RFP-253-26 merp 8 - pike county

The Commonwealth of Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet's Division of Engineering and Contract Administration, on behalf of the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet and the Division of Oil and Gas, is procuring a prime contractor with subcontractors to plug orphan wells and remediate well sites under the Kentucky Abandoned Storage Tank and Orphan Well Reclamation Program (KASTOW), specifically for MERP 8 Pike County. The project encompasses reclamation work at four identified oil and gas well sites in Pike County (permit numbers 8940, 4056-ef, 4063-ef, and N21449) and requires contractors to perform gas detection, cement plugging operations, wellbore verification, site reclamation, spillage prevention, and TENORM monitoring. The contract is structured as a firm fixed-price agreement with substantial completion required within 365 calendar days from the award date and final completion one year thereafter. Proposals will be evaluated on 70 points total: 25 points for technical merit, including contractor experience, project history, equipment adequacy, work plan completeness, and past performance with the Division of Oil and Gas, and 45 points for cost, with the lowest bid receiving maximum cost score. Key deadlines include vendor question submission by May 11, 2026, Commonwealth responses by May 22, 2026, proposal due date of June 9, 2026, at 3:00 PM Eastern Time, proposal evaluation on June 24, 2026, and contract award on July 8, 2026. The successful bidder must provide a 5% bid guarantee, 100% Performance Bond, and 100% Payment Bond within five calendar days of selection, and liquidated damages of $200 per calendar day apply for delays in achieving substantial and final completion dates.

There are no set-aside designations or restrictions noted limiting organizational eligibility; however, all contractors must comply with Kentucky tax registration, Secretary of State registration requirements for foreign entities, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) requirements for contracts exceeding $500,000, and Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements. The contractor must certify that it has no affiliations with parties who owned, operated, or abandoned the wells described. Insurance coverage requirements include $1,000,000 commercial general liability, $500,000 automobile liability, and workers' compensation as required by Kentucky law, and a full-time superintendent must be maintained on-site during all work performance. If TENORM-impacted metals exceeding twice background levels are discovered, documented disposal costs will be reimbursed plus 10% administrative charges upon receipt of satisfactory documentation and shipping manifests. Submissions must be made through the Kentucky Vendor Self-Service (VSS) system and the Commonwealth's Document Collaboration System (stateofkyprojects.com), with all official bid documents and required attachments uploaded accordingly. The specific contract award value is not disclosed in the solicitation; pricing will be determined through the competitive bidding process based on individual cost proposals for each of the four well sites.