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Home My WebLink About1992-09-14 92-439 ORDERua DatewSeptember114, 1992 Item No. 92-439 Item/Subject: Contract Award for Handicapped Playground Equipment Responsible Department: Puxahasing/Community Development Commentaryt Two bids were received for the purchase and installation of playstructures in five City parka. The low bid was reviewed by Stan Moses of the Community Development Department, which will provide Federal funding for these installations. In his review Stan determined that the equipment proposed by Noreast Recreation, Inc. the low bidder, failed to meet the handicap accessibility requirements speci- fied. See Stan's memo attached• The Moreast bid was also reviewed by Dale Theriault, Director of Parks and Recreation who found the proposed equipment to be of lesser quality as well as meting eting the handicapped accessibility requirements.See Dale's letter attached. Dale also visited an installation of the low bidder's playstructure in Portland and found that it was not holding up very well. Due to the above cited accessibility and quality consid- erations, the low bid from Noreast was determined to be .nonresponsive. The attached bid award recommendation to O'Brien for the Landscape Structures aquipmen a bee revi wed and approved by the Finance Committee Depart Manager's Comments: � Caty manager Associated Information: Bid Recommendation, Bid Tabulation Memo from C.D., Memo from Parka 6 Recreation Budget Approval: Finance Director Legal Approval: Crty Solicitor Introduced For: /�Yassage 1-7 First Reading 1-7 Referral Page 1 of 1 92-439 A.eigmd to Caunedor Baldaccl, September 14, 1992 CITY OF BANGOR (TITLE.) (Drbas.__Autharitfng Contra t w ars to n,,a o Brienfor the Installation Five Citv Parks. AN,* city cneva Of 04 C" Of Ba -- ORIDBRIMr TUT the City Manager is hereby authorized to execute a contract for the the installation of five plays[ uctures with N.E. O'Brien, the lav responsive bidder in the amount of $188;785.00. 92-439 ORDER September 14, 1992 Title, Pes d Au[M1orixing Contract Awaxd to M.E. O'Briiev fo'r kM1'e'Tn'stSilltio'n'bf'PleystiuEfuies iv Five Ci Clerk City Parka ................................ ..... Mipmd to V Councilman 92-439 Glitq of Panguc, �ffamt 01" BID AWARD RECOMMENDATION BID ITEM(5) Handicapped Playground Equipment DEPARTMENT: r BUDGET REFERENCE: Requisition No. 27522 Regular Appropriations Budget Amount $200,000.00 Enterprise Fund Item Total Amount of Bid X Other Federally FundedAward Recommendation: $ 188.785.00 Number of Bid Requests Sent: 19 Number of Bids Received: Date Advertised July 27. 1992 Bid Opening Date August 5: 1992 BID AWARD: Recommendation:_ Low Bid -L-Low Responsive Bid _Other Comments: Award the purchase and installation of handicapped playground equipment Co M.B. O'Brien 6 Sone. Inc. the low vesponuivedbidder at $188.)85.00. - The other equipment did not meet the handicap fl6essibility and s other quality featuresrequiredin the specificatlws..See attached memo from Stan Moeee, A88L Community Development Director. m ev APPROVALS r CiVaxavager city Coue<J Pwen Cemmiuee: r Cam TOz David Pellegrino, Purchasing Agent FRz Stan Noses, Beet. C.D. Director R6[ NorBaet Recreation IM./Sion St. Forge Playground Equipment Bid DATE: August 11, 1992 my review of the playground equipment bid from NorEast Recreation Inc./Iron Nt. Forge (NRI/INF) reveals numerous instances where the bid's progressive play structures do not meet the handicap accessibility requirement of the Request for Bids. Paragraph IV., "Handicap Accessibility", of the Request For Bids states in part..."All events on all equipment shall be handicap accessible by wheelchair", and "All elevated events Shall be wheelchair accessible by mans of ramps and decks which meet ANSI handicap accessibility standards. A second means of access/egress may be provided by means of transfer points." Each of the progressive play structures bid by NRI/INP fails to meet these accessibility requirements. The deficiencies arez Stillwater Park - The main deck accessed by the entrance ramp has an 8" step down which limits wheelchair access to only four (4) of the thirteen (13) elevated events on the play structure. Little City Plavamund - The entrance ramp terminates B" below the level of the main deck, denying wheelchair access to all twelve (12) elevated events on the play structure. Fairmount Park - The main deck accessed by the entrance ramp has an 8" step-up which limits wheelchair access to only three (3) of the thirteen (13) elevated events an the play structure. Manor Gardens Playground - A series of S" step-ups on the two (2) main decks deny wheelchair access s to seven (I) of the eleven (11) elevated events on the playstructure. All progressive play structures - all four (4) play structures lack an 8" high lower step at the transfer pointe to enable a handicap child to reaccess the structure from ground level. The provided 16" lower deck permits transfer from a wheelchair to the play structure, but, orae the child has descended a elide to ground level, the child cannot again access the play structures. Thus, continuous play is terminated after only one cycle. An 8" lower step would allow the handicap child to reaccess the play structure and maintain continuous play. As the main purpose of these playgrounds is to provide handicap children the opportunities to join their abled friends in continuous play, it is mandatory that all events be accessible. Bone of the play structures bid by NRI/IMP meet the requirements of this purpose. Therefore, the BRI/IMF play structures, as bid, do not qualify for the federal funds available through the Comunity Development program for handicap activities. My review also noted that the play structures bid by NRI/IMF lacked several events specified in the Request for Bids; is. store front panel, jail panel, math panel, spelling panel and sand chute panel. Rather, NRI/IMF offers multiple wheel panels and Tic-Tac-Tce panels. This reduced number of different activity panels greatly limits the variety of play options to appeal to children of different interests and does not offer the learning experiences of the other panels specified in the Request For Bids. SCB/rp CITY OF AN DGOR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT TaWlvlon of TITLE PAGE I OF BID QUOTES DIDMENEO Al5. 199x X. ¢. O Bxlm 6 8075 reaee xae case ion MedfSLLE. Xq �llyj TURW w/rt es � m ren ar w m r / / / Gttlene Equip 28 91 IS 23 15,074.0 15.204.75 Slid, 1 632.00 2. P �11e5aaulP 34.100.0 35.606.00 12.299.0 i 13.204.75 slid, 1.170.0 .630.00 3! Littis city Equip, 25.400.0 579.00 in AIR 0 4.25 4. rc Equip. 30.904.0 21.906.0 vtellety 16.601.011 1 silae 0 16 S2 00 S. 9xuvwe m7.o D MAML BID MOUNT 61]9.916.0 15] 146.00 54115 uxfsing i � Ca Mena 2.223.0 2.281.0 n I PerYYgi E. E45.0 I 1 8188.285.00 �81U.106. 92-439 PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT BANGOR ARMORY - 647 MAIN STREET BANGOR, MA NO 04401 VALE J& THE RIAULT CRAIG R. BRET To: Cavil Fellegriro Fran: Cale ITeriault Subject: Purchase of Playgroup Equipment Date: August. 31, 1992 aN major w,cerns regarding the purchase and placement of playgrourcl equipment at Fairmcunt, Little City, Bangor Gardens, and Stillwater Parks are Drat the equipment is safe, as bandi.cappel xssible as fossible, heavy duty duty and as vandal -proof as possible, exciting to the eyas of children, and as maintenance free as possible. We }lave not hear able to fund many new, equipment purchases in Eases parks over the past 20-25 years and I feel fortunate. [loot Go are able to use Caamuuty Development funding in these areas. fix• tly I'm concerned that Matever playgrnund equipment xe place there will, hopefully last for a long period of time. A1RrcEonately a:ro years ago we purchased a Structures Alum -A-Core play structure for Clim in Park as part of that park's total renovation. 14se egufpment has held up extremely well after Years of see by thousands of childran, requiring minvman maintenance by our parks staff. I am a firm believer in alu unum hased playground equiment and that is the reason we specified and purchased Alw:-A-Core structures for Broadway, Secmd St et, Cast, Williams, and Bwmeast Parks over the past two years. After finding out that Are could Equip these last four supervised parks, We wanted to maintain the quality, Safety, and depr:dability yet Change the basic design, colors, and imagery so that the children of Bangor could have acme choices available for play. That s the reason ce specifie9 Iarcleca[e Structures Playboosters avail- able in aluminum. Aa at Chapin Pazk xe want this equipment to be sturdy, safe, and East proof years from now. I recently toured the Playbooster Structure in South Braar (installed in 1988 and very heavily used) and can quote Parks and Recreation Director, Ken Narcan as saying "In five years of heavy, use serve ret to spend a nickel in mairRemsnce". Aluminum aces cost a bit =a Men purchased initially Wt this is mgensated by lower naintenance and zeplacerent costs over the years. B the Aluo-A re and Playbooster Structures mie with 10 year warranties. If for whodasairreason, we Qrt not to purchase the Landscape structures system than 1 believe that we should insist that aluminum he uses in all areas found on the Playbmster structrr including posts, top caps, beams, T-cla , and any other items as specified. Pipe',valls should be solid steel and ramp sides should be steel and not plastic. Activity panels should he high density polyethylene, and the entire stnncturs should be as hanlicaPped accessible as that bid by Iandscapa8tvvctures. lastly, the equiprent should have a 10 year warranty