The City is seeking to engage a suitably qualified and experienced Contractor to provide cleaning of playground sand and mulch under-surfacing services across various Parks. The Contractor is required to mechanically sieve, clean, aerate and re-level the sand or mulch in pits where play equipment is installed.

There are approximately 160 playgrounds in the City, with sand under-surfacing, and a few play equipment pits have mulch under-surfacing. The sand pits are generally mechanically sieved twice per annum, with pits in high usage locations sieved four times per annum, on average. Mulched pits are sieved on an as-needed basis. From time to time, an un-programmed clean is required, for example, if a pit has been contaminated.

The contract requires three (3) types of service:

a. A standard service for maintenance cleaning of sand

b. Comprehensive service for situations where a more thorough sand clean is required, for example,e where a pit has not been mechanically sieved previously or where there is a problem with contamination and

c. The cleaning of the playground mulched under-surfacing