Landscape & Park Maintenance Services for Sports Complex Facility
Closed State & local contract opportunity Posted
- Solicitation number
- 2026-RFP-040
- State
- California
- Responses due
Opportunity facts
- Jurisdiction
- Points of contact
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- Celina Cabrera ccabrera@cityofpalmdesert.org (760) 776-6449
- Maria Murillo mmurillo@palmdesert.gov (760) 574-7781
- Michael McConaha mmcconaha@lakeforestca.gov (949) 461-3575
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About this opportunity
The City of Palm Desert is requesting proposals for a three-year Professional Services Agreement to provide landscape and golf course architecture design services, environmental review, construction documents, and construction-phase support for Desert Willow Golf Resort improvements, with proposals due August 4, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. and a mandatory pre-proposal meeting on July 14 at 9:00 a.m. via Zoom.
Proposers must hold a current California Contractors State License Board C-27 Landscaping Contractor license and register with the California Department of Industrial Relations if the project is subject to prevailing wage requirements. The scope encompasses conceptual design and environmental review for two areas: the Desert Willow Golf Academy (new putting green, practice target greens, driving range expansion, and cart path modifications) and the Desert Willow Golf Resort practice tee area (potential artificial turf installation and turf recovery enhancements). Design phases are anticipated within 12 to 15 months, with construction occurring in subsequent phases over the contract term.
The contract includes options to renew for two additional one-year terms. The City will request a lump-sum, not-to-exceed fee proposal with hourly rates for work beyond the base scope. No consultant fee or construction budget is specified in the RFP; the City will provide a budget range during project initiation. Proposal prices are valid for 90 days from submission.
Evaluation criteria, weighted equally at 20 points each, include Firm Qualifications and Multidisciplinary Experience, Project Team and Technical Expertise, Relevant Project Experience and Quality of Work, and Project Understanding and Technical Approach; Project Schedule and Responsiveness carries 10 points, and Cost Proposal carries 10 points. Questions are due July 21, 2026. Proposals must be submitted electronically through the OpenGov Procurement portal. Contract award is subject to City Council approval.
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Update #2 · Latest ·
Request for proposal Landscape & Park Maintenance Services for Sports Complex Facility. Landscape & Park Maintenance Services for Lake Forest Sports Complex Facility. The Lake Forest Sports Park/Complex (LFSP) is a 86-acre Sports Park and Recreation Center that opened in November 2014. The park itself covers 86.2 acres with 57 acres devoted to sports fields and a multi-functional recreation center. The featured amenities include: 5 baseball/softball diamonds, 100,000 square feet of common ground turf area for community events, 230,000 square foot natural grass area for organized sports, outdoor exercise equipment, 2 synthetic turf soccer fields, 2 outdoor basketball courts, 8 gazebo picnic structures, and 2 playgrounds/tot lots with a mix of engineered wood chips and resilient rubber surfaces and play equipment. The scope of work at LFSP includes: regularly scheduled landscape maintenance; managing the Citys irrigation system; landscape repairs; emergency responses; aerating; dethatching; over-seeding all turf grass; tree management; refilling of dog waste bags, support for community events, backflow repairs and certification; and, providing pest and rodent control.
Update #1 ·
The City of Palm Desert is requesting proposals from qualified firms Desert Willow Golf Course Improvements to establish a three-year term Professional Services Agreement. Desert Willow Golf Resort is a City-owned facility that has identified several landscape and golf course improvement opportunities, including enhancements to the practice putting greens, bunkers, driving range, and other areas of the facility. The City is seeking to contract with a qualified landscape or golf course architecture firm to provide professional design services, prepare construction documents, and assist with construction-phase support for these improvements.
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