Grave Relocation Kenton County

The Commonwealth of Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Division of Right of Way and Utilities, is issuing a Request for Bid (RFB 605 2100000610) for grave relocation services in Kenton County related to the KY 536/Mt. Zion Road improvement project (Federal Project Number FD52 059). The procurement seeks a qualified funeral director to disinter, relocate, and reinter an estimated eight graves from the Unknown Cemetery to Independence Cemetery in Independence, Kentucky. The scope of work includes site clearing and trenching (30 hours), disinterment of eight graves, provision of eight reinterment containers with rustproof identification tags, transportation to the reinterment cemetery, eight 12"x8"x6" gray granite markers with lettering and installation, one 4'x1'2"x8" flat monument with lettering and installation, and temporary grave markers. The successful bidder must hold a valid Kentucky funeral director license and will be evaluated on a best value basis using price as the sole criterion, with the lowest responsive bid receiving the contract award. All work must be completed within thirty days of notification to commence, weather permitting. The bid submission deadline is May 14, 2021, at 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time through the state's eProcurement system, with written questions due by May 6, 2021, at 4:00 p.m. and Commonwealth responses issued by May 7, 2021. The tentative contract award date is June 4, 2021.

The solicitation is restricted to Kentucky-licensed funeral directors and applies reciprocal preferences for Kentucky resident bidders per KRS 45A.490-494 and qualified bidder preferences per 200 KAR 5:410. The successful contractor must provide a performance and payment bond equal to one hundred percent of the contract price with a $20,000 minimum, maintain general liability insurance of $1,000,000 per occurrence, carry Kentucky worker's compensation insurance, and furnish an ACORD Certificate within ten days of award. The project is federally funded through the Federal Highway Administration and therefore subject to Davis-Bacon Act prevailing wage determinations, Buy America requirements for steel and iron materials, and prohibition on certain telecommunications equipment. Payment will be made on a 90/10 basis, with ninety percent due upon work completion and ten percent upon final inspection approval by the Cabinet's grave relocation agent. No specific incumbent contractor or estimated contract value is identified in the solicitation documents; however, all line items on the bid sheet require pricing submissions for consideration of contract award.