Buckhorn Lake Driftwood Removal

Amendment 0001:  The scope of work has been replaced in its entirety. The new scope incorporates four additional pictures under Exhibit B. The due date for submissions has not been changed.

The Contractor shall furnish all necessary management, personnel, materials, supplies, tools, equipment, fuel, and vehicles, required to perform driftwood and trash removal services from the Buckhorn Lake Dam upstream 4 miles to the State Resort Park boat ramp for 365 days post date of award, in the Buckhorn Lake project operational areas. All work will be completed as specified and in strict accordance with all Terms, Conditions, General, Specific and Technical Provisions, Drawings, Attachments, Exhibits, etc., contained herein or incorporated by reference. The Contractor’s services and responsibility shall include all planning, programming, administration, management, supervision, communications, and inspection necessary to assure that all services are conducted in accordance with the contract requirements and all applicable Federal, state and local laws and regulations.

One award will be made from this RFQ.

LOCATION:

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Buckhorn Lake

804 Buckhorn Dam Road

Buckhorn, KY. 41721

Phone: 606-398-7251

Technical Point of Contact (TPOC): Dewayne Shouse

This procurement is 100% set-aside for Small Business, NAICS 561730 ($8.0 M).

Method of Payment under this contract will be Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) to a commercial bank account specified by the Contractor.

There is no bonding requirement for this procurement action.

Quotes will not be accepted for quantities less than the quantities specified in the price breakout schedule. Failure to submit a unit price for all items listed will be considered as a material deviation from the requirements of the RFQ and the quote will be rejected. An additional excel spreadsheet is provided for convenience in filling out the price breakout schedule. Offerors should complete the price breakout schedule within this solicitation.

The contract award will be based on Best Value to the Government. Factors to be considered are Past Performance and Price. The Offeror must complete the Price Breakout schedule. In addition to the completed price breakout schedule/price quote, the Offeror must complete and submit the forms located in Exhibit F of this solicitation. All evaluation factors, other than price, when combined are considered equal to price.

The solicitation will be available on the web only. Telephone and FAX requests for this solicitation will not be honored. Project files are Portable Document Format (PDF) files and can be viewed, navigated, or printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Quotes are due on 26 January 2022. Fax submittals will not be accepted. Electronic submittals will be accepted and may be emailed to kurt.m.egner@usace.army.mil. Interested contractors are highly encouraged to schedule a Site Visit. Site visits may be scheduled prior to the due date for submitting proposals by contacting Mr. Dewayne Shouse at (606)398-7251. Please note that the site visit is not an opportunity for questions or clarifications regarding this solicitation. All questions shall be submitted to the contracting specialist through email at kurt.m.egner@usace.army.mil.

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