Request for Proposals
Design/Bid/Build Contract for Site Improvement of the North Plaza of Conway Street Park
South Baltimore Gateway Partnership is issuing this Request for Proposals (“RFP”) to solicit proposals from firms for the landscape improvement of the existing city-owned open space lot in the North Plaza of Conway Street Park, located at 610 W. Conway Street in Baltimore City, MD.
The North Plaza at Conway Street Park is a small park/plaza in the Ridgely’s Delight neighborhood. Known for its brick rowhomes created in the mid-19th century, Ridgely’s Delight, is bordered by Russell and Greene Streets to the east, West Pratt Street to the north, and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to the west.
In the 1970s/80s, brick paving was added to the neighborhood in conjunction with the redesign of Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. At that time, a sizable percentage of the neighborhood consisted of vacant properties and the State had claimed many of them through eminent domain. Everything south of Conway Street was torn down to create the highway right of way. Some of the area became Conway Street Park and the State planted trees put in brick sidewalks on the North Plaza side of the park. Today, residents use the park to host community events such as movie nights, “National Night Out,” Orioles Opening Day (an annual tradition), graduation parties, and occasional kid birthday parties. Members of the community currently host monthly meetings and would like to have a comfortable gathering area made available for daily use, as well as programmed events.
Design for the existing North Plaza open space lot has been divided into two project sites (project areas are each less than 5,000 square feet and 100 cubic yards of disturbance) which are referred to as Site 1: On-Site Parcel and Site 2: Right-of-Way (R.O.W.) Parcel.
The Bid Set Contract Documents (CDs) are enclosed in the RFP. Please refer to the Bid Set CDs for location and details of Site 1 and Site 2. Construction is to occur concurrently for Site 1 and Site 2. The contractor shall ensure that the total limit of earthwork disturbance does not exceed 100 cy or 5000 sf at any given time. Contractors are to submit one combined bid proposal for the two project sites.
All proposals related to this RFP are to be submitted to procurement@sbgpartnership.org by 5:00pm on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. Hard copies will not be accepted. See the full RFP for additional proposal instructions and applicant qualifications.
There will be a Mandatory RFP Pre-bid Conference at the project site on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, at 11:00 am.
To register for the conference, email procurement@sbgpartnership.org by Friday, May 23, 2025.