Eq Rental Crane w/Operator D-1 (State)

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Division of Purchases, is issuing a Request for Bid (RFB) for equipment rental services comprising a minimum 40-ton mobile crane with operator and helper, along with a driving hammer capable of driving 20" by 18' sheet piling and HP12x53 steel H-Piles across twelve specified counties in District 1 (Ballard, Carlisle, Graves, Fulton, McCracken, Lyon, Livingston, Crittenden, Marshall, Calloway, Trigg, and Hickman). The estimated quantity is 150 hours of crane rental with operator services, and the vendor must provide all equipment, operator, helper, maintenance, fuel, lubrication, travel, mobilization, and delivery expenses, with a minimum guarantee of eight hours per work order. The contract will commence upon award and expire on June 30, 2027, with four optional one-year renewal periods available. The evaluation will be conducted on a best value basis using price (95 points) and response time (5 points), with vendors required to state a specific response time in calendar days; late deliveries will incur 1% per day deductions from invoices. The deadline for written questions is May 26, 2026 at 1:30 PM Eastern Time, with responses posted by June 2, 2026, and bids must be submitted electronically through the Kentucky Vendor Self Service site by June 9, 2026 at 1:30 PM Eastern Time, with a tentative award date of June 22, 2026. Bidders must be pre-registered in the eProcurement system and submit responses exclusively through the VSS platform; emailed and hard copies will not be accepted.

The vendor must obtain Commercial General Liability Insurance with minimum limits of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 aggregate, Automobile Liability Insurance of $1,000,000 per occurrence, and Kentucky Workers Compensation Insurance. Resident bidders may claim preference under Kentucky reciprocal preference statutes, and all bidders must comply with campaign finance compliance attestations, contractor employee verification (certifying no illegal immigrants), and artificial intelligence usage disclosure requirements. Prices are firm for the first 12 months with no increases allowed during this initial period. The contract is available for extension to other state agencies and political subdivisions with vendor consent. No specific budget range or award value is disclosed in the solicitation; rather, pricing will be determined competitively through the bidding process based on the hourly rate structure and estimated 150 hours of service. No incumbent vendor information is provided in the available documentation.