7314-22 - Faul et al (including Still and Kragh) Agricultural Open Space Properties

BACKGROUND:
The Boulder County Parks and Open Space Department, Agricultural Resource Management Division, is seeking proposals from qualified parties to lease the Faul et al property which will include the Stinn and Kraugh Agricultural Open Space properties. The Faul property is partially under a center pivot and is a productive farm historically planted with wheat, corn, alfalfa and other row crops. The Stinn and Kragh properties have historically been dryland wheat and are recommended for the same or grazing pasture.
 
OPTIONAL PRE-PROPOSAL MEETING:
Interested Parties should meet onsite at the Faul Open Space property for the optional pre-bid meeting on Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. This property is not open to the public and access will not be permitted beyond the pre-scheduled, optional pre-bid meeting. The property is located between North 115th Street and East County Line Road and between Vermillion Road and Wasatch Road in Longmont, CO.
All interested Parties will be permitted access to the project site, this will last approximately one (1) hour. Attending the Pre-BID meeting is not mandatory nor is it required to submit a bid for the property, but instead, is highly encouraged.
Please see Attachment A, property location map.
Questions regarding additional information not covered in this Request for Proposals or at the pre-bid meeting, are to be directed to purchasing@bouldercounty.org . The county will post the answers to the submitted written questions in a posted, bid addenda, as directed, in this Request for Proposals.
 
Boulder County adheres to the Colorado State Department of Public Health & Environment Guidelines as related to the COVID-19 pandemic. For the safety of all potential bidders attending and staff, if you have recently been in close contact with anyone who has contracted COVID-19, are experiencing symptoms or have COVID-19, please refrain from attending. All participants are required to wear face coverings while inside County buildings.
 
Please note that the County may reschedule the optional Pre-BID meeting, terminate or modify the process at any time due to changing circumstances related to the current COVID-19 pandemic.
The County representative will remain onsite for the duration of the site visit and leave only after the interested party representatives have left the site. Access without County supervision is strictly prohibited.

WRITTEN INQUIRIES:
All inquiries regarding this RFP will be submitted via email to the Boulder County Purchasing Office at purchasing@bouldercounty.org on or before 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 24, 2022.  A response from the county to all inquiries will be posted and sent via email no later than the end of day Monday, February 28, 2022.
 
Do not contact any other county department or personnel with questions or for information regarding this solicitation.
 
SUBMITTAL INSTRUCTIONS:
Submittals are due at the email box only, listed below, for time and date recording on or before 2:00 p.m. Mountain Time on Thursday, March 3, 2022.
 
Please note that email responses to this solicitation are limited to a maximum of 50MB capacity.

NO ZIP FILES OR LINKS TO EXTERNAL SITES WILL BE ACCEPTED. THIS INCLUDES GOOGLE DOCS AND SIMILAR SITES. ALL SUBMITTALS MUST BE RECEIVED AS AN ATTACHMENT (E.G. PDF, WORD, EXCEL).