the e-Procurement Portal not later than 2:00PM on Monday, July 21, 2025. Work covered by this contract includes but may be limited to site-work; construction; reconstruction; alterations; remodeling or repair of the public works project described in this paragraph 1.03 including the following major work: 1. Preserving and protecting mature tree canopy, community garden, planters and other site features 2. Salvaging granite blocks from existing retaining wall for re-use on site as terraced seatwalls and climbing elements 3. Project earthwork: rough and fine grading 4. Replacing and upgrading site utilities, including stormwater infrastructure, drinking fountains, site lighting and electrical, irrigation 5. Replacing the basketball court in a new location with multi-sport goals and a painted support surfacing 6. Adding picnic areas inclusive of site furnishings, public art, bicycle racks and other amenities 7. Playground renovation including replacement of all equipment and surfacing with a new set of climbing towers, swings, tot train as well as an embankment slide and climbing features. New safety surfacing including both PIP rubber and engineered wood fiber. 8. Asphalt, concrete and stone dust surfacing on pathways and gathering areas throughout the park 9. Cutting, capping and re-fabricing of existing chain link fencing along the perimeter of the site and community garden fencing. Additions of two gates. Some areas of fence removal. 10. Environmental graphics and signage, including fence mounted signage, ground mounted signage and playground safety signage 11. Strategic updates to the community garden, including addition of an interior gate, an ADA accessible raised bed and a garden shed 12. Updated multi-purpose field and site plantings throughout the park