Description
The North Dakota Public Service Commission is seeking bids for the 2026 Exploratory Drilling AML Project. The project involves conducting exploratory drilling, drill hole casing, and other associated work to identify abandoned underground mine workings in Beulah, North Dakota. The project is expected to start on January 19, 2026, and end on July 31, 2026. The bid response deadline is January 6, 2026, at 10:00 A.M. CT.
• The project includes areas in Mercer County, North Dakota.
• The successful bidder will be required to submit a written estimated Schedule of Construction to the Commission’s Project Manager for written approval before the Notice to Proceed is issued.
• The project requires the contractor to work a standard 5-day work week, restricted to daylight hours, and to observe state and federal holidays.
• The contractor must have facilities or service providers within a commuting distance to meet the project requirements.
• The contractor shall set up and maintain any necessary barricades, lights, signs, signals, flag persons, and other traffic control devices as necessary to protect the general public and project workers.
• The contractor shall keep the work site free of accumulations of waste materials, including drill cuttings, drilling fluids, and casing.
• The contractor shall restore all damaged or destroyed real property, including utilities, wells, structures, septic systems, yards, fences, roads, approaches, haulage ways, driveways, access points, crops, and ditches.