Sealed bids (“Bid”) for the design and installation of playground equipment at Lions Park in Peoria Heights, Illinois (the “Project”) will be received by the Village of Peoria Heights at Village Hall, 4901 Prospect Road, Peoria Heights, IL 61616. The Bid opening will be held at 10:00am (local time) on July 9 at Village Hall, 4901 Prospect Road, Peoria Heights, IL 61616.

The Project consists of two parts: (1) design of playground equipment, and (2) installation of new playground equipment, including ground preparations.

The Project Documents (consisting of Bid documents) may be obtained by contacting Dustin Sutton at (309) 686-2382 or dsutton@heightspd.com. The Project Documents will be distributed electronically. The bidder will be responsible for making hard copies of the Project documents.

All questions shall be directed to Dustin Sutton at dsutton@heightspd.com and received no later than July 7 at 5:00pm. All questions shall be promptly answered by issuing addenda.

Bidders must be experienced in the installation of Burke playground equipment of the type identified in the Project Documents.

Compliance with the Employment of Illinois Workers on Public Works Act (30 ILCS 570/0.01 et seq.) and the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (820 ILCS 130/0.01 et seq.) will be required for this Contract.

The Village of Peoria Heights reserves the right to reject any and all Bids or to waive any informalities in the bidding, should the Village of Peoria Heights deem it to be in the public interest to do so.

Unless a Bid or Bids are rejected for good cause, the Contract will be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. The lowest responsible bidder will be determined not only by price, but also by quality of service, past experience with installation of the same products, services offered and warranties, as judged solely by the Village of Peoria Heights.