Professional Forestry Consultant Services FY2019 - FY2020

The Commonwealth of Kentucky Tourism, Arts, and Heritage Cabinet and Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources are seeking a professional forestry consultant to conduct a comprehensive forest inventory across two Wildlife Management Areas: Yatesville Lake WMA (approximately 2,300 acres) and Grayson Lake WMA (approximately 5,000 acres) in northeast Kentucky, totaling 7,300 acres. The primary deliverables must be completed within three months of contract execution and include five hard copies of a forest inventory report in 3-ring binders, one electronic PDF copy, and one GIS Geodatabase file in ESRI ArcGIS compatible format containing stand and sampling point data. Qualified vendors must possess equipment for large-scale forest inventory, demonstrate documentation of at least three professional projects exceeding 500 acres each, and provide the forest inventory on a per-plot basis at a rate of one plot per five acres across the total acreage. The evaluation criteria allocates 350 points for qualifications and experience and 200 points for cost, with additional points awarded for projects exceeding the minimum acreage requirement, consulting experience beyond five years, and certification with the Association of Consulting Foresters (worth fifty bonus points). The RFP was issued on May 21, 2019, with proposals due by 3:30 PM Eastern Time on May 31, 2019; no bidders' conference was scheduled. The anticipated contract term runs from April 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020, with potential renewal for two additional two-year terms subject to agency discretion and approval by the Finance and Administration Cabinet and Legislative Research Commission Government Contract Review Committee.

This personal service contract is governed by Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 45A and is open to qualified vendors, with reciprocal preferences of up to fifteen to twenty percent of maximum points available to Kentucky resident bidders and qualified bidders, including nonprofit organizations serving individuals with severe disabilities. No federal funding source is identified for this solicitation, and no incumbent vendor or current contractor information is provided in the available documentation. The specific award value or budget range is not disclosed in the solicitation materials; pricing will be determined based on vendor-submitted per-plot costs multiplied by the total number of plots required across the 7,300 acres. All contractors must comply with state procurement regulations, tax and employment laws, non-discrimination provisions, and executive ethics requirements as conditions of contract award.