SLED Opportunity · COLORADO · CITY OF FORT COLLINS
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The City of Fort Collins seeks qualified contractors for directional boring, trenching, potholing, and vacuum truck services to support various utilities departments. Multiple one-year contracts will be awarded with possible extensions. Work orders vary in size and competitive process requirements.
The City of Fort Collins is requesting proposals from qualified Contractors to perform directional boring, trenching operations, potholing and vacuum truck services. The City of Fort Collins Utilities, will be the primary users of this contract which includes Light & Power Operations Department (L&P), One Water Field Operations, Water Treatment Facility, Water Reclamation Facility, and Utilities Capital Projects. All City Departments may request work by the awarded Contractors. Work Orders will be issued for projects as needed. No Work Order will exceed $1,000,000 unless authorized by the Purchasing Director. Work Orders in excess of $300,000 will undergo a competitive process among the awarded qualified pool of Contractors. Work Orders less than $300,000 may be awarded by the City directly without a competitive process based on one of the Contractor’s in the pool experience, pricing, and availability. Alternatively, the City may choose to solicit quotes from the Contractor’s in the pool. All Work Orders greater than $100,000 will require Payment and Performance Bonding for the total value of the project. The City does not guarantee a minimum or maximum amount of work under this Agreement and the City reserves the right to bid similar work independent of this Agreement. No Federally funded projects will be awarded under this solicitation. The City intends to award multiple Contractor’s a one (1) year Agreement, and at the mutual agreement between the City and the Contractor, the Agreement may be extended for additional one (1) year periods not to exceed four (4) additional one year periods. **Solicitation Type**: RFP - Request for Proposal (Formal) **Source ID**: PU.AG.USA.2323.C11068076 **Piggyback Contract**: No **Question Acceptance Deadline**: 04/14/2026 05:00 PM EDT **Questions are submitted online**: No **Bid Submission Type**: Electronic Bid Submission **Owner Organization**: City of Fort Collins **Solicitation Number**: 10248 **Reference Number**: 0000405103 **Pricing**: Lump sum **Bid Documents List**: | Item Name | Description | Mandatory | Limited to 1 file | |---|---|---|---| | Bid Documents | Documents defining the proposal | No | No | **Pre-Bidding Events**: Event Type: Prebid Conference | Attendance: Recommended | Event date: 04/08/2026 02:00 AM EDT | Location: TEAMS | Event Note: A pre-proposal meeting will be held at 11:00AM MT on April 8, 2026. The pre-proposal meeting will be hosted on-line via Microsoft Teams. Select or copy/paste the below link into your browser for access to the meeting. Please be prepared to announce your name and mute your microphone: Microsoft Teams meeting Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/24075110733140?p=TKMoKmTeOCWiV71uLR Meeting ID: 240 751 107 331 40 Passcode: Da6U5Vg7
SLED stands for State, Local, and Education. These are solicitations issued by state governments, counties, cities, school districts, utilities, and higher education institutions — as opposed to federal agencies.
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