7279-21 - Stromquist Farms (Parcel 1 & 2) Agricultural Open Space

BACKGROUND:
The Boulder County Parks and Open Space Department, Agricultural Resource Management Division, is seeking proposals from qualified parties to lease the Stromquist Farms (Parcels 1 & 2) Agricultural Open Space property. This property is currently planted with annual grass hay.

LEASE LANGUAGE:
The successful proposer will be required to enter into a Lease Agreement and meet all insurance requirements prior to any activity on the Leased Premises beginning.
All proposers are instructed to thoroughly review all the stated insurance requirements for this Lease, the insurance requirements stated are the minimum and standard for Boulder County Government, for this Lease. All tenants are required to meet the insurance requirements, as stated, for the leasing of county property as part of the Boulder County process. Owner/Sole Proprietors/Officers are not exempt from the county’s insurance requirements and/or coverage limits. Please refer to the Insurance Requirements in this RFP.
In the event the selected proposer is unable to commence work as agreed to, the Boulder County Commissioners may rescind the Lease award and proceed to award the Lease to another proposer based on RFP # 7279-21, re-bid the Lease, or proceed in any lawful manner the County deems necessary.

OPTIONAL PRE-BID ON-SITE MEETING:
Interested Parties should meet onsite at the Stromquist Farms Open Space property for the optional pre-bid meeting at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, November 29, 2021. This property is not open to the public and access will not be permitted beyond the pre-scheduled, optional pre-bid meeting.
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 Wednesday, December 1, 2021.  A response from the county to all inquiries will be posted and sent via email no later than Monday, December 6, 2021.
 
Please 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. Thursday, December 9, 2021.
 
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).