Haught #1 well plugging project API# 47-085-00273

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is soliciting bids through an Agency Request for Quote (ARFQ DEP23-81) for the Haught #1 Well Plugging Project (API# 47-085-00273), a construction and reclamation project located in Ritchie County near Smithville, West Virginia. The project requires comprehensive well plugging and site remediation services for an abandoned oil and natural gas well, including drilling rig and crew services (minimum 120 hours with a three-person crew), mobilization and demobilization, additional labor (140 hours), heavy equipment rental (bulldozers, excavators, skid steers, and vacuum water trucks), specialized well tools (power tongs, casing knives, drill bits, mills, spears, and overshoots), and materials (casing, tubing, drill pipe, cement, aqua gel, gravel, and topsoil). Key deliverables include site preparation, well cleanout to total depth of 1,680 feet, placement of multiple cement plugs at specified intervals, bond logging, casing perforation as needed, and complete site reclamation with monument installation in accordance with West Virginia Code 22-6-23 and 22-6-24. The solicitation encompasses 54 distinct line items with varying quantities measured in hours, days, feet, tons, barrels, and individual units, requiring bidders to submit unit prices for each item. Work is restricted to Monday through Friday with maximum ten-hour workdays unless Department approval or emergency conditions apply, and the contract has a fixed 90-day completion timeframe from notice to proceed. The mandatory pre-bid meeting is scheduled for June 7, 2023, at 11:00 AM Eastern Time at the project site, with technical questions due by June 9, 2023, at 4:00 PM Eastern Time, and sealed bids due electronically through the wvOASIS Vendor Self Service platform on June 16, 2023, at 10:30 AM.

Respondents must be properly licensed West Virginia contractors in good standing with the state and must comply with all mandatory DEP bidding requirements, including submission of a bid bond equal to 5 percent of the total bid amount, performance and labor/material payment bonds equal to 100 percent of the contract value, and proof of commercial general liability and automobile liability insurance with minimum limits of $2,000,000 per occurrence. All vendors must provide proof of workers' compensation insurance, a valid West Virginia contractor's license number, and a signed drug-free workplace affidavit compliant with West Virginia Code 21-1D, with a certified drug-free workplace report required upon project completion. Critical disqualifying factors include failure to attend the mandatory pre-bid meeting, federal or state debarment or suspension, outstanding environmental enforcement actions, unresolved DEP vendor complaints, failure to supply a valid bid bond, and any debt to the state or political subdivisions. The solicitation contains no specific set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises, no incumbent contractors are listed, and no budget range or estimated award value is provided in the available documentation. Liquidated damages of $1,000 per working day apply for delays beyond the contract completion period, and pricing is firm for the life of the contract unless otherwise specified, with payment made in arrears upon receipt of proper invoices. Interested vendors should contact Herminio David Robles, the designated buyer, at (304) 926-0499 or david.h.robles@wv.gov for additional information.