Brief

The Board of Recreation and Parks Commissioners initiated a contract with Landscape Structures, Inc. to supply playground equipment, water play structures, outdoor fitness equipment, and related accessories and services for Los Angeles parks. The Arts, Parks, Libraries, and Community Enrichment Committee approved the contract on June 9, 2026. The contract is now pending full City Council action.

Full summary

This file authorizes the Department of Recreation and Parks to enter into an as-needed contract with Landscape Structures, Inc. for the purchase and installation of playground structures, water play and aquatic equipment, outdoor fitness equipment, site amenities, and related delivery and services at city park facilities. The contract would run four years at up to $7 million per year, with the RAP General Manager holding discretion to exercise up to three additional one-year extensions, potentially extending the arrangement through December 17, 2029. Rather than going through a traditional competitive bidding process, the city is piggybacking on an existing cooperative purchasing agreement between Landscape Structures and Sourcewell, a national municipal contracting agency established under Minnesota law. The city finds this approach permissible under City Charter exceptions for cooperative intergovernmental purchasing arrangements and for expert, technical work that must be dispatched on an as-needed basis where no single criterion like price comparison can determine the best provider. The RAP also determined it lacks in-house staff with the time and expertise to perform these services directly. The Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners submitted the initiating report on May 7, 2026. The Arts, Parks, Libraries, and Community Enrichment Committee took up the matter on June 9, 2026, and approved all recommendations on a 2-0 vote (Jurado and Nazarian in favor; Hernandez absent). The committee's recommendations ask the full Council to authorize the contract, make findings supporting the no-bid approach, and authorize the Board president and secretary to execute the contract once all approvals are in place. No fiscal impact statement was submitted by the Board, and neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis. The file carries a deadline of July 1, 2026 for Council action.

Activity (4)

• 2026-06-09 Arts, Parks, Libraries, and Community Enrichment Committee approved item(s) .
• 2026-06-04 Arts, Parks, Libraries, and Community Enrichment Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on June 9, 2026.
• 2026-05-08 Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners document(s) referred to Arts, Parks, Libraries, and Community Enrichment Committee.
• 2026-05-07 Document submitted by Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners, dated May 7, 2026.

Documents (3)

• 2026-06-09 Report from Arts, Parks, Libraries, and Community Enrichment Committee · report
• 2026-06-09 Speaker Card(s) · speaker_card
• 2026-05-07 Report from Board of Recreation and Park Commissioners · report