City seeking bids and proposals for Travers playground art, water treatment plant work, City Beach snack shack

By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff

The city of Sandpoint is soliciting bids and proposals for a number of projects, including playground artwork at Travers Park, rehabilitation of the Little Sand Creek water treatment plant and a concessionaire for Martha’s Snack Shack at City Beach.

The request for proposal at the Travers Park playground, specifically includes four panels of a “We-Go-Round,” a trademarked style of merry-go-round designed to be inclusive to users of all abilities, including full wheelchair accessibility.

Marsha’s Snack Shack at Sandpoint City Beach. Photo courtesy of Google Maps.

According to an announcement from the city, submissions may be filed for one panel or all four “in a story form,” with the final format to be determined. The project budget calls for $250 per panel for a total of $1,000. 

Other criteria include that images must be original art — no AI-generated images will be allowed — and the city has stipulated that “we would like to see at least one panel with a reference to ADA access, for example, a child in a wheelchair.”

The city may give preference to illustrators who are Bonner County locals or who have art that is featured in a local author’s book.

Questions about the call for artwork will be accepted until 2 p.m. on Monday, March 4 with the deadline for submissions set for 2 p.m. on Monday, March 11. For all inquiries and submissions, contact Sandpoint Arts and Historic Preservation Officer Heather Upton at [email protected]. Submissions must include name, address, phone number and email address, and resumes are encouraged but not required.

For the full request for proposal — including sample images, templates and all necessary forms — go to sandpointidaho.gov/doing-business/solicitations and click on RFP No. 24-5300-1.

The bid for the Little Sand Creek water treatment rehabilitation project is described as including concrete latex mortar spot repair, crack sealing, wall coatings, link-seal replacements and roof drain improvements, among other related tasks. The estimated cost for the project is less than $400,000.

Sealed bids will be received by the city clerk until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26.  A pre-bid conference for the project will take place Tuesday, March 12 at 2 p.m. at the treatment plant (856 Schweitzer Mountain Road).

Full bid documents are available at the city’s website under Bid No. 24-3457-1.

Finally, the iconic concessions building at City Beach is in need of an operator, with the city seeking RFPs from commercial tenants to provide services at Marsha’s Snack Shack from May 18 through Sept. 2 (Labor Day weekend), with the option to continue operations for the 2025 and 2026 seasons.

The successful applicant will provide all staffing and equipment needed to operate the concessions stand, named in memory of late-Mayor Marsha Ogilvie, and which features a kitchen area of 400 square feet, 225 square feet of storage space and a 450-square-foot dining area.

Proposals will be accepted until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26 and questions — only to be directed in writing to [email protected] — are due no later than 2 p.m. on Tuesday, March 18. Three hard copies and one pdf copy of the proposal delivered on a thumb drive should be sent to: City of Sandpoint, City Clerk at 1123 Lake St., Sandpoint, Idaho 83864.

Find all RFP materials at sandpointidaho.gov under RFP No. 24-5180-1.