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BD27-4 Wasatch Watershed Restoration Project: Big Cottonwood Canyon Hand Cut & Pile
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The State of Utah Division of Purchasing, in coordination with the Division of Wildlife Resources, is soliciting bids for hand-cut and pile wildfire fuels reduction services across 749 acres in Big Cottonwood Canyon, with all work required to be completed by November 30, 2026. Participation is restricted exclusively to contractors prequalified on the current Vendor list; submissions from non-prequalified entities will be rejected. A mandatory in-person site visit at the Days Fork Trailhead on August 5, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. is required for all bidders, with attendance by an authorized representative being non-negotiable—failure to attend or leaving early will result in disqualification, and phone use is limited to taking photographs only. Contractors must arrive in a four-wheel-drive vehicle due to terrain conditions. The solicitation follows an Invitation for Bids (IFB) structure on a Firm-Fixed-Price basis and anticipates award to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder based on a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) evaluation method. Evaluation is weighted heavily toward Quality of Product or Service and Timeliness of Performance, each multiplied by eight, with Contract Management weighted at four, assessed using a five-point adjectival rating scale. Performance must meet state and federal standards including FedRAMP/GovRAMP authorization timelines, with the vendor required to achieve Core, Ready, or Authorized status within 12, 18, or 24 months respectively and provision continuous monitoring access within two weeks of intent to award. Vendor personnel must pass background checks, and no subcontractor or employee may access sensitive areas without authorization. All cloud services must be hosted exclusively within State of Utah DTS-managed environments (AWS, GCP, Azure), and vendors must exclude hosting costs from their pricing. Bids must include both redacted and non-redacted versions, comply with anti-boycott provisions under UCA 63G-27, and certify no use of forced labor or products from restricted foreign entities under UCA 63G-6a-121. The contract is governed solely by state procurement rules, and any vendor-added terms are void. Proposals must be submitted electronically via U3P by the August 13, 2026 deadline, and pricing must remain guaranteed through project completion. Inspection and acceptance occur at the project site upon final work completion, with no specified invoicing system or payment office details provided. All
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**Participation in this solicitation is limited to prequalified contractors only. Do NOT submit if you are not on the current Pre-approved/Pre-qualified Vendor list.**
The purpose of this IFB is to enter into a contract to provide: Hand cut & Pile wildfire fuels reduction services on 769 acres of the Big Cottonwood Canyon area by November 30th, 2026.
A MANDATORY SITE VISIT will be held on August 5, 2026 at 10:00am. We will meet at Days Fork Trail head. A sign-in sheet will be provided for all attendees to sign in with the company name, contact person, phone number, and email. Per Utah Procurement Rule R33-6-I 03 Pre-Bid Conferences and Site Visits. Mandato1y site visits must be attended in person by an authorized representative of the person or vendor submitting a bid. The meeting will begin promptly at the above time. Any prospective bidders who arrive after the stated time of the meeting will not be allowed to submit a bid. Failure to attend the site visit shall result in the disqualification of any bidder who docs not have an authorized representative attend the entire duration of the mandatory site visit. This includes not taking calls/texts during the site visit. Phones may be used to take pictures. All discussions not related to the site visit must be done after the site visit to not be a distraction during the site visit. An attendance log will be maintained including the name of each attendee, the entity the attendee represents, and the attendee's contact information, minutes of the site visit, and copies of any documents distributed by the conducting procurement unit to the attendees and shall be published as an addendum to the solicitation. Any verbal modifications made to any of the solicitation documents during the mandatory site visit shall be reduced to writing and will be published as an addendum to the solicitation.
A four-wheel-drive vehicle is recommended.
From 1-215 take Exit 6 (6200 S). Tum east onto 6200 S/Big Cottonwood Rd. Turn east onto UT-190/Big Cottonwood Cyn Rd. travel 7.7 miles to Mineral Fork Trailhead, 11 miles to Mill D Trailhead and Cardiff, and 12 miles to Days Fork. See Figure l an area map from the Salt Lake to Mineral, Mill D, Cardiff and Days Fork Project Sites.
It is anticipated that this IFB will result in a single contract award to the lowest cost responsive and responsible vendor.
Project Performance Time: From time of award - November 30th, 2026.
Vendor must guarantee its pricing through completion of the project.
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