OPTIONAL PRE-PROPOSAL MEETING:

Interested Parties should meet onsite at the Carlson Open Space property for the optional pre-bid meeting on February 14, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. This property is not open to the public and access will not be permitted beyond the pre-scheduled, optional pre-bid meeting. The property is located at the corner of North 115^th Street and Vermillion Road in Longmont, CO.

All interested Parties will be permitted access to the project site, this will last approximately one (1) hour. Attending the Pre-BID meeting is not mandatory nor is it required to submit a bid for the property, but instead, is highly encouraged.

Please see Attachment A, property location map.

BACKGROUND:

The Boulder County Parks and Open Space Department, Agricultural Resource Management Division, is seeking proposals from qualified parties to lease the Carlson Agricultural Open Space property. This is a productive farm that is currently planted with annual grass hay.

OPTIONAL PRE-PROPOSAL MEETING:

Interested Parties should meet onsite at the Carlson Open Space property for the optional pre-bid meeting on February 14, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. This property is not open to the public and access will not be permitted beyond the pre-scheduled, optional pre-bid meeting. The property is located at the corner of North 115^th Street and Vermillion Road in Longmont, CO.

All interested Parties will be permitted access to the project site, this will last approximately one (1) hour. Attending the Pre-BID meeting is not mandatory nor is it required to submit a bid for the property, but instead, is highly encouraged.

Please see Attachment A, property location map.

Questions regarding additional information not covered in this Request for Proposals or at the pre-bid meeting, are to be directed to purchasing@bouldercounty.org . The county will post the answers to the submitted written questions in a posted, bid addenda, as directed, in this Request for Proposals.

Boulder County adheres to the Colorado State Department of Public Health & Environment Guidelines as related to the COVID-19 pandemic. For the safety of all potential bidders attending and staff, if you have recently been in close contact with anyone who has contracted COVID-19, are experiencing symptoms or have COVID-19, please refrain from attending. All participants are required to wear face coverings while inside County buildings.

Please note that the County may reschedule the optional Pre-BID meeting, terminate or modify the process at any time due to changing circumstances related to the current COVID-19 pandemic.

The County representative will remain onsite for the duration of the site visit and leave only after the interested party representatives have left the site. Access without County supervision is strictly prohibited.

WRITTEN INQUIRIES:

All inquiries regarding this RFP will be submitted via email to the Boulder County Purchasing Office at purchasing@bouldercounty.org on or before 2:00 p.m. on February 17, 2022. A response from the county to all inquiries will be posted and sent via email no later than the end of day February 22, 2022.

Do not contact any other county department or personnel with questions or for information regarding this solicitation.

SUBMITTAL INSTRUCTIONS:

Submittals are due at the email box only, listed below, for time and date recording on or before 2:00 p.m. Mountain Time on February 25, 2022.

Please note that email responses to this solicitation are limited to a maximum of 50MB capacity.

NO ZIP FILES OR LINKS TO EXTERNAL SITES WILL BE ACCEPTED. THIS INCLUDES GOOGLE DOCS AND SIMILAR SITES. ALL SUBMITTALS MUST BE RECEIVED AS AN ATTACHMENT (E.G. PDF, WORD, EXCEL).

RFP #7312-22

The attached addendum supersedes the original Information and Specifications regarding RFP # 7312-22 where it adds to, deletes from, clarifies or otherwise modifies. All other conditions and any previous addendums shall remain unchanged.

Please note: Due to COVID-19, BIDS will only be accepted electronically by emailing purchasing@bouldercounty.org.

RFP 7312-22 Addendum 1