Dept. Of Agriculture - Boaz Lab - Fence Installation

The Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries is soliciting quotes for chain link fence installation at the Mitchem-Sparks Regional Diagnostic Laboratory in Boaz, Alabama, with a mandatory site visit on November 18, 2026 and quotes due November 25, 2026. Attendance at the mandatory site visit is a bid filter: bids from suppliers who do not attend will not be considered. Suppliers must be registered in Alabama Buys and submit electronically through the platform. Foreign entities must also be registered with the Alabama Secretary of State, and the awardee must enroll in E-Verify under the Beason-Hammon Alabama Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act.

The scope covers all labor and materials to install a chain link fence around an incinerator and shed. The fence must consist of (but not limited to) 48 feet of fencing at 6 feet high, one 4-foot gate, and seven poles, installed per the attached fence diagram. The awarded supplier must complete installation within 30 days from issuance of the purchase order.

The contract may be renewed annually by written agreement of both parties, up to a total contract cost of $25,000 or five years from the effective date, whichever the source states as the limit reached first. A Disclosure Statement is required because the contract may exceed $25,000. Pricing is subject to cost realism and price reasonableness review at the discretion of the Chief Procurement Officer. Price escalation requests may be considered if material or labor costs significantly increase through no fault of the supplier, capped at 5 percent of the annual contract cost, with manufacturer or raw-materials documentation required. The state is sales-tax exempt under Section 40-23-4(a)(11) of the Code of Alabama 1975, and the state may cancel for convenience with as much notice as practicable.

Suppliers needing bid-submission help may contact the Alabama Buys Helpdesk at (334) 353-0700. Site visit questions go to Gary Lovelady at (334) 240-7149. The opportunity is tagged to Etowah County and two Birmingham City jurisdictions.