EXT REC | CON26-0049 Alta Plaza CPA - MLBE

The City and County of San Francisco, Recreation and Parks Department is procuring construction services for a Micro Local Business Enterprise (LBE) set-aside project to repair and upgrade Alta Plaza Playground (CON26-0049), located at Scott Street and Washington Street in San Francisco, California, zip code 94115. The scope of work includes removal and replacement of existing rubber safety surfacing with new synthetic turf surfacing and pour-in-place safety surface materials, installation of a new Kompan Double Tower with Sand Play Structure, removal and replacement of specific Columbia Cascade parts on existing playground equipment, and full recertification of the playground area by a California licensed Certified Playground Inspector. The project is divided into three bid items awarded on a lump-sum basis: playground surface work, playground equipment installation, and playground certification. Bidders must hold a current California Class A Contractor's License and demonstrate minimum qualifications including completion of at least 12 playground installations within the past five years, current City Supplier status, and compliance with prevailing wage requirements under California's Senate Bill 854. Evaluation will be made to the responsible contractor submitting the lowest responsive bid within 90 days of bid receipt. Written questions must be submitted no later than Wednesday, April 29, 2026 by 5:00 p.m. to cort.eidem@sfgov.org with a copy to bridget.webster@sfgov.org; sealed bids are due Wednesday, May 6, 2026 at 2:30 p.m. via email to bridget.webster@sfgov.org. No mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held; however, site visits may be arranged by contacting Project Manager Cort Eidem at 415-530-1778 or cort.eidem@sfgov.org. The project schedule allows 60 calendar days from notice to proceed until substantial completion, with an additional 15 calendar days until final completion, and the contract period extends through December 31, 2026 with a scheduled completion date of January 5, 2027.

This procurement is restricted to bidders certified as Micro-LBEs by the City's Contract Monitoring Division (CMD) in a certification category corresponding with contractor licensing requirements. The Neighborhood LBE Pilot Program applies to this project, offering eligible firms whose principal place of business is located within Supervisorial District 2 and/or project zip code 94115 potential bid discounts of 1 percent for Neighborhood LBEs or 1.5 percent for Project Zip Code LBEs, with additional information available in CMD Attachment 4, Section 2.01, or by contacting Norbu Dhonyo at 415-554-0648 or norbu.dhonyo@sfgov.org. The Micro-LBE Prime must perform at least 25 percent of the contract work directly and is encouraged to subcontract to other Micro-LBE certified businesses to the maximum extent possible; all subcontractors performing work exceeding one-half of one percent of the total bid price or $10,000, whichever is greater, must be listed on the Subcontractor List Form. All contractors and subcontractors must register with the California Department of Industrial Relations and maintain certified payroll reporting through the eCPR system in compliance with prevailing wage requirements. Contractors must comply with multiple San Francisco labor ordinances including the Minimum Compensation Ordinance, Health Care Accountability Ordinance, Health Care Security Ordinance, and Fair Chance Ordinance, with the City's Office of Labor Standards Enforcement conducting ongoing compliance monitoring through jobsite inspections, worker interviews, and payroll audits. Performance and Payment Bonds equal to 100 percent of the total contract value are required, along with 5 percent retention on all payments; liquidated damages of $2,000 per calendar day apply for failure to achieve substantial completion on schedule and $750 per calendar day for failure to achieve final completion. The engineer's estimate for this project is $562,188, with the maximum estimated contract value not to exceed $1,170,000, and all bids must be submitted in U.S. dollars.