15-Pre-Bid Meeting Location Map.pdf

This is a Pre-Bid Meeting Location Map document for the State of Utah Division of Purchasing and Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining related to RFP BD27-113 for Wattis Mine Coal Fire Abatement. The project involves sealing five mine openings, eleven subsidence openings, fifteen exhaust vents and air intakes, and twenty-seven open cracks at an abandoned coal mine in Carbon County, Utah. Work will be performed through excavation and grading, shallow boring drilling, and use of a walker "spider" excavator with appropriate attachments to suffocate an active underground coal fire. A mandatory in-person site visit is required on Tuesday, October 20th at 10:00 am at the northwest parking lot located at the intersection of UT-10 S Carbon Avenue and Ridge Road in Carbon County, Utah (GPS Coordinates: 39.536251, -110.816029). The meeting is expected to last four hours and will involve driving and hiking over rugged terrain, with high-clearance four-wheel-drive vehicles recommended. Attendance at the entire pre-bid meeting by an authorized representative is mandatory, and bids from firms not on record as attending will be considered nonresponsive. Bidders are advised to supplement the site visit by examining the project independently, while noting that abandoned mines are hazardous and entry is prohibited.

The file is an image map providing driving directions from the city of Price, Utah to the mandatory pre-bid meeting location. Per Utah Procurement Rule R33-101-13, this pre-bid conference and site visit attendance is required for all potential bidders. The specialized nature of abandoned mine closure work, which differs significantly from standard residential or commercial construction, necessitates the mandatory in-person attendance requirement to ensure bidders understand the unique conditions and hazardous environment associated with the project.