ITB-205LW - Cobb and Lions Park Playgrounds - Design and Installation

The Parks and Recreation Department of the City of Southgate, Michigan desires to replace an existing
play structure at Lions Park and an existing play structures and pavilion structure located at Cobb Park.
Lions Park is located on Superior Street across from the municipal Tennis Courts and Animal Shelter
(approximately 15500 Superior Street). Cobb Park is located at the corner of Superior Street and Trenton
Road. The proposal is to include all installation and playground equipment with appropriate engineered
wood fiber surfacing. The proposed pavilion structure for Cobb Park is to be 20’ by 24’ in minimum size
and consists of steel framing with metal ribbed roof and to include all footings and concrete slab
installation. The City is seeking proposals in response to this Request for Proposals (RFP) from qualified
recreation equipment design/build firm or team (Contractor) to produce a conceptual design, final
design and construction documents and construction of a non-supervised public park.
Suppliers should base their playground equipment designs on meeting all accessibility and safety
standards as well as the guidelines & specifications listed in this RFP. Quality of equipment components,
quality of design, play value, cost, and appropriateness to location and target demographic must be
taken into consideration in the design of the play system