RFB-81-26 DMA - WFRTC Cypress Creek Restoration Phase III

The Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Military Affairs, Division of Engineering and Contract Administration is soliciting construction services through Request for Bid RFB-81-26 DMA for the Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center (WFRTC) Cypress Creek Restoration Phase III project located in Greenville, Nelson County, Kentucky. The procurement requires restoration of 10,800 linear feet of stream channel and treatment of 300 acres of invasive plant species through multiple application methods including unmanned aerial vehicles, helicopters, and manual spraying techniques. Key project objectives include establishing stable, natural stream patterns and dimensions, restoring degraded habitat, and stabilizing destabilized in-stream conditions, with deliverables encompassing small woody debris installations at specified locations and aerial herbicide treatments covering all eight project phases included in the base lump sum pricing. Interested contractors must attend a mandatory site visit on September 15, 2025, at 1:00 PM Central Time at the WFRTC in Greenville, Kentucky, where valid REAL ID or passport identification is required for facility access. Electronic bid submissions are required exclusively through the Commonwealth's eProcurement system and must be received by September 30, 2025, at 1:30 PM Eastern Time, with a public bid reading conducted via conference call at 3:00 PM Eastern Time on the same date. All bidders must register in the Vendor Self Service (VSS) system at https://vss.ky.gov prior to submission, allowing 24 to 48 hours for registration completion, and prospective bidders' questions must be submitted by 12:00 PM Eastern Time on September 22, 2025, with responses provided by September 23, 2025. Bid documents, plans, and specifications are available at no charge through the State of Kentucky Plan Room at https://www.stateofkyplanroom.com, and the purchasing agent contact is Kristi Sharp at (502) 330-9858 or Kristi.Sharp@ky.gov.

The solicitation documents do not identify specific set-aside designations, disadvantaged enterprise requirements, or restrictions limiting participation to particular organizational types, suggesting the procurement is open to qualified contractors generally. No incumbent vendors or current contractors for this specific phase are identified in the procurement materials, though contractors should note that access to temporary roads traversing the Phase II project will only be available after the Phase II contractor achieves final completion, estimated for mid-January 2026, with no prior access permitted. Bidders must submit the Official Bid Document and any required Bid Bond as a single combined PDF attachment, entering $0.00 for the contract amount in the eProcurement system with the actual contract amount documented on the Official Bid Document attachment; postal delivery, hand delivery, email, and facsimile submissions are explicitly prohibited. Electronic drawing files in DWG format will be provided to the contractor following project award, though surface grading files are not guaranteed to be available, and bid documents shall take precedence over any electronic files provided. The solicitation documents do not specify a disclosed budget range or award value; interested bidders should contact the project team for additional financial or technical specifications.