1429564-event.pdf

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Fallon County Junk Vehicle Direct Haul The State of Montana Department of Environmental Quality seeks a contractor to provide direct haul of junk vehicles in Fallon County.

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Open 8/14/2026, 10:00 AM MDT Type Limited Solicitation Close 8/26/2026, 2:00 PM MDT Number DEQ-LimtSol2027-402601 Currency US Dollar

Sealed Until 8/26/2026, 2:00 PM MDT

Payment Terms 0% 0, Net 30

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Contacts Rebecca Gregg Rebecca.Gregg@mt.gov

Phone +1 406-444-3101

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Commodity Codes Commodity Code Description 1616 Environmental Services - Recycling (Including Petroleum Free Products)

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The State of Montana Department of Environmental Quality seeks a contractor to provide direct haul of junk vehicles in Fallon County, Montana. A detailed scope of work is provided on Prerequisites page entitled Attachment A: Fallon Co SOW. Bidders are required to follow the directions set forth in this event, all documents, and the Question-and-Answer Board.

Questions, clarifications, comments, etc. must be presented to the State for consideration through the Question-and-Answer Board by the specified date and time. The system is designed to disallow question submittals after the closing date and time; the same is true for the bid due date and time. Submittals of questions and/or bid responses via email to the Single Point-of-Contact will be rejected and deleted. Unauthorized direct communication with the program will result in automatic disqualification. This is to maintain the integrity of the process and information/content presented so the same information is available to all interested parties.

Vendors experiencing difficulties uploading their documents/bids must be sent to the eMACS help desk (406- 444-2575 or emacs@mt.gov).

Description

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Prerequisites Required to Enter Bid

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1. Review and accept the Single Point of Contact (Procurement Officer) information.

2.

Read and accept Montana's Standard Terms and Conditions. Use the Exceptions Form for all you want the State to consider and submit the Exceptions Form to the Q&A Board by the questions submittal deadline.

Failure to request exceptions during the Q&A period will result in your agreement to them as written and no consideration to negotiate will be granted except for non-material changes at the State's option.

3.

Read and accept the LS General Conditions. Use the Exceptions Form for all you want the State to consider and submit the Exceptions Form to the Q&A Board by the questions submittal deadline. Failure to request exceptions during the Q&A period will result in your agreement to them as written and no consideration to negotiate will be granted except for non-material changes at the State's option.

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Use this form to request ALL Draft Contract, Montana's Standard Terms and Conditions, and LS General Requirements exceptions you want the State to consider modifying. Only one form is required. Upload to the Q&A Board by the questions submittal deadline. Only requests submitted by that deadline will be considered-the State will not entertain any changes at any point after this deadline. In order for the State to consider requested changes, the form must be filled out in each column; requests without that information will automatically bre rejected and the requirement/verbiage will remain as originally published. See associated prerequisite for additional information. The State reserves the right to accept, reject, or negotiate any or all requests and provide response(s) past the anticipated answer posting deadline if legal review/negotiations necessitate a longer term to decide. The State reserves the right to make non-material changes at its option.

5. Read and acknowledge the Scope of Work requirements. Exceptions must be noted in the Exceptions Form and submitted by the Questions submittal date for the Q&A Board.

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Read and accept the Draft Contract. Use the Exceptions Form for all you want the State to consider and submit the Exceptions Form to the Q&A Board by the questions submittal deadline. Failure to request exceptions during the Q&A period will result in your agreement to them as written and no consideration to negotiate after the Q&A period closes. The State reserves the right to make non-material changes at its option.

7. Read and accept the Q&A Certify and Submit information.

8. Read and accept the Insurance Requirements information.

9. Read and accept Items (Services) Confirmation information.

10. Read and accept the Estimated Procurement Timeline information.

11. Read and accept the Warranty for Services information.

12. Read and accept Business Registration information.

13. Read and accept the Debarment information.

14. Read and accept Bidder Representations information.

15. Bidders must acknowledge their understanding that this bid is seeking a percentage price versus a price per ton.

16. Read and accept Montana Time Zone and Submittal information.

17. Read and accept Responsive and Responsible Definitions information.

18. Read and accept the Public Inspection and Confidential Materials information.

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Buyer Attachments There are no Buyer Attachments added to this event.

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Questions Required Questions

Group 1:

Instructions:

1.1

Provide full company name, address, and phone number as well as the contact name and information for the individual who is authorized and knowledgeable to answer questions regarding your submitted response (liaison). Additionally, provide the name and contact information for the individual authorized to sign contract documents binding your company to the contract if it is different from the liaison.

1.2

Provide the company name, contact, contact information, and a complete description of the services provided for three clients bidder has successfully completed or is currently performing similar services as stated in this LS within the last five years. These references may include state/federal government and universities. The State reserves the right to contact these references to assist in determining bidder's responsive, responsible bid and overall ability to successfully perform the contract. Negative references may be grounds for bid disqualification.

1.3

Was artificial intelligence technology used in the development or completion of any portion of this proposal? Please identify the portion(s) of the proposal that were developed using AI, and provide a detailed response used to ensure that all AI-generated content has been reviewed and validated by a named human subject-matter expert who claims responsibility for accuracy. NOTE: Even if "No", upload a document to this question that attests AI was not used in order for the system to recognize this question is answered. Failure to confirm a human reviewed and certified the accuracy of the bid response is grounds for disqualification as non-responsive.

1.4 Does your proposal contain confidential information? If you select Yes, another question will generate requiring an upload of your Trade Secret Affidavit. Offerors MUST also upload a redacted copy of their proposal under Supplier Attachments.

1.5 The State of Montana uses DocuSign for routing all contracting documents. Respond yes or no to your firm's ability to accept documents this way. If the answer is no, provide the requested alternate method.

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Product Line Items Product Line Items

There are no Items added to this event.

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Service Line Items Service Line Items

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# Item Name, Commodity Code, Description Allow

Alternates Qty. UOM Requested Service Delivery

S1 Price as Percentage 1 LS - Lump Sum 9/3/2026 to 6/30/2027

This DIRECT HAUL contract must be bid as a PERCENTAGE not per ton. Bids must be based on the Bid Percentage of the national scrap metal price of #2 bundles as quoted by the American Metals Market (AMM) for Seattle/Portland.

REMINDER: eMACS does not have a percentage unit of measure. Therefore, lump sum will stand in for percent. DEQ will consider the amount bid to be the bid percentage as defined above. Example: the lump sum amount is 60; DEQ will consider this to be 60%.

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