The Council of the City of Sydney ("the City") invites tenders for the carrying out of inspections, reporting, and repairs of playgrounds and fitness stations in accordance with this Request for Tender (RFT).

Background: The City's Recreation Infrastructure:

The City currently maintains 162 built playgrounds and fitness stations within our public parks, childcare centres, libraries, and community centres, including:

- 138 playgrounds; and

- 24 fitness stations

The size and scale of these sites range from small pocket parks with minimal equipment to expansive multi-use recreation zones. All together, these sites include over one thousand individual recreation assets including:

- Playground equipment

- Fitness equipment

- Rubber softfall surfacing

- Artificial grass surfacing

- Loose-fill surfacing (including sand and mulch)

- Other associated recreation infrastructure such as bespoke metal or timber play sculptures and nature play elements, and peripheral play assets

In accordance with our Resourcing Strategy & Community Asset Management Plan, the City is committed to maintaining all playground and fitness station assets to sustain their useful life and meet our communities' priorities which include safe and inviting public spaces.

Playground & Fitness Station Inspections, Reporting, and Repairs Contract:

Playground & Fitness Station Inspections, Reporting, and Repairs contract (the Contract) comprises of:

- a schedule of prices for core services (contract management, database management, and periodic inspections and reporting) at each site;

- a schedule of rates for additional services required under the Contract (repairs and consultancy work)

The initial term of the Contract will be for a period of three (3) years, with one option to extend for a further two (2) years. The total possible contract length being five (5) years.

Any option to extend will be granted based upon satisfactory performance and at the City's discretion. The City expects services under this Contract to approximately commence in January 2025, or sooner.

Tenderers must demonstrate that they have the capacity and resources to deliver the program they are tendering for, including when they intend to use subcontractors.

The City will assess all tender submissions based on value for money considering both qualitative criteria and overall cost.

Tenderers must submit tenders in the manner required by this RFT.

The City reserves the right to select one or more suppliers as part of the outcome of this tender.

The City is committed to creating opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander owned businesses. The City encourages First Nations People businesses, Local SME, Start-ups as well as social enterprises (including Cooperatives) to work with us and respond to this opportunity.

If you have any difficulties please contact the Procurement Representative in the first instance.