Dirt Government Bids & RFPs

The Gordon County Board of Commissioners is requesting proposals for debris removal and disposal services for a 3-year period. The solicitation aims to establish a pre-event contract with no immediate cost to the county. Up to two experienced firms will be selected to remove and dispose of disaster-generated debris from public property and right-of-ways, and to set up temporary debris staging and reduction sites. Bids must be sealed and include a qualification proposal, completed price proposal forms, an authorized signature, and other required documents. The successful supplier must submit additional items within ten calendar days of notification. Proposals are due by December 11th, 2025, at 2:00 PM. The county's evaluation criteria will include knowledge of FEMA regulations, operational plans, proposed pricing, past performance, and local/minority participation. The county may require presentations from shortlisted firms and will negotiate with the top-ranked respondents. The county reserves the right to reject proposals and may make purchases under this bid by other governmental agencies. Questions should be submitted in writing to the contact provided. The successful contractor will not be responsible for preparing FEMA project worksheets, but will provide full support to the debris management consultant. The contractor must complete debris management operations in a maximum of 120 days. The contractor will be responsible for the lawful disposal of all debris and debris reduction byproducts. The contractor will be responsible for the removal and disposal of hazardous material. The contractor shall have a maximum of 24 hours from notification by the county to mobilize and begin their response. Failure to mobilize in the allowed time may result in a penalty. The contractor will provide weekly public notices of the debris removal schedule. The contractor shall advertise these notices in the sunday additions of two 2 local major newspapers and shall be of sufficient size to be easily seen by readers. The contractor shall also advertise these notices on two 2 local major radio stations, which have markets in gordon county, georgia. The radio announcements shall be aired a minimum of four 4 times daily during the period with peak listeners for a minimum of thirty 30 seconds each and be run a minimum of three 3 days per week. All public notices must be approved by gordon county, georgia prior to release. The notices shall contain a description of the work, how debris should be placed on the right of way, what is eligible debris, and the schedule for removal. The proposal should outline the ability to provide expert guidance with the current federal, state and local guidelines and regulations as they relate to disaster generated debris. The contractor shall provide all labor, equipment, machines and tools necessary to load and haul eligible disastergenerated debris. The contractor shall provide gordon county, georgia with a weekly report outlining the status of all damage concerns. Liquidated damages shall be assessed at 1, **** per calendar day for any time over the maximum allowable time established by the contract to make the necessary repairs. The contractor shall provide a complete scenario for the various scopes of work and scenarios of different types of events. Each scenario will include how the work will be accomplished, the quality control, how fema requirements will be met. Include the operational processes for the debris reduction sites. The proposer should identify the resources they will mobilize for each scenario and state their commitment and timeframe to deploy these resources when called upon. The proposer shall provide the management processes anticipated to be used. It shall include how the interaction may take place between gordon county, georgia, the debris management consultant and the proposer. The contractor shall provide weekly public notices of the debris removal schedule. The contractor shall adverti