Award Recommendation and Evaluation Herbicide and Aerial Spraying.1.docx

Michigan.gov/MiProcurement

Michigan.gov/MiProcurement

AWARD RECOMMENDATION

Notice of Intent to Award Number: 260000000534 The Department of Natural Resources Procurement office has completed the evaluation of RFP 260000001889 for Aerial Drone Spraying for the Upper Peninsula, Western Lower and Eastern Lower Peninsulas for the Forest Divisions and has recommended an award to AgTak for the Upper Peninsula in the amount of $26,178.17 and Quality Drones for the Eastern and Western Lower Peninsula in the amount of 83,530.40., pending State Administrative Board approval, if applicable. More information on the State Administrative Board can be found at: State Administrative Board.

Bidders who were not recommended for the award are encouraged to schedule a debriefing session with the Solicitation Manager. The debriefing session will provide the bidder with the State’s rationale on why the bidder was not recommended for the award. The Solicitation Manager may be contacted as follows:

Laura Gyorkos, Solicitation Manager.

Gyorkosl@michigan.gov 517-388-6234 Background Information:

This Request for Proposal (RFP) was to solicit responses for selection of a Contractor to provide herbicides and aerial spraying those herbicides on DNR properties. The term of this contract is three years, with up to three one-year renewal options.

Bidders:

The RFP was posted on SIGMA VSS on 4/27/26 The following bidders submitted proposals by the published due date of 5/19/2026.

*SDVOB: Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business **GDBE: Geographically Disadvantaged Business Enterprise

EVALUATION SYNOPSIS

I. Evaluation Process A Responsible Vendor is a vendor that demonstrates it has the ability to successfully perform the duties identified by the solicitation. A Responsive proposal is one that is submitted in accordance with the solicitation instructions and meets all mandatory requirements identified in the solicitation.

Proposal Instructions, Mandatory Minimum Requirements PASS/FAIL – contract award to lowest price PASS bidder.

The full evaluation process is stated in the RFP Proposal Instructions.

II. Evaluation Method Responses to this solicitation were reviewed by the Solicitation Manager in collaboration with the Subject Matter Expert which consisted of the following individuals:

Kim Marton, Solicitation Manager Finance and Operations, DNR Marcy Sims, Contract Specialist, Forest Resources Division.

Evan Farinosi, Reforestation Specialist, Forest Resources Division.

III. Evaluation Results The evaluators reviewed the proposals and made the following determinations related to the published specifications:

Quality Drone Wildlife Wetland Sol.

IV. Pricing Summary Pricing was evaluated for the bidders who received a PASS rating and is summarized below:

V. Award Recommendation:

Award Recommendation is made to the responsive and responsible bidder who receives a PASS rating and offers the lowest price to the State of Michigan. Low price is determined by the bidder who meets the requirements and offers the lowest overall price as demonstrated by its proposal.

Award Recommendation is made to AgTak for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the amount of $26,178.17.

Award Recommendation is made to Quality Drone for the Eastern and Western Lower Peninsula of Michigan in the amount of $83,530.40.

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