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The Kentucky Abandoned Storage Tank and Orphan Well Reclamation Program (KASTOW) project involves the reclamation of sites in Daviess County. The solicitation is for construction services related to this work, including but not limited to maintenance and repair activities associated with orphan well sites in the specified area. Bidders are invited to submit proposals for the required reclamation services under this package, identified as ORPHAN WELL PACKAGE - DAVIESS #003. *The list of planholders and/or interested bidders is not being tracked by the stakeholders involved with this project. If you are an interested contractor and wish to be listed as a bidder, please notify our editorial staff at addtobidlist@constructconnect.com. Question Deadline 03/13/2026 at 4:00 PM CT Written questions shall be submitted to the Commonwealth Buyer via email at kristi.sharp@ky.gov Please reference the RFP number in the Subject Line in your email. No questions shall be accepted after the date(s) listed. Commonwealth's Response to Vendors' Written Questions March 19, 2026 1. Prior to commencing site preparation or working access road to wellsite, contractor must contact landowner, as identified by the Division, to discuss the work plan and address any areas of owner concern regarding ingress/egress of equipment or other impacts. (If any orphan well site is in a cropland area, contractor site work must plan to work around their crop planting and harvest schedules to avoid damage.) 2. Contractor is encouraged to make reasonable accommodations to the landowner during site work/access road construction. 3. Attachment L provides project requirements for site preparation, revegetation, reclamation, and Best Management Practices for stable site drainage with erosion prevention and sedimentation controls. 4. Construction of access road should include water bars, ditches or culverts (as necessary) and any other best management practice deemed necessary by the Inspector. (Any cleared brush shall be windrowed, legally burned, or hauled away for proper disposal - depending upon landowner preference.) 5. Site preparation shall include identifying surface waterways and potential conduits to groundwater (i.e. sinkholes) and then implementing best management practices to prevent groundwater degradation. 6. Contractor shall construct a temporary pit, and install a minimum 6-mil liner for fluids containment. 7. Contractor shall disconnect all wellhead connections to flowlines, meters, separators or tanks (without creating leakage or spillage) and permanently secure all buried lines 24 inches below ground level by placement of bull plugs. 8. If the wellhead is equipped with a pump jack and connected to tubing/rods assembly downhole, the extracted tubing and rods from the wellbore shall be scanned with a Ludlum Model 19 Micro R meter (or equivalent) for TENORM (Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material) which typically is deposited as scale. Same procedure applies to any flow lines, loose background radiation, a disposal procedure compliant with KRS Chapter 211 and 902 KAR 100.180 shall be required. Approved disposal of TENORM material will require material chainof-custody, an approved disposal site and full documentation submitted to the Division. Contractor shall submit invoice for cost of TENORM disposal plus 10% for administration costs, which shall be approved upon presentation of required shipment manifests, full cost documentation and proof of proper disposal. 9. Measurement of wellhead methane emissions may be performed by an authorized representative of the Division prior to plugging operations 10. Contractor shall rig up on the wellhead and run tools downhole to confirm total depth or establish total depth (Inspector must approve alternative downhole measures such as perforating, setting of plugs or cutting casing if required variant from Attachment K) 11. Should an obstruction in the wellbore be encountered at a depth less than total depth, the plugging contractor shall notify the Division inspector of the obstruction depth to determine if the depth is sufficient to properly isolate and protect fresh water zones and coal seams by the emplacement of cement slurry circulated to surface. It shall be the contractors obligation to pursue clearing the downhole obstruction encountered to a depth acceptable to the on site inspector to assure full protection of freshwater and coal seams. Contractor should be prepared to fish, spear, mill out, or take any other corrective measures necessary to achieve an acceptable depth for plugging. 12. Contractor shall run tubing in the wellbore and Class A Cement slurry mixed at a minimum weight of 14 lb/gal shall be displaced using balance method at pre-determined depths as described further in Attachment K. Zones or intervals that require isolation by cement plugs under state statute include: a. Fresh Water Zones: b. Coal Seams: c. Producing Intervals: d. Potential Future Production Zones: e. Casing shoes (specifically intermediate and surface casing strings) 13. After properly plugging the well to surface, all casing shall be cut off three (3) feet below surface. 14. Contractor shall remove from the site all aboveground wellhead equipment, flowlines, meters and separators and permanently secure all buried lines 24 inches below ground level by installing bull plugs. 15. Measurement of wellhead methane emissions may be performed by an authorized representative of the Division at the completion of plugging operations 16. Contractor shall remove and properly dispose of all fluids from pit, then back-fill and reclaim in accordance with Attachment L. 17. Contractor is responsible to properly handle and dispose of oil or brine contaminated soil removed in accordance with KRS 353.562(6) (c) and site reclamation procedures described in Attachment L. All material leaving the site must be properly documented, and a complete manifest of transport and final disposal actions shall be provided to the Division prior to project completion. 18. Access roadways adjacent to the site, if they are dirt/farm roads degraded by the work activity should be graded, straw covered, and seeded. If access roads used were prior gravel surface roads, contractor shall gravel to restore original condition. Site shall be seeded with seed mixture to the extent practical as requested by landowner 19. Following site closure, Contractor shall submit for each well a PLUGGING AFFIDAVIT FORM (OG-38), properly completed front and back, signed by the Contractor and the on-site Division Inspector (Attachment N). 20. Contractor will be required to use specific invoice format as per Attachment O billing associated with this project, submitting it to the Division of Oil & Gas. WESTERN KY (Ballard, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden, Daviess, Fulton, Graves, Hancock, Henderson, Hickman, Hopkins, Livingston, Logan, Lyon, Marshall, McCracken, McLean, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Todd, Trigg, Union, Webster) Wells with TD at 1500' or shallower o Confer with Division Inspector, assure landowner access is approved o Construct access road to well o Dig pit and line with 6 mil liner o Remove brush from location, rig-up service rig o Establish wellhead entry if not open casing, or dismantle wellhead if fully equipped o If tubing & rods remain in well, extract same from the hole and trip out o Trip in well with rig tools to establish TD and ensure no wellbore obstructions o Run tubing to TD and pump minimum five barrels of water or 6% gel o If casing is not cemented or unknown; perforate casing from 250' to 50'; (50' increments) o Circulate Class A, Class L, or Type 1L cement solid to surface (Cement calculation based on hole volume) o Monitor cement level and top off as needed o Cut off all casing 3 ft. below surface the next day to ensure no fall back has occurred o Remove fluids from pit, properly dispose of same, and backfill pit o Properly grade, stabilize, and fully reclaim wellsite as outlined in Scope of Work Wells deeper than 1500' o Confer with Division Inspector, assure landowner access is approved o Construct access road to well o Dig pit and line with 6 mil liner o Remove brush from location, rig-up service rig o Pull Rods & tubing, if present pipe or metal about the wellsite, or metal from associated structures being reclaimed. If the meter scan detects a measurement in microroentgen per hour (uR/hr) equal to or exceeding double the