AG Services-Kanapolis State Park

The State of Kansas Department of Administration, Office of Procurement and Contracts, on behalf of the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, is soliciting competitive bids for agricultural hay harvesting services at Kanopolis State Park in Rooks County, located 35 miles southwest of Salina or 14 miles northwest of Marquette, Kansas. This Invitation for Bid (IFB) seeks a contractor to conduct prairie hay harvesting operations across approximately 220 acres in designated areas (Langley Point and Horsethief areas) throughout the park. The contract period extends from the date of execution through December 31, 2026, with three optional three-year renewal periods contingent upon mutual agreement. Haying operations must be conducted between June 25 and July 31 annually, Monday through Thursday only, as determined by the park manager, with the permittee retaining 100 percent of harvested hay and responsible for removing all bales within seven days of bailing. Bidders must be established firms with a minimum of three years' continuous active participation in similar agricultural services and must provide three professional references. Award will be determined based on the highest cash rent per acre bid for the 220 available acres, with prices remaining firm for the entire contract period and all renewals, and annual rent due by July 31. The bid event opened February 12, 2026, at 4:30 PM CST and closes March 18, 2026, at 2:00 PM CDT; written questions must be submitted via email in MS Word format to Phillip L. Curtis, Procurement Officer, at phillip.l.curtis@ks.gov no later than February 26, 2026, and prospective bidders must request an official invitation at least 24 hours prior to the closing date.

Bidders must submit electronically to procurement@ks.gov or hand-deliver to the Office of Procurement and Contracts at 900 SW Jackson, Suite 451, Topeka, Kansas 66612-1286, and all responses must include a current Tax Clearance Certificate from the Kansas Department of Revenue, a Certification Regarding Immigration Reform and Control, a Boycott of Israel certification, and a Sexual Harassment acknowledgment form. The State of Kansas offers bidder preference programs for Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses and Certified Businesses, with interested bidders required to include appropriate documentation and preference request forms with their submissions. Political subdivisions are permitted to utilize this contract under identical conditions as the State, and pricing must be available to such entities; the State also offers Procurement Card (P-Card) payment options with no additional charges permitted. No specific budget range or award value is disclosed in the procurement documents; rather, the award value will be determined competitively based on bidders' proposed cash rent per acre. The State reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, waive informalities or technicalities, clarify ambiguities, and to verify tax status of potential contractors and subcontractors prior to purchase order release, with contractors failing to provide a Tax Clearance Certificate given ten calendar days to comply or risk award proceeding to the next lowest responsive bidder. All bid responses become property of the State and are subject to disclosure under the Kansas Open Records Act, and this IFB replaces Contract 46513.