Written Questions.xls
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- Woody Biomass Administration Services
- Solicitation number
- S000000004
- Issued by
- Ashley County, Arkansas
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This document contains a Q&A extract from the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism's written questions related to the Woody Biomass Administration Services procurement, solicitation number SP-21-0061. The procurement is seeking services to administer the marketing and sales of woody biomass products. The key questions and answers address insurance requirements, marketing and sales of the woody biomass products, and the contractor's role in the timber sale process.
The procurement document indicates that the umbrella liability insurance requirement is difficult to obtain and very expensive, so it has been modified in Addendum 1 to the solicitation. Additionally, the contractor does not have existing written agreements or pricing for the woody biomass products, as the scope of work, products, locations, and conditions of sale need to be determined first. The contractor acts as a fiduciary for the landowner, conducting timber sales to logging contractors, who then sell the wood to mills. The contractor has written agreements with the logging contractors but is not privy to the contracts between the loggers and mills.
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| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Addendum 1~1.pdf | ||
| Contract and Grant Disclosure Form~2.pdf | ||
| SP-21-0061 IFB - AR Buy.pdf | ||
| Revised Bid Response Packet 4.29.2021.pdf | ||
| Official Solicitation Price Sheet~1.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet |
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Q&A Extract Report
| ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, HERITAGE, AND TOURISM | ||||
| WOODY BIOMASS ADMINISTRATION SERVICES | ||||
| SP-21-0061 | ||||
| WRITTEN QUESTIONS | ||||
| Short Description | Question Nbr | Question Subject | Question Text | Answer |
| Woody Biomass Administration Services | 1.00 | Insurance Requirement | Bid SP-21-0061 |
Section 1.11 Insurance Requirements Part 3 Umbrella Liability
| This Policy is rarely provided by insurance carriers. It is very expensive and would limit or prevent companies from performing the work. Our insurance company cannot find anyone to provide the Umbrella Limits as currently stated. | See Addendum 1 to the IFB. | |||
| Woody Biomass Administration Services | 2.00 | Marketing and Sales | Section 1.8 Woody Biomass Marketing and Sales Part A |
We do not and woudl be difficult to obtain written agrement or prices for products until the contractor can determine the scope of work, i.e. the products to be sold, location, and condition of the sale.
| we do have an example agreement and solicitation form once the scope of work is determined. | See Addendum 1 to the IFB. | |||
| Woody Biomass Administration Services | 3.00 | Woody Biomass Marketing and Sales | Section 1.8 | |
| We, as a consultant, do not have an agreemnt with a mill to purchase wood directly. As a fiduciary of the client (landowner) act on their behalf to conduct the timber sale to potential buyers (loggers). we ensure contract compliance. Most mills in the area do not have a procurment staff that buys wood directly from landowners. they rely upon logging contractors, large corporate landowners, or wood dealers to deleiver (sell) wood to them. we have writtne agreemnts with the logging contractor. the logging contractor then has a contract with the mill. we are not privy to the logging contractor and mill contracts. | See Addendum 1 to the IFB. |
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