Steerman Well Plugging Project API# 47-097-00729

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Oil and Gas, is soliciting construction and reclamation services for the Steerman Well Plugging Project (API# 47-097-00729) located in Upshur County through Agency Request for Quote ARFQ DEP24-56. The project encompasses comprehensive well plugging and site remediation services for an abandoned oil and natural gas well originally drilled in 1962 and previously plugged in 1970. The scope of work includes 47 line items covering mobilization and demobilization, site preparation, rig and crew services (120 hours with a minimum three-person crew), heavy equipment rental (bulldozers, excavators, skid steers), specialized oilfield tools (power tongs, casing knives, spears, overshoots), drilling materials (casing, tubing, drill collars, drill bits), consumables (cement, aqua gel, gravel, absorbent pads), waste disposal services (gel, liquid waste, and solid waste), environmental sampling and testing, and site reclamation including monument placement, topsoil restoration, silt fencing, and culvert installation. Key requirements include attendance at a mandatory pre-bid meeting held on February 21, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time at the project site; submission of technical questions by February 29, 2024, at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time; and electronic bid submission through wvOASIS Vendor Self Service by the deadline of March 11, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time. Vendors must submit bids with unit prices for each line item, a bid bond equal to five percent of the total bid amount, a West Virginia contractor's license number, a signed drug-free workplace affidavit, and a subcontractor listing if applicable. The contract is structured as a fixed-period contract with a 90-day completion timeline from notice to proceed, and work must be conducted Monday through Friday with a maximum ten-hour workday, with the DEP responsible for all necessary local, state, and federal permits.

All eligible U.S. vendors are permitted to respond to this solicitation with no specific set-aside designations mentioned. Bidders are subject to disqualification for federal or state debarment, suspension, outstanding environmental enforcement actions, unresolved DEP vendor complaints, debt to the state, or workers' compensation and unemployment compensation delinquencies. Successful vendors must provide performance bonds and labor/material payment bonds each equal to 100 percent of the contract value prior to award, along with Commercial General Liability and Automobile Liability Insurance with limits of not less than $2,000,000 per occurrence and workers' compensation insurance as required by law. The contract is subject to Davis-Bacon wage rates as the work is federally funded, and local labor market hiring requirements apply, requiring at least 75 percent of employees to be hired from the local labor market if the project exceeds $500,000. Pricing is firm for the life of the contract unless otherwise specified, and vendors must extend any publicly advertised sale prices to the State at the lower of the contract price or sale price. No budget range or award value is specified in the solicitation documents; however, bidders are responsible for providing comprehensive pricing for all 47 line items based on stated quantities and units.