OSR Powder Mill Processing Inc S-5027-08 & U-5017-08

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP), Office of Special Reclamation, is seeking a contractor for comprehensive land reclamation and acid mine drainage (AMD) treatment at the Powdermill Processing, Inc. project sites under Permits S-5027-08 and U-5017-08 in Wayne County. The project requires extensive site preparation, including mobilization, construction layout, quality control, sediment and erosion control, revegetation, excavation and backfill of highwalls, road maintenance, and drainage infrastructure installation. Key deliverables include constructing 12 numbered ditches, installing 48-inch HDPE dual wall corrugated pipes, creating access roads, implementing grouted rip-rap, and performing surface regrading across approximately 50 acres. Specific quantitative requirements include 217,765 cubic yards of highwall excavation and backfill, 4,450 linear feet of silt fence, and revegetation of 43 acres. A mandatory pre-bid meeting was scheduled for December 4, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., with technical questions due by December 11, 2025, at 4:00 p.m. The final bid closing date, extended through Addendum #2, is January 15, 2026, at 10:30 a.m., with all bids to be submitted electronically through the wvOASIS Vendor Self Service system.

The solicitation does not explicitly specify set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises, but does include requirements for local labor market hiring, mandating 75% of workers be from the local area for projects valued over $500,000. Contractors must be licensed and in good standing with state and local agencies, with subcontractors performing more than $25,000 in work required to be listed within one business day of bid opening. The project is subject to Davis-Bacon wage rates and drug-free workplace requirements for contracts exceeding $100,000. Bidders must provide a 5% bid bond, 100% performance bond, and 100% labor/material payment bond, along with commercial general liability and automobile liability insurance with minimum $2,000,000 per occurrence limits. While specific award values are not detailed in the documents, the project involves forty line items with varying quantities and units of measure. The reclamation work is funded through the Special Reclamation Coal Tax paid by West Virginia coal mine companies, suggesting a state-supported environmental remediation initiative.