RFP-274-26 - James Construction Agricultural Lease

Boulder County Parks & Open Space (BCPOS), Agricultural Resources Division, is seeking proposals from qualified parties to lease approximately 31 acres of the James Construction Agricultural Open Space property. This property has been used primarily for organic fruit and vegetable production in the past. There is a 5-acre buffer zone along the northern portion of the property that will be managed by the leaseholder for hay production. The leaseholder for this property will also serve as ditch rider for the Farmers Ditch.If you have any questions about the Boulder County procurement process, please email procurement@bouldercounty.gov.Americans with Disabilities Act and Equal Opportunity Notice

Commodity Codes

• Commodity Codes: NIGP 019 Agricultural Crops And Grains Including Fruits, Melons, Nuts, And Vegetables NIGP 944 Farming And Ranching Services, Animal And Crop NIGP 971 Real Property Rental Or Lease NIGP 94419 Animal Farming and Ranching Services NIGP 94426 Bean and Pea Farming NIGP 94431 Citrus Fruit Farming NIGP 94434 Corn Farming NIGP 94436 Cotton Farming NIGP 94438 Crop Farming (Not Otherwise Classified) NIGP 94442 Fruit and Tree Nut Farming, Not Citrus NIGP 94445 Grain Farming (Not Otherwise Classified) NIGP 94448 Hay Farming NIGP 94454 Miscellaneous Farming Services NIGP 94457 Oilseed and Grain Farming NIGP 94460 Peanut Farming NIGP 94464 Potato Farming NIGP 94467 Poultry Farming NIGP 94471 Ranching Services (Not Otherwise Classified) NIGP 94472 Rice Farming NIGP 94476 Soybean Farming NIGP 94485 Tobacco Farming NIGP 94489 Vegetable and Melon Farming NIGP 94493 Wheat Farming NIGP 96103 Agricultural Services, Including Environmental NIGP 97135 Land, Rental or Lease

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Requested Information

Note: Template files for the items below (BidTables, Questionnaires) are available in the Attachments section of this opportunity.

Public Notices

Name Type # Files Requirement Please acknowledge you have read the Americans with Disabilities Act and Equal Opportunity Notice linked in the Project Description Data Type: Yes/No N/A Required Are you authorized to bid on your company's behalf? Data Type: Yes/No N/A Required The cost must be exclusive of any federal or state taxes, because Boulder County is tax exempt. Data Type: Yes/No N/A Required Are you a current employee of Boulder County? Data Type: Yes/No N/A Required Vendor confirms that it will disclose to the Chief Financial Officer any conflict of interest that it may have with any County employee, including but not limited to financial or familial relationships with county employees.  The Chief Financial Officer can be reached at finance@bouldercounty.gov Data Type: Yes/No N/A Required Are you requesting any changes to the proposed contract? If yes, please identify the paragraph and language and upload a redlined version. Data Type: Yes/No N/A Required Can you obtain and show proof of required insurance if awarded the project and prior to entering into the contract? You will be required to email, on an annual basis, an up-to-date certificate of insurance showing proof of all required insurance. Data Type: Yes/No N/A Required Boulder County Discretion: You acknowledge that Boulder County awards projects in conformance with its Procurement Policies and Procedures. Boulder County may reject any or all proposals and is not required to provide an award for any given project. Data Type: Yes/No N/A Required Proposer Assumes Risk: You acknowledge that you are expected to examine all documents included in this request and failure to do so is solely at your own risk and failure to respond with all required information may result in a rejection of your proposal or bid. Data Type: Yes/No N/A Required Colorado Sunshine Laws: You acknowledge that responses submitted to this solicitation and any resulting contract are subject to the provisions of the Colorado Open Records Act, 24-72-201 et seq., C.R.S., as amended. Any restrictions on the use or inspection of material contained within the bid or resulting contract should be clearly stated in the bid and contract itself. Data Type: Yes/No N/A Required Identification of confidential/proprietary information: Separate and clearly identify any confidential or proprietary information from the rest of your submission. Bids that do not identify confidential/proprietary information may be released in their entirety. Pricing totals contained in a bid are not considered confidential. Data Type: Yes/No N/A Required Do you customarily keep line-item pricing information, such as the information being submitted with this proposal, confidential or closely-held? Data Type: Yes/No N/A Required You acknowledge that the Boulder County Attorney’s Office retains sole authority for determining whether the Colorado Open Records Act requires or permits Boulder County to disclose proposal or bid documents, or any information contained therein, pursuant to an open records request. Data Type: Yes/No N/A Required Non-Federal Public Works Projects: You acknowledge that pursuant to Colorado law (House Bill 1292), in any bidding process for public works in which a bid is received from a non-resident bidder who is from a state that provides a percentage bidding preference, a comparable percentage disadvantage will be applied to the bid of that bidder. Bidders may obtain additional information from the Department of Personnel’s website: http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/. Data Type: Yes/No N/A Required County Changes to Solicitation Materials: You acknowledge that the County will only make any interpretation, correction or change of the solicitation documents by written Addendum. You acknowledge that interpretations, corrections or changes of the solicitation documents made in any other manner are not binding and you may not rely on them. The County’s Representative will not be responsible for oral clarification. Data Type: Yes/No N/A Required Please acknowledge that you have reviewed the addenda(s). Data Type: Yes/No N/A Required

Attachments

• Vendor_Information_for_Bonfire_-_Fillable.pdf
• RFP-274-26_Packet.pdf