RoW Mow ONLY Adair/Cumberland Co

The Commonwealth of Kentucky Transportation Cabinet issued a Request for Bids (RFB) for right-of-way mowing and traffic control services in Adair and Cumberland Counties within District 8. The solicitation encompasses mowing services for 2,589 acres across 34 distinct state highway routes totaling 217.458 miles, with 862.881 acres requiring maintenance, along with traffic control maintenance for three cycles. Required services include Type 2 or Type 3 mowing specifications encompassing shoulder mowing, median maintenance, slope work, trimming around obstacles, and litter removal, with all routes requiring three mowing cycles per contract period and a maximum of 12 working days permitted to complete each cycle. Bidders must possess a Certificate of Eligibility for Work Item I-29 (Right of Way Mowing) and Work Item I-37 (Traffic Control) prior to bid closing and maintain valid traffic control technician certification from recognized agencies including the American Traffic Safety Services Association, Kentucky Laborers' Joint Apprenticeship & Training Trust Fund, University of Kentucky Kentucky Transportation Center, or International Municipal Signal Association. The master agreement shall commence upon award and extend through December 31, 2019, with an option to extend for four additional one-year periods with written approval from both the vendor and the KYTC Division of Purchases. Written questions were due by February 28, 2019, at 4:00 PM, with bids due on March 8, 2019, at 10:00 AM Eastern Time and a tentative award date of March 22, 2019. Award will be made to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder based on price as the sole evaluation criterion, with the lowest bidder receiving 100 points.

The solicitation applies resident bidder preference and qualified bidder preferences in accordance with Kentucky statutes. The successful bidder must provide general liability insurance with limits of $1,000,000 per occurrence and maintain Kentucky workers' compensation insurance with the Commonwealth named as additional insured, and must submit an ACORD Certificate within ten days of notice of intent to award. The Department reserves the right to adjust compensation based on fuel price fluctuations exceeding five percent, calculated using a diesel fuel consumption constant of 1.25 gallons per acre. Penalties apply for late start ($1,000 per calendar day), late completion ($1,000 per calendar day), unsatisfactory work performance ($500 per occurrence), improper sign placement or litter removal failures ($250 per occurrence), and unauthorized use of batwing mowers ($250 per occurrence). No bid bonds or performance bonds are required. While specific award value or budget range information was not explicitly detailed in the solicitation documents, the compensation structure is based on competitive pricing submitted by responsive bidders with adjustments possible for fuel price fluctuations and performance penalties.