7354-22 - Wildfire Partners Hazardous Fuels Reduction – Pennsylvania Gulch

1. 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 6.51 acres. Interested contractors are required to attend the pre-proposal meeting so they can view the property and the individual tree marking in order to prepare an accurate bid.

2. Mandatory Pre-Proposal Meeting
This meeting will take place on Friday, June 17, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at 119 Pennsylvania Gulch, Nederland, Colorado.
Firms attending the pre-proposal meeting must RSVP to Jim Webster at jbwebster@bouldercounty.org by Thursday, June 16 at noon to obtain the gate code and register.

Proposals from firms not represented at the mandatory, pre-proposal meeting, and site visit will not be accepted.

3. 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. June 21, 2022.  A response from the county to all inquiries will be posted and sent via email no later than June 23, 2022.
Do not contact any other county department or personnel with questions or for information regarding this solicitation.

4. 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 June 27, 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).
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 # 7354-22 in the subject line.