Active SLED Opportunity · VIRGINIA · ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VA
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Isle of Wight County, VA seeks proposals to lease hunting rights on county-owned properties under strict conservation easement terms. The contract is for one year with options to renew. Hunting is limited to specific seasons and days. Evaluation is based on highest annual payment. Proposals due June 12, 2026.
Isle of Wight County is soliciting proposals from qualified firms to establish a contract through competitive negotiations for Blackwater Property Hunt Club Lease.
| Questions Due: | Friday, June 5, 2026, 3:00 pm |
| Proposal Due: | Friday, June 12, 2026, 3:00 pm |
Isle of Wight County is requesting sealed bids from qualified hunt clubs to make offers relating to hunting rights on parcels of land owned by the County more specifically described as:
Hereinafter the ''Property" as designated on Exhibit A.
Sealed bids from qualified hunt clubs to lease hunting rights on these two properties will be evaluated. The contract shall be for one year beginning on the date of execution of the agreement with an option for the County to extend for five additional and successive one-year terms. This rent shall be adjusted, effective on the first day of the renewal term and each subsequent renewal term, by an amount equal to three percent (3%) over the rent for the immediately preceding renewal term.
The period for the hunt club right to hunt the property shall be during Archery Deer Season, Muzzleloader Deer Season, a seven-week (7) period each fall during the General Firearms Deer Season and during the Spring Turkey Season as designated by the Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR). Hunting shall abide by all regulations of the DWR unless otherwise stated. Hunting will be allowed only on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays only during these seasons.
Hunt Clubs selected shall be required to maintain the trails/roads year-round. Hunt Clubs shall be required to open/close gates during the hunting season.
Hunt Clubs selected shall abide by a Conservation Easement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit "B". The Conservation Easement contains areas, as shown in Exhibit "B", which includes special restrictions to include but not limited to the following:
1. No constructing or placing of any improvements in the Natural Area.
2. No constructing or placing of any roads, trails, or utilities. Existing roads and trails may be maintained or repaired but not enlarged.
3. Livestock is prohibited in, and shall be prevented, as is reasonably possible, from entering the Property.
4. No removal, destruction, or cutting of native trees, shrubs, plants or other vegetation in the Blackwater River Floodplain Area.
5. No use of fertilizers.
6. No dumping of organic or inorganic materials.
7. No disturbance of soils, other than in connection with permitted habitat management activities.
8. No use of motorized vehicles, except for management, police, fire and safety, and emergency vehicles. Off-road vehicles or ATVs may be operated during hunting season for hunting purposes only, or to patrol and inspect said Property throughout the year.
9. No horse riding or other equestrian users in the Natural Area.
10. No bicycling in the Natural Area.
11. No camping.
12. No fires.
13. No swimming.
Award shall be given to the highest responsive and responsible bidder based upon the Annual Payment given for each respective tract to be leased.
Award shall be given to the highest responsive and responsible bidder based upon the Annual Payment given for each respective tract to be leased.
Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.
Please download the below documents, complete, and upload.
"Professional Services" means work performed by an independent contractor within the scope of the practice of accounting, actuarial services, architecture, land surveying, landscape architecture, law, dentistry, medicine, optometry, pharmacy or professional engineering. Requires competitive negotiation. Select "indefinite services" for procuring annual architect or engineer contracts.
"Construction" means building, altering, repairing, improving or demolishing any structure, and any draining, dredging, excavation, grading or similar work upon real property.
"Nonprofessional services" means any services not specifically identified as professional services in the definition of professional services.
"Goods" means all material, equipment, supplies, printing, and automated data processing hardware and software.
"Request for Quotes" Select this option when the procurement does not apply to any of the thresholds provided and precise specifications or scope of work can be prepared.
"Informal Request for Proposals" Select this option when the threshold does not apply to any of the above and a precise scope of work cannot be provided.
"Indefinite Services" (Job Order Contracting Maximum: $1m per job/$10m per annual term & Professional Architect & Engineering Services $2.5m/$10m ) "indefinite delivery or quantity contract" means a contract that only requires performance of contractual obligations upon the request of the locality and which establishes an annual cap for the total work that may be authorized for such contract. One-year contracts with three additional renewals.
"Request for Exception" Special Requests.
"Sole Source" Upon a determination in writing by the purchasing agent that there is only one (1) source practicably available for that which is to be procured, a contract may be negotiated and awarded to that source without competitive sealed bidding or competitive negotiation. The County shall issue a written notice stating that only one source was determined to be practicably available, and identifying that which is being procured, the contractor selected, and the date on which the contract was or will be awarded. The writing shall document the basis for this determination. This notice shall be posted on the County’s procurement website or on the Department of General Services central website (eVA).”
“Emergencies” In case of emergency, a contract may be awarded without competitive sealed bidding or competitive negotiation; however, such procurement shall be made with such competition as is practicable under the circumstances. A written determination of the basis for the emergency and for the selection of the particular contractor shall be included in the contract file. The public body shall issue a written notice stating that the contract is being awarded on an emergency basis, and identifying that which is being procured, the contractor selected, and the date on which the contract was or will be awarded. This notice shall be posted on the Department of General Services' central electronic procurement website or other appropriate websites, and in addition, public bodies may publish in a newspaper of general circulation on the day the public body awards or announces its decision to award the contract, whichever occurs first, or as soon thereafter as is practicable. Posting on the Department of General Services' central electronic procurement website shall be required of any state public body. Local public bodies are encouraged to utilize the Department of General Services' central electronic procurement website to provide the public with centralized visibility and access to the Commonwealth's procurement opportunities”
Example: December 1, 2024
Note: Please keep in mind that most formal projects must be advertised for a minimum of 10 days. Design-Build RFQs require 30 days.
Example: 2:15pm
"three additional one-year terms" This is the maximum allowed for Indefinite Services.
Example: two additional two-year terms
If this does not apply, state "N/A"
§ 2.2-4337. Performance and payment bonds; construction contracts
A. Upon the award of any (i) nontransportation-related public construction contract exceeding $500,000 awarded to any prime contractor or (ii) transportation-related project authorized pursuant to Article 2 (§ 33.2-208 et seq.) of Chapter 2 of Title 33.2 exceeding $350,000 that is partially or wholly funded by the Commonwealth, the contractor shall furnish to the public body the following bonds:
1. A performance bond in the sum of the contract amount conditioned upon the faithful performance of the contract in strict conformity with the plans, specifications, and conditions of the contract.
2. A payment bond in the sum of the contract amount. The bond shall be for the protection of claimants who have and fulfill contracts to supply labor or materials to the prime contractor to whom the contract was awarded, or to any subcontractors, in furtherance of the work provided for in the contract, and shall be conditioned upon the prompt payment for all materials furnished or labor supplied or performed in the furtherance of the work.
B. Each of the bonds shall be executed by one or more surety companies selected by the contractor that are authorized to do business in Virginia.
C. If the public body is the Commonwealth, or any agency or institution thereof, the bonds shall be payable to the Commonwealth of Virginia, naming also the agency or institution thereof. Bonds required for the contracts of other public bodies shall be payable to such public body.
D. Each of the bonds shall be filed with the public body that awarded the contract, or a designated office or official thereof.
E. Nothing in this section shall preclude a public body from requiring payment or performance bonds for construction contracts below $500,000 for nontransportation-related projects or $350,000 for transportation-related projects authorized under Article 2 (§ 33.2-208 et seq.) of Chapter 2 of Title 33.2 and partially or wholly funded by the Commonwealth.
F. Nothing in this section shall preclude the contractor from requiring each subcontractor to furnish a payment bond with surety thereon in the sum of the full amount of the contract with such subcontractor conditioned upon the payment to all persons who have and fulfill contracts that are directly with the subcontractor for performing labor and furnishing materials in the prosecution of the work provided for in the subcontract.
§ 2.2-4338. Alternative forms of security
A. In lieu of a bid, payment, or performance bond, a bidder may furnish a certified check, cashier's check, or cash escrow in the face amount required for the bond.
B. If approved by the Attorney General in the case of state agencies, or the attorney for the political subdivision in the case of political subdivisions, a bidder may furnish a personal bond, property bond, or bank or savings institution's letter of credit on certain designated funds in the face amount required for the bid, payment, or performance bond. Approval shall be granted only upon a determination that the alternative form of security proffered affords protection to the public body equivalent to a corporate surety's bond.
C. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the Department of Transportation.
§ 2.2-4336. Bid bonds; construction contracts
A. Except in cases of emergency, all bids or proposals for nontransportation-related construction contracts in excess of $500,000 or transportation-related projects authorized under Article 2 (§ 33.2-208 et seq.) of Chapter 2 of Title 33.2 that are in excess of $350,000 and partially or wholly funded by the Commonwealth shall be accompanied by a bid bond from a surety company selected by the bidder that is authorized to do business in Virginia, as a guarantee that if the contract is awarded to the bidder, he will enter into the contract for the work mentioned in the bid. The amount of the bid bond shall not exceed five percent of the amount bid.
B. No forfeiture under a bid bond shall exceed the lesser of (i) the difference between the bid for which the bond was written and the next low bid, or (ii) the face amount of the bid bond.
C. Nothing in this section shall preclude a public body from requiring bid bonds to accompany bids or proposals for construction contracts anticipated to be less than $500,000 for nontransportation-related projects or $350,000 for transportation-related projects authorized under Article 2 (§ 33.2-208 et seq.) of Chapter 2 of Title 33.2 and partially or wholly funded by the Commonwealth.
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