794641-event.pdf

Awarded To: Taylor Made Fencing LLC

Awarded to Taylor Made Fencing for lowest responsive bid.

Monroe Mountain Rangeland Fence Project Division of Wildlife Resources. 13 miles of fencing, 4-strand barbwire, cedar posts. Contractor responsible for labor, fencing materials, and equipment. Site visit on 10/18/2019 at 9:00 a.m.

Open 10/4/2019 9:30 AM MDT Type Invitation for Bid

Close 10/23/2019 2:00 PM MDT Number AS20073 Currency US Dollar

Sealed Until 10/23/2019 2:00 PM MDT

Contacts

Ann Schliep aschliep@utah.gov

Commodity Codes

Commodity Code Description

72154 Fence construction services and rangeland fence and fence installation

Description

Issuing Procurement Unit State of Utah Division of Purchasing Conducting Procurement Unit State of Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

INVITATION FOR BIDS

Monroe Mountain Rangeland Fence Project

SOLICITATION #AS20073

This Invitation for Bids "IFB" is issued in accordance with the State of Utah Procurement Code and the Utah Administrative Code. If any provision of this IFB conflicts with the Utah Procurement Code or the Utah Administrative Code, then the Utah Procurement Code and then the Utah Administrative Code will take precedence.

Purpose of this Solicitation

The purpose of this IFB is to enter into a contract with the lowest responsive and responsible bidder to provide: construction of approximately 17.3 miles of rangeland fencing with approximately 13 miles of “Priority Fencing”. Fencing consists of a four-strand barbwire fence with cedar post bracing. This project task order includes the Contractor to furnish all labor, fencing materials, equipment, supervision, transportation, operating supplies, and incidentals. See the attached site map for project area locations of the fencing projects within the scope of this project.

Closing date and time

The closing date and time for this sourcing event are 10/23/2019 02:00 PM Mountain Time. If your time is different from that shown, your profile may be set to a different time zone. Please see the attachment titled "Changing Your Time Zone" in the Buyer Attachments section for directions on how to update your profile. It is your responsibility to make sure you submit your response by the date and time indicated above.

Bid Openings

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The bid opening for this solicitation will NOT take place in person. “Unofficial Results” will be posted to the solicitation in SciQuest after the solicitation has closed. The Unofficial Results DO NOT constitute an award for the bid. Unofficial Results are being uploaded online in order to promote fairness to all vendors, regardless of physical geographic location.

SITE SPECIFICS:

Location and Description: Work under this Contract is located on Monroe Mountain within Central Utah, in Piute and County, Utah. Up to an estimated total of 13 miles of rangeland fencing will be constructed of the 17.3 miles. This will depend on funding availability and price per footage to build. Areas are identified to be built in priority order from 1-5 per attached map. The work location is shown on the general location and site maps. Elevations range from 7,600 feet to 9,000 feet within the project site.

Access to the site: Access onto the project site is provided by a combination of paved highways, county dirt surface roads and jeep trails. Four (4) wheel drive vehicles are recommended in and around the project area. It will be the contractor’s responsibility to get the equipment to the work site.

SPECIFIC TASKS:

Scope of Work Limits:

The Fish Lake National Forest Service is soliciting bids to construct 68,640 feet (13 miles) of four-strand barbed wire fence with cedar post bracing. This bid is to provide labor and materials to construct the identified fencing projects as specified. This project is located on Monroe Mountain in Piute County in Central Utah and accessed off State Route 62. The fencing project will take place in the Kingston and Forshea Allotments. The rangeland fence will be constructed of barbwire, using a cedar post between every 3rd steel post, including the installation of wire gates, double H-braces, and corner braces. See attached fence plan map, drawings and descriptions below for more details. Bidder must have experience in constructing rangeland barbed wire fences and building wood H-braces. The successful bidder (contractor) will construct the fence as specified below and will provide all labor and equipment (tractor, post hole digger, pliers, hammers, wire stretchers, chain saw, ATV, etc.) necessary to complete the fence as specified.

CONTRACTOR FURNISHED EQUIPMENT:

Equipment Requirements: furnish all labor, fencing materials, equipment, supervision, transportation, operating supplies, and incidentals.

GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY:

No Government property shall be furnished on this project.

This contract will result in one purchase order contract award to the lowest cost responsive and responsible bidder.

Length of the Contract

Project Performance Time: 237 calendar days from official Notice-to-Proceed (NTP)

Extended performance window: October 28th, 2019 – June 20th, 2020

Issuing Procurement Unit, Conducting Procurement Unit, and Solicitation Number

The State of Utah Division of Purchasing is the issuing procurement unit and the State of Utah Division of Wildlife Resources is the conducting procurement unit for this IFB (referred to as “the State”). The reference number for this IFB is Solicitation #AS20073. This solicitation number must be referred to on all bids, correspondence, and documentation submitted to the State relating to this IFB.

Additional Information:

SITE VISIT:

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A mandatory site visit will be held on October 18, 2019, at 9:00 am (Mountain Time). We will meet at the Koosharem Mercantile Store along Hwy 62 and Main Street Koosharem, Utah. A sign-in sheet will be provided for all attendees to sign in with the company name, contact person, phone number and email. Please be prepared to travel off road through rough terrain, on paved and gravel roads where you may need a high clearance vehicle or four-wheel drive to view the project sites.

Per Utah Procurement Rule R33-6-103 Pre-Bid Conferences and Site Visits. Mandatory site visits must be attended in person by an authorized representative of the person or vendor submitting a bid. The meeting will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. (Mountain Time) Any prospective bidders who arrive late to the meeting will not be allowed to continue with the site visit nor submit a bid.

Failure to attend the site visit shall result in the disqualification of any bidder that does not have an authorized representative attend the entire duration of the mandatory site visit. This includes not taking calls/text during the site visit. Phones may be used to take pictures. All discussion not related to the site visit must be done after the site visit as to not be a disturbance during the site visit. An attendance log will be maintained including the name of each attendee, the entity the attendee is representing, and the attendee’s contact information, minutes of the site visit, and copies of any documents distributed by the conducting procurement unit to the attendees and shall be published as an addendum to the solicitation. Any verbal modifications made to any of the solicitation documents during the mandatory site visit shall be reduced to writing and will be published as an addendum to the solicitation.

SHAPE FILES:

Maps and/or shapefiles are attached in the Buyer Attachments Section of this solicitation. If bidder needs additional maps/files, please specify the type in the Q&A Section of this solicitation.

Under no circumstances shall the shape/KML/PDF files be considered part of the contractual document. They will be provided for informational purposes only. Any .pdf files provided in this bid document and the actual physical site location shall govern any contractual interpretation or dispute related to this project.

Bidders are prohibited from communications regarding this IFB with the conducting procurement unit staff, evaluation committee members, or other associated individuals EXCEPT for the State of Utah Division of Purchasing procurement officer overseeing this IFB.

Wherever in this IFB, an item is defined by using a tradename, brand name, or a manufacturer and/or model number, it is intended that the words, “or equivalent” apply; and invites the submission of equivalent products by the Bidders.

Bidders may be required to submit product samples to assist the chief procurement officer or head of a procurement unit with independent procurement authority in evaluating whether a procurement item meets the specifications and other requirements set forth in the invitation to bid. Product samples must be furnished free of charge unless otherwise stated in the invitation for bids, and if not destroyed by testing, will upon written request within any deadline stated in the invitation for bids, be returned at the bidder's expense. Samples must be labeled or otherwise identified as specified in the invitation for bids by the procurement unit.

Evaluation of Bids

Each bid received shall be evaluated for responsiveness in as outlined in the Utah Procurement Code. This IFB shall be evaluated by the objective criteria described in this IFB. Bids submitted must comply with the prerequisites and questions sections of this IFB. Any bid that does not comply with the prerequisite and questions sections will be deemed non-responsive and will be rejected.

Multiple or alternate bids will not be accepted, unless otherwise specifically required or allowed in the invitation for bids. If a bidder submits multiple or alternate bids that are not requested in this IFB, the chief procurement officer or head of a procurement unit with independent procurement authority will only accept the bidder's primary bid and will not accept any other bids constituting multiple or alternate bids.

Any exceptions to the content of this IFB, including the prerequisites, must be protested in writing to the Division of Purchasing prior to the closing date.

To be responsive and responsible Bidders must review and respond to the following sections of this IFB: Prerequisites, Buyer Attachments, Questions, and Items.

• The Prerequisites Section contains the objective criteria that will be used to evaluate the bids, including the mandatory minimum requirements and general requirements that Bidders must certify that they have read, understand, and agree to in order to submit a bid. 30 October 201930 October 2019

• The Buyer Attachments Section contains the required State of Utah Terms and Conditions of the IFB, which are non-negotiable, and other documents required for this IFB.

• The Questions Section contains the questions that Bidders are required to answer in order to submit a bid.

• The Items Section contains a detailed description of the procurement items being sought and allows the Bidders to provide their bids.

Bidders must review each section of this IFB carefully.

Required to View Event

Prerequisites Required to Enter Bid

1. Bidders are encouraged to review this IFB prior to the deadline to submit a bid, even if a bid has been submitted, in case an addendum has been issued by the issuing procurement unit.

2. All questions must be submitted through SciQuest during the Question and Answer period.

3. A Bidder must guarantee its pricing for the period described in this IFB.

4. Bidders must accept the Standard Terms and Conditions that have been attached to this IFB. See Buyer Attachments Section.

5. The proposed Scope of Work has been attached to this IFB - Attachment B. See Buyer Attachments section.

6. Any Bidder requesting that part of its bid be protected shall include with the bid a Claim of Business Confidentiality. See Questions Section for uploading a Claim of Business Confidentiality form.

7. The mandatory minimum requirements are the objective criteria in which the conducting procurement unit will evaluate bids.

8. The issuing procurement unit may not accept a bid after the time for submission of a bid has expired.

9. Bids must be submitted electronically, through SciQuest.

10. The cost for this IFB will be evaluated as described in this prerequisite.

11. Bids will be opened in accordance with Utah Code 63G-6a-604.

Buyer Attachments

1. Claim of Business Confidentiality Form

2. Changing your Time Zone

3. Attachment A Terms and Conditions for Goods and Services (Purchase Orders)

4. Attachment B Scope of Work

5. Map FishlakeNF_KingstonForshea_Fences_Priority_20190927.zip

6. Map FL_RRD_KingstonAllotment_Fences_Priority_8x11_port_20190927.pdf

7. Monroe Mtn Kingston_Forshea Fence Project Q and A 2019.docx

8. Monroe Mtn Kingston_Forshea Project 2019 Sign in Sheet.PDF

Questions Required Questions

Group 1: Acceptance of Prerequisites

1.1 Do you agree to the Standard Terms and Conditions that have been attached to this IFB?

1.2

Does your firm assert a claim of business confidentiality for any of the following information submitted in response to this solicitation? If yes please attach the following business confidentiality claim as part of your bid. In addition, please attach a redacted copy of any document that contains confidential information.

1.3

Bidder acknowledges it has read the Attachment B Scope of Work and understands its obligations and responsibilities contained therein, which must be met if awarded a contract.

By submitting a bid, Bidder certifies that it can meet or exceed all of the requirements in the Attachment B. Failure to meet the required obligations and responsibilities, if awarded a contract, may result in bidder being non-responsible and the contract may be canceled.

1.4

Is Bidder presently or has Bidder ever been debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, or declared ineligible by any governmental department or agency, whether international, national, state, or local? If yes, Bidder must provide a statement regarding its debarment or suspension.

1.5 Is Bidder an employee of the State of Utah? If yes, then Bidder must submit an external employment form signed by Bidder's manager at the State of Utah.

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1.6

Bidder acknowledges that it must acquire and maintain all applicable federal, state, and local licenses before the contract is entered into. Licenses must be maintained throughout the entire contract period. Persons doing business as an Individual, Association, Partnership, Corporation, or otherwise shall be registered with the Utah State Division of Corporations and Commercial Code. NOTE: Forms and information on registration may be obtained by calling (801) 530-4849 or toll free at 877-526-3994, or by accessing:

www.commerce.utah.gov.

1.7 Does Bidder have an outstanding tax lien in the State of Utah?

1.8

Bidder acknowledges that the “Unofficial Results” posted at the end of the solicitation do not constitute an award for the bid, but are uploaded for bid opening purposes. Official notification of award will go out by email after all bids have been evaluated by the State.

Official Bid Results will then be uploaded to the solicitation.

Group 2: Vendor Information

2.1 Please provide your firm's legal company name.

2.2 Please provide your federal tax identification number? (If the vendor is sole proprietor please do not provide your social security number.)

2.3 Please provide your firm's contact information for this contract, including the name, phone number, and email address of your firm's authorized representative.

2.4 Please provide your ordering address and the remit to address. Please clearly identify each address.

2.5 Please provide your firm's State of Utah Sales Tax ID Number.

2.6 Identify your firm's type of business.

Group 3: Vendor's Submission

3.1

Vendor understands and acknowledges that its response, including all uploaded documents, will not be considered received by the State of Utah unless the Vendor clicks submit. Even if Vendor uploads all required documents and responds to all required questions its response will not be considered if it does not click submit. Offeror acknowledges that after completing the solicitation it must click on the link in the left hand menu bar labeled “Review & Submit”, then check the box under the “Certification” heading to certify their bid. Then click the blue box labeled “Submit Response” in order to submit their bid. Once the response has been submitted, Vendor will receive a confirmation that the response was successfully submitted.

Vendors who fail to submit their response will not have their response reviewed and will be ineligible for further consideration under this solicitation.

Group 4: Mandatory Minimum Requirements

4.1

Bidder acknowledges they must attend the mandatory site visit to be held on October 18, 2019, at 9:00 am (Mountain Time). We will meet at the Koosharem Mercantile Store along Hwy 62 and Main Street Koosharem, Utah. Failure to attend site visit in it's entirety, or being late, will cause the bidder to be considered non-responsive and they will not be able to bid.

Product Line Items Product Line Items

1.

# Item Name, Commodity Code, Description Allow Alternates Qty. UOM Requested Delivery

P1 Monroe Mountain Rangeland Fence Project 68,640 FT - Foot

Price per foot. Fencing project to include all labor and materials according to Attachment B Scope of Work. The total price shall include all labor, fencing materials, equipment and materials necessary to complete the job, which includes all mobilization and operating costs. There will be no fuel surcharges or adjustments negotiated. Bidding on the cattle guards will be by the unit/each.

Service Line Items Service Line Items

There are no Items added to this event.