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City of Nashua, Public Works Division
Board of Public Works Meeting Date: March 24 2016
Nicholas Caggiano - Superintendent
Parks and Recreation Department
Purchase of Playground Structures for Labine Park.
fo approve the purchase of the playground Structure for Labine Park through the
Massachusetts Higher Education Contract B14 from M.E. O’Brien & Sons Inc. of
Medfield, MA. in the amount of $62,485. Funding will be $50,952 through
Department 184 Urban Programs; Fund: Grant; Activities: CDBG FY 15 & 16,
and $11,533 from Department 177 Parks and Recreation; Fund: Prior Year
Escrows Labine Park. Account Classification: 71 Structures.
Quotation, and Playground Layout
The structure being purchased is based on the input from the Legacy Playground
Group, some of the pieces used at the Sargent’s Ave playground and the concepts
that were scen by the Director and Superintendent touring playgrounds
recommended by Jennifer Brooke of the Institute for uman Centered Design.
The bid for the site work and installation of these structures as part of a
community build is currently out to bid. The purchased structures have a 4-6 week
Jead time which will have if ready for the start of the project. The project is
scheduled to begin in mid-June and is scheduled for completion in early
September. The pricing for the structures is from the Massachusetts Higher
Education Contract of which Nashua is a member,
Based on the past history of the company and the structures that M. E, O’Brien
has provided the City of Nashua in the past it is the recommendation of the Park
& Recreation Department to award this purchase to M.i. O’Brien & Sons of
Medfield MA. in the amount of $62,485.
