United States - Wetland Restoration - Afterglow

Description

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Purchasing Section

Wetland Restoration – Afterglow
Port Washington, Wisconsin
Project No. 25-480-20

BID DUE DATE AND TIME: October 20, 2024, 2:00 PM
BID OPENING DATE AND TIME: October 25, 2024, 3:00 PM
BY: State of Wisconsin, Department of Natural Resources
Bids to be emailed to Konrad.plachetta@wisconsin.gov or posted to the eSupplier website.

All sealed bids submitted require inclusion of a 10% bid guarantee or bid bond as indicated in the contract documents.

In general the work consists of the following:

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is requesting bids for construction for a complete wetland restoration of a property owned by Glenogle LLC. This bid is authorized under s. 23.40 and s. 23.41 Wis. Stats. as a procurement for environmental repair. This property will become a wetland mitigation site as part of the Wisconsin Agricultural Mitigation Bank (WAMB). The WAMB is administered by DNR and operates under the authority of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The DNR received a grant from the NRCS to create and administer an agricultural wetland mitigation bank program regulated under the Food Security Act of 1985. The WAMB will be used by agricultural producers to mitigate for wetland impacts as regulated by the Food Security Act of 1985. This program is not part of the DNR’s In-Lieu Fee or private mitigation bank programs and will not be regulated under s. 281.36 Wis. Stats. or Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. Section 2.0 of the Main RFB document includes a listing of all documents required for this bid.

The agency anticipates completion of the primary field work between (December 1, 2024) and (February 28, 2025).

An OPTIONAL Pre-bid Conference and Site Inspection has been scheduled for October 3, 2024 at 10:00 AM. Location: The location that contractors should meet at is here. You can’t see it in the aerial, but there is a gravel parking lot there that they can park at. Use the access route shown in the staging area appendix to get to the gravel pad.

Any and all questions concerning the Project or Bidding Documents must be submitted in writing to the Department of Natural Resources by October 11, 2024 at 4:30 PM. Questions should be submitted to Konrad Plachetta,; his email address is konrad.plachetta@wisconsin.gov All questions will be answered in writing and will be emailed to all participating vendors. NO QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED BY TELEPHONE.

Contract Documents may be obtained electronically by If you wish to view the bid documents go to Bidders (wi.gov) and search current solicitations for the key words “Restoration”, “Afterglow” or “25-480-20”.

Opportunity closing date

25 October 2024

Value of contract

to be confirmed