Bid #26-0658 - Lake DeSmet - North Access Area Boat Ramp - Wyoming Game & Fish Department

The Wyoming State Construction Department, Procurement Section, on behalf of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, (Procuring Agency) will receive bids until 1:00 p.m. Mountain Time on July 14, 2026, through the Public Purchase online bidding system for the Lake DeSmet – North Access Area Boat Ramp, located at Lake DeSmet in Johnson County, Wyoming.

Project Description: This project will consist of efforts to construct a new concrete boat ramp and will include the necessary earthwork. The complete set of bid documents and specifications can be downloaded from:

Companies wishing to download plans must have a publicpurchase.com account. Only bids submitted through the Public Purchase site and on State of Wyoming forms will be considered. It is the bidder’s responsibility to review, through Public Purchase at www.publicpurchase.com for answers to questions, addenda, or bid tabulations.

Telephone calls, emails, or faxes may not be accepted.

A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be conducted at 1:00 p.m. MT on Thursday, June 25, 2026, starting at the north access area of Lake DeSmet, Lat. 44.5150°, Long. -106.7857°, Johnson County, WY. Bidding questions shall be submitted on the Public Purchase website by 5:00 p.m. MT on July 1, 2026.

All questions will be answered and provided to all prospective bidders via answers on the Public Purchase website or in the form of a written addendum posted on Public Purchase by 3:00 p.m. MT on July 7, 2026.

Questions received after 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time on July 1, 2026, will not be addressed. It is the Contractor's responsibility (not required) to add their company to the Plan Holders and Contractors List.

If a bid is greater than $150,000, each bid is required to have a bid deposit in the amount of Ten Percent (10%) of the total bid, which shall be in the form of a bid bond, cashier's check, or certified check (a copy of a check will not be accepted) drawn on a reliable bank and made payable to the State of Wyoming (no personal checks will be accepted), or an electronic bid bond with Surety 2000.

ONLY if you are submitting an original 10% bid bond or submitting a 10% cashier check, it MUST be received in the Procurement Office at: Wyoming State Construction Department, Procurement Office, 700 West 21st Street, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002, by 1:00 p.m. July 14, 2026 . A COPY OF THE 10% CASHIER CHECK WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. If you are using Surety 2000, you will need to upload with your bid response documents a copy of the Surety 2000 document.

Note: All bids must be signed and uploaded completely through the Public Purchase online bidding system no later than the 1:00 p.m. Mountain Time on the due date indicated in the document. If your submission has not completely uploaded by the 1:00 p.m. deadline, the Public Purchase system will lock and your response will be incomplete and deemed non-responsive and eliminated from the evaluation process.

If you have not yet registered on the Wyoming State Construction Public Purchase website, and are interested in this bid, register immediately to avoid last-minute processing delays.

Activation of your registration may take up to 24 hours.

A guide to register with Public Purchase can be found at:

SCD Procurement Representative: Lenora Simpson; Phone: (307) 777-3558