City of Elgin Ionwave #Bid 26-027 Addendum 1

City of Elgin Wing Park renovation: park construction, recreation equipment, utilities, and landscaping

The City of Elgin is seeking a contractor to renovate Wing Park with new recreation areas, site infrastructure, and landscaping. - Government buyer: City of Elgin, Illinois — Purchasing Department; the agreement identifies the City Manager’s office. The project designer is Upland Design Ltd. - Scope: Demolish existing site features and construct paths, playgrounds and splash-pad features, sport courts, parking, fencing, lighting, utilities, landscaping, and a restroom building. The base bid and eight optional alternates cover the renovation and related park improvements. - Named OEMs and product brands: LSI Playground Equipment (City-purchased playground package for items AF–AR, BD–BW, and CC–CN); Musco Lighting (optional tennis-court, pickleball, and parking lighting); Lago (curved benches and stools/tables); and Bankshot System (one system). No specific model or manufacturer part numbers are provided. - Notable quantities: Base work includes 30,844 SF of concrete paving, 6,109 SY of trail asphalt paving, 12,591 SF of poured-in-place surfacing over gravel, 31 shade trees, and 7,492 perennials and grasses. Play and site items include one City-purchased LSI equipment package, one splash-pad equipment package, 18 solar bollards, 16 six-foot picnic tables, and 10 ADA rectangular picnic tables. - Alternates: Wetland boardwalk and paths; restroom building; west parking lot; ADA baseball plaza; bridge and adjoining paths; sports-plaza lighting and tennis-fence replacement; Sulphur Spring beautification and erosion control; and wetland restoration and maintenance. The sports-plaza alternate names Musco Lighting equipment; the bridge alternate includes one weathered-steel pedestrian bridge with a painted-steel upgrade option. - Purchase and installation split: The City purchases the named LSI playground package and certain site furniture, while the contractor receives and installs them. For other listed play and site items, the contractor purchases and installs the items. - Other named entities: Illinois Department of Natural Resources (OSLAD grant funding); no construction contractor or reseller is identified. - Key requirements: The agreement requires completion of the main work by late 2027, with remaining landscaping due by mid-2028. The solicitation also specifies prevailing-wage and certified-payroll obligations, bid security, contract bonding, and compliance with City responsible-bidder and residency requirements. The listed base bid includes a $250,000 contingency allowance.

Description

The City of Elgin is soliciting bids for renovation work at Wing Park. The project includes demolition of existing asphalt paths, concrete, playground surfacing and equipment, and the restroom building, followed by construction of paths, a playground, site furniture, parking, a restroom building, sport court surfacing, fencing, landscaping, and utility improvements. Bid documents are to be uploaded electronically, and bidders must attend at least one of the mandatory pre-bid meetings. The source’s addendum updates the bid response deadline to November 24, 2026, at 3:00 PM local time.

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