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The Commonwealth of Kentucky's Division of Abandoned Mine Lands issued Request for Bid (RFB) 785 2100000221 for mine reclamation and land restoration services on approximately 37.6 acres of bond forfeiture permit land in Letcher County, Kentucky. The procurement encompasses comprehensive earthwork, grading, pond removal, tree planting, and revegetation services with thirteen specific line items including 79,417 cubic yards of earthwork and gradework, 16 acres of light gradework, removal of three silt ponds, installation of 73.32 tons of roadway stone, 1,728 linear feet of ditch work with native stone, 25 tons of limestone sand, seedbed preparation on 15.5 acres, 155 tons of agricultural limestone, 5.425 tons of fertilizer, planting of 15,670 trees, 23.25 tons of mulch, and 1,240 pounds of seed. The project timeline required a mandatory pre-bid meeting and site tour on October 28, 2020, at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time at the project location (coordinates 3707'41"N, 8247'05"W on Friday Branch in Letcher County), with the bid closing deadline of November 17, 2020, at 10:30 a.m. Service dates for the awarded contract spanned from November 15, 2020, through March 31, 2021. All bids were required to be submitted electronically through the Owner's Document Collaboration System (eCommunications) via the State of Kentucky Plan Room website, with no manual submissions accepted. Bidders were required to identify their firm's position as either prime bidder, miscellaneous subcontractor, material supplier, or other entity, and all forms required complete submission with unit costs and line totals for each deliverable.

No specific set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises, minority-owned businesses, or other protected classifications were identified in the available solicitation documents. The procurement did not identify incumbent vendors or current contractors, nor were there references to required integration with existing infrastructure or technology systems. Bid documents and specifications were available for download at no charge through the State of Kentucky Plan Room website at stateofkyplanroom.com, with hard copies available for purchase. All project documentation was handled through the Owner's Document Collaboration System with the bid receiving location at the Finance Division of Engineering & Contract Administration at The Bush Building, 403 Wapping Street, 2nd Floor, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601. No specific award value or budget range was disclosed in the solicitation documents. For inquiries, interested parties could contact Susan Ward at 502-564-3050 for general information or Kimberly Richardson at 502-782-6751 for project-specific questions.