FW-008-25 - FILO - Rolling Fork Floodplain Stream and Wetlan

The Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources is soliciting bids for the Rolling Fork Floodplain Stream and Wetland Restoration Project, designated as RFB 660 2500000700, located within the Rolling Fork Wildlife Management Area in Larue and Nelson Counties. The project involves comprehensive ecological restoration, including rehabilitating approximately 2,625 linear feet of intermittent and ephemeral streams, managing invasive species across 77.4 acres, removing agricultural tile drains from 24 locations, and creating a moist soil unit. Key project deliverables include channel reshaping, establishing new stream channels, constructing in-stream structures, soil preparation, native planting, erosion control, and vegetation management. A mandatory site visit was conducted on 6/5/2025 at 10:00 AM at the Rolling Fork WMA parking lot, and all technical questions were required to be submitted by 6/12/2025 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time to Bob Hawley from Sustainable Streams, LLC. The bid solicitation was issued on 05/22/2025, with electronic bids due on 07/16/2025 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time through the Commonwealth's eProcurement system, with a virtual bid reading scheduled for 3:00 PM Eastern Time on the same day.

The procurement appears to be open to all qualified vendors who can register in the Vendor Self Service (VSS) system and meet the technical specifications outlined in the bid documents. No specific set-aside designations or restrictions for disadvantaged enterprises were explicitly mentioned in the provided documents. Bidders are required to submit all bid documents as a single PDF, entering $0.00 as the contract amount in the e-procurement system, with the actual contract amount to be detailed in the Official Bid Document. While a specific budget range was not disclosed, the comprehensive nature of the restoration project suggests a significant investment in ecological rehabilitation. The project includes two potential additive alternates for invasive species management, with work anticipated during the 2025 and 2026 growing seasons, subject to approval by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. Bidders must demonstrate capabilities in stream restoration, native planting, erosion control, and ecological management techniques, with a focus on maintaining specified vegetation survival rates.