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Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract, and any necessary documents, including subsequent amendments, with Commercial Recreation Specialists, of Verona, WI, to purchase a custom Wibit water playground configuration for the Alamitos Beach Water Playground Project, in a total amount of $126,179, with a 15 percent contingency in the amount of $18,927, for a total contract amount not to exceed $145,106. (District 2)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into a contract with Commercial Recreation Specialists (CRS) to purchase a custom Wibit water playground configuration for the Alamitos Beach Water Playground Project (Project).
The Project includes the installation of a new inflatable Wibit water playground off the shore at Alamitos Beach (Attachment A). The Wibit water playground will be configured in a figure-eight shape to connect multiple play structures such as slides, towers, and monkey bars (Attachment B). The water playground will be used during the summer each year for a five-year period.
Wibit equipment is currently used at the Bayshore Water Playground. Inflatable play structure manufacturers only produce products in their brand specific materials and colors. Wibit equipment will be used at Alamitos Beach for continuity of maintenance equipment and repair and colors of materials. CRS is the only supplier of Wibit equipment being used for the Project.
City Charter Section 1801 requires that contracts for City purchases be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after a competitive bid process, but allows for awards without a competitive bid process if accompanied by a Resolution adopted by the City Council.
This matter was reviewed by Deputy City Attorney Erin Weesner-McKinley on December 9, 2021, Business Services Bureau Manager Tara Mortensen on December 15, 2021, and by Budget Operations and Development Officer Rhutu Amin Gharib on December 17, 2021.
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