The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Office of Oil & Gas, issued an Advertised Request for Quotation (ARFQ DEP23-27) for the McCoy Well Plugging Project located in Lewis County, West Virginia. This construction and site reclamation project involves plugging and remediating abandoned oil and natural gas well API# 47-041-05731 on L.B. Elliott Road in accordance with West Virginia Code 22-6-23 and 22-6-24. The scope of work encompasses 49 line items including mobilization and demobilization, rig and crew services (minimum 120 hours with a three-person crew), heavy equipment rental (bulldozers for 120 hours, excavators for 100 hours, skid steers for 80 hours, and vacuum water trucks for 20 hours), specialized drilling equipment (power tongs and pipe cutting services), materials (approximately 4,300 feet of casing and tubing, 200 units of cement, and 500 tons of gravel/limestone), waste disposal services for drilling gel, liquid waste, and solid waste, site reclamation services on a lump-sum basis, environmental sampling and testing, and demolition work. Bidders must submit unit pricing for each line item with administrative costs capped at 3 percent of the total bid amount, and all work must comply with West Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Field Manual standards and be completed within 90 days of notice to proceed. A mandatory pre-bid meeting was scheduled for November 9, 2022, at 11:00 AM Eastern Time at the project site, with technical questions due by November 16, 2022, at 4:00 PM Eastern Time, and bids due November 28, 2022, at 10:30 AM Eastern Time via electronic submission through wvOASIS. Vendors must acknowledge receipt of all addenda, comply with West Virginia contractor licensing requirements, provide proof of workers' compensation insurance, submit signed drug-free workplace affidavits, and maintain commercial general liability and automobile liability insurance with minimum limits of $2,000,000 per occurrence.
This solicitation contains no stated set-asides for disadvantaged enterprises or other restricted categories, allowing all qualified vendors to compete. Bidders must provide a bid bond equal to five percent of the total bid amount, performance bonds at 100 percent of contract value, and labor/material payment bonds at 100 percent of contract value. The contract is not subject to Davis-Bacon wage rates; however, vendors must comply with local labor market hiring requirements for projects exceeding $500,000 and provide preference for domestic steel and aluminum products. Liquidated damages of $1,000 per working day apply for delays beyond the contract completion date, except for approved extensions or winter shutdowns. Payment will be made in arrears upon receipt of proper invoices, with vendors required to accept electronic funds transfer and P-Card payments. The solicitation documents do not specify an overall award value or budget range; however, the project scope and line items suggest a substantial construction contract requiring significant equipment, labor, and materials resources. No incumbent vendors or existing infrastructure integration requirements were identified in the available documentation, and all procurement forms and technical specifications must be completed and submitted electronically through the state's wvOASIS Vendor Self Service portal.