Install High-Game and Pasture Fencing, Cameron County, TX

Award Details Contract Award Date: Sep 21, 2022 Contract Award Number: 12639522C0082 Task/Delivery Order Number: Contractor Awarded Unique Entity ID: RKEXMLGAC8B9 Contractor Awarded Name: Tabeza Holdings, LLC Contractor Awarded Address: Mcallen, TX 78504-6313 USA Base and All Options Value (Total Contract Value): $1143868.00 The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), intends to issue a request for proposals to provide and install high game and pasture fencing in Cameron County, Texas. Background: APHIS's Cattle Fever Tick Eradication Program (CFTEP) is charged with controlling the spread of Cattle Fever Ticks (CFT) that can infect cattle with bovine babesiosis. This infection can lead to a negative impact on the cattle business and result in an infestation of local ranches. CFT are not exclusive to cattle. These ticks have also found suitable hosts on white-tailed deer and several exotic ungulates including nilgai antelope. APHIS is concerned about the role of white-tailed deer and nilgai antelope in spreading ticks in the area. CFTEP seeks construction of approximately 10.5 miles of high-game fencing that is a minimum of 8-feet high on private and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service refuge property located in the rural areas of Cameron County, Texas. Fence will be installed in targeted areas to prevent access of CFT host wildlife (whitetail deer and nilgai) in tick-free areas. The high-game fence will not obstruct public or private access roads or driveways, be installed through township areas, or be installed across water resources, including streams and arroyos. These fence portions may connect with other existing game fence or cattle fencing already in place, creating miles of contiguous fencing across a wildlife corridor within the County. This additional fencing will decrease whitetail deer and nilgai antelope movement in several locations or contain cattle on systematic treatment for CFT outside of the Permanent Quarantine Zone. Construction includes a net-wire pasture fence to contain cattle on systematic treatment for CFT. It's intended that this project will be set aside for service-disabled veteran-owned small business firms only. The estimated magnitude of this project is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. *The value for this project is based on a financial range. The value is listed as the highest possible cost from the range provided by a stakeholder or official project document. The purpose of this Statement of Work (SOW) is to procure construction services to install high-game fencing along the proposed construction corridor at various locations in Cameron County, Texas. The construction corridor referenced herein is defined as the area impacted by construction of the high-game or pasture fencing. High-Game and Pasture Fencing, Cameron County, TX Attachment 2, Amendment 0001

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Exterior Improvements, Fences and Gates.