7259-21 - Wildfire Partners Hazardous Fuels Reduction – County Road 116 Version 2

Purpose/Background
Specifications and a sample contract with a FEMA specific addendum are attached. The successful proposer shall execute the attached addendum as part of any contract with the county, and comply with all FEMA requirements set forth in that addendum.
This RFP is to complete one Wildfire Partners hazardous fuels reduction project on private property. The project has been marked. A project map and prescription are included in Exhibit A. This project is a total of 3.09 acres. Interested contractors are strongly encouraged to attend the pre-proposal meeting so they can view the property and the individual tree marking in order to prepare an accurate bid.
Wildfire Partners
Launched in 2014, Wildfire Partners is a nationally recognized, collaborative program to reduce wildfire risk. Homeowners, with the assistance from Wildfire Partners, work to better protect their homes by actively creating and maintaining defensible space and reducing the ignition potential of their structures. Over 2,500 homeowners are currently in the program. To learn more about Wildfire Partners, visit www.WildfirePartners.org.


Non-Mandatory Pre-Proposal Meeting
The pre-proposal meeting will take place on Monday, August 9, 2021 from 3:00-4:00 p.m. This meeting will take place at the project site: 208 County Road 116 outside of Nederland, Colorado. To attend, you must RSVP to jbwebster@bouldercounty.org. RSVPs must be received by Friday, August 6 at 4:00 p.m.

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. August 12, 2021. A response from the county to all inquiries will be posted and sent via email no later than August 16, 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 10:00 a.m. Mountain Time on August 18, 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).

Electronic Submittals must be received in the email box listed below.  Submittals sent to any other box will NOT be forwarded or accepted.  This email box is only accessed on the due date of your questions or proposals. Please use the Delivery Receipt option to verify receipt of your email. It is the sole responsibility of the proposer to ensure their documents are received before the deadline specified above. Boulder County does not accept responsibility under any circumstance for delayed or failed email or mailed submittals.
Email   purchasing@bouldercounty.org; identified as RFP # 7259-21 in the subject line.