City of Long Beach Buyspeed #PW-26-782

1st Street Pedestrian and Streetscape Improvements, including Blue Line Rail Car Installation

The City of Long Beach is seeking construction bids to rebuild pedestrian and streetscape features along 1st Street from Pacific Avenue to Elm Avenue. - Government buyer: City of Long Beach, Department of Public Works, Project Management Bureau, Capital Improvement Program. - Project scope: Demolition and reconstruction of streetscape and accessible pedestrian routes, traffic and erosion control, utility and signal adjustments, water and sewer work, drainage and bioretention, paving, lighting, signage, irrigation, and landscaping. Work also includes transporting and installing a decommissioned Blue Line rail car and modifying it for pedestrian access. - Named manufacturers and specified products: Landscape Forms, Inc. Chase Park receptacles and Presidio benches; Nippon Sharyo P865 rail car #100; EZ-ACCESS or approved equal modular ramp; and Calsense CS3000 Series irrigation controller. The plans also specify 60 cast-silicon-bronze skate stoppers, Medjool date palms and pink trumpet trees, Blue Line and address signs, an interpretive sign, and a lead-free backflow preventer. - Quantities and notable items: 19 Chase Park receptacles; 60 skate stoppers; one 28-foot by 48-inch accessible ramp; 39 single-seat, two two-seat, seven three-seat, one two-bench three-seat assembly, one five-seat, and seven radius Presidio bench assemblies to be refinished and reinstalled; one P865 rail car; two A02 signs, two A06 signs, and one E03 sign; one irrigation controller and one backflow preventer. Tree quantities are not clear in the plans. - Initial bid-schedule work items: Surveying and staking, temporary chain-link fencing with windscreen, pedestrian and vehicle traffic control, hardscape removal and disposal, and work on an existing 8-inch A.C.P. water line including installation of an 8-inch gate valve. Each is listed as one lump-sum item. - Notable requirements: Maintain safe pedestrian access during construction; coordinate rail-car handling with LA Metro and work with Long Beach Transit; repair rail-car roof leaks and weather-tightness issues; connect irrigation controls to the City’s central system and provide a certified third-party irrigation audit. Some work is identified as a bid alternate. - Other named project consultants: RJM Design Group, Inc.; CIVTEC; KOA Corporation; FBA Engineering; and Shimaji & Lascola, Inc. These are identified as design consultants, not bidders or product manufacturers.

Description

The City of Long Beach is seeking construction bids for pedestrian improvements on 1st Street from Pacific Avenue to Elm Avenue. Work includes removal of selected existing curbs, gutters, sidewalks, driveways, curb ramps, utilities, light poles, site furnishings, trees, and planting areas, along with traffic and erosion control. The project also includes relocating a traffic signal, adjusting utilities, and constructing new streetscape improvements, including water and sewer work, drainage, accessible pedestrian facilities, lighting, landscaping, and related elements. Attendance at the virtual pre-bid meeting on October 14, 2026, is mandatory; bids are due November 10, 2026, at 10:00 AM.

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