Inflatable Amusement Devices 2026-27

Inflatable Amusement Devices 2026-27

The City of Lake Forest ("City") seeks qualification statements from qualified firms to provide inflatable amusement devices to facilities renters.

The Inflatable Amusement Devices RFQ includes the general services included in the General Scope of Services (Attachment A) and shall be used to determine a Pre-Qualified Consultant List for Inflatable Amusement Device services.

Responses must conform with the requirements of this Request for Qualifications (RFQ).  The City reserves the right to waive any irregularity in any Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) or to reject any SOQ which does not comply with this RFQ.  Modification to the RFQ including, but not limited to, the work to be performed can be made only by written addendum issued by the City.  Selection of pre-qualified firms will be made solely by the City on criteria determined by the City.

The use of the term “firm” throughout this document means individual proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, corporation or joint venture.

By submitting an SOQ, the interested firm agrees to all of the terms of the RFQ and Agreement (Attachment C), unless exceptions to the RFQ or Agreement are stated by the firm in its SOQ. The successful firm will be required to enter into an Agreement which will include the requirements of this RFQ as well as other requirements.  The City reserves the right to reject any SOQs, exceptions or changes to the Agreement, or Request for Qualifications.

Background

About the City
The City of Lake Forest is located in southern Orange County, California, in the area commonly referred to as the Saddleback Valley, with a population of approximately 85,000. It is the County's thirty-first city and the second largest city within the Saddleback Valley, encompassing 16.6 square miles. The City of Lake Forest's fiscal year begins on July 1 and ends on June 30.

The City was incorporated in 1991, operates under the Council/Manager form of government and is considered a contract city. The five members of the City Council are elected by district. They serve staggered four-year terms, with the Mayor being selected annually from among the Council Members. The Council meets on the first and third Tuesdays of each month.

City Hall is located at 100 Civic Center Drive, Lake Forest, California 92630. The telephone number is (949) 461-3400, and the fax is (949) 461-3511. The City website address is http://www.lakeforestca.gov.

Project Description

Inflatable Amusement Devices

City staff maintains a list of qualified and contracted vendors to provide an inflatable amusement device to gazebo rental permit holders.  Community Services staff works closely with Public Works to provide locations within select parks that are able to support Bounce House Inflatables based on space and irrigation locations.  The selected parks are:  Mountain View, Pittsford, Rimgate, Concourse, and El Toro. Public Works has mapped an area as to where the inflatable is able to be placed near the gazebo at the select parks. Staff will coordinate efforts with approved vendors to provide this service.  

The services are expected to be completed within one year from contract award. The City anticipates awarding a contract with an initial term of August 29, 2026 to August 28, 2027.

Project Details

• Department: Management Services - Community Services
• Department Head: Sean McGovern (Deputy City Manager)

Important Dates

• Questions Due: 2026-08-10T19:00:00.000Z

Evaluation Criteria

• Vendor is Qualified to Provide Inflatable Device Rentals. (1 pts)
• Vendor has all required Insurance Coverages and has provided Proof of Insurance. (1 pts)
• Vendor has completed Application. (1 pts)
• Vendor Communication and Reputation (1 pts)

Submission Requirements

• Proposal Requirements (required) —

  Did you read through and confirm that you met all of the proposal requirements including the sections:

  1. Instructions for Submissions
  2. Scope of Work
  3. Model Agreement including Insurance Requirements
  4. Additional Requirements
• Proposal Documents (required) —

  Please Upload your COMPLETE Application here, which includes the following:

  1. Community Services Bounce House Vendor Application 
• Statement of Qualifications (without Cost Information) (required) —

  Please Upload your COMPLETE Statement of Qualifications here. Upload fee schedule and costing information separately in the next step.

• Separate Cost Information (required) —

  Confirm that your fee scheduled and cost information is not attached in your Statement of Qualifications and is attached separately here.

• Please upload your Certificate of Insurance. (required) —

  Please upload your Certificate of Insurance. 

• Acknowledgement to all Terms Conditions, and Requirements and Certification of Complete Application* (required) —

  I confirm that you met all of the proposal requirements listed in the following sections:

  1. Instructions for Submissions
  2. Scope of Work
  3. Model Agreement including Insurance Requirements
  4. Application Requirements

  I acknowledge that the submission of an application constitutes acceptance of the conditions contained in this RFC and the Inflatable Amusement Devices Agreement, should Respondent be selected.

• Electronic Pricing Table (required) —

  Would you like to have bidders respond to an electronic pricing table through OpenGov?

  Some examples of of when to say "yes":

  1. This is a quote for goods or commodities
  2. This is a public works bid, with a pricing table that can be uploaded into OpenGov from an excel spreadsheet
  3. Seeking services for hourly rate schedules
• Separate Fee Proposal Upload (required) —

  If you are NOT using the Electronic Pricing Table option, will you want your bidder to separate a Price Proposal from the rest of their Response? You'll want to do this if you open your bids initially WITHOUT showing price, and then come back in after a technical evaluation to unseal pricing later.

• Evaluation Committee? (required) —

  Will there be an evaluation committee to review the proposals and score them based on weights and multiple criteria?

• Are there any additional requirements for this project? (required)
• Is this an RFQ for Public Works/CIP Projects requiring service category selections? (required) —

  Service areas include the following:

  SERVICE AREA	SERVICE AREA (Y/N)	RANK (1-8)
  Street and Intersection Design
  Geotechnical/Soils Engineering
  Surveying
  Landscape Design
  Flood Control
  Traffic Engineering
  Water Quality/Environmental
  Construction Administration /Construction Inspection