RFP Exceptions Form.pdf

This is a Request for Proposal Exceptions Form issued by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources for the Catfish Creek FLP Easement Survey project (Contract ID: 26CRDLWBNSCHM-0001). The RFP solicits qualified licensed land surveyors to provide professional surveying, mapping, and legal description services for a proposed conservation easement located in Dubuque County, Iowa. The project is structured in two phases: Phase 1 requires preliminary delineation, establishment of temporary field markings, and production of a preliminary Plat of Survey with legal descriptions and maps; Phase 2 involves conditional finalization of the Plat of Survey with monumentation and recordation contingent upon landowner acceptance of the easement. The RFP opened on March 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM CST with a proposal submission deadline of April 4, 2026 at 9:00 AM CDT. No site visits or bidders' conferences are scheduled. Respondents must submit separate Technical Proposal and Cost Proposal files through the IMPACS Electronic Procurement System.

The Exceptions Form provided is a blank template with ten numbered rows for vendors to document any exceptions to RFP provisions, including the prerequisite, document or question number, and reason for exception. All exceptions must be uploaded to the Vendor Attachments Section and submitted as questions in the Question and Answer Section. The RFP documentation does not specify set-aside designations, restrictions on organizational types, disadvantaged enterprise preferences, or award values and budget ranges. Vendors may request confidential treatment of specific information using Form 22. The State reserves the right to award the contract without further negotiation or to negotiate terms with the selected respondent, and materially altering RFP terms may result in disqualification. Additional details regarding evaluation criteria, pricing terms, and specifications are available through the Iowa DNR website and the full RFP documentation in IMPACS.