Description
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is seeking a licensed funeral director to perform the disinterment, relocation, and reinterment of three graves located at the Brown Family Gravesite (Parcel 508, Magoffin County) to comply with a right‑of‑way acquisition for the KY 114 Mountain Parkway project. The contractor must handle all human remains, associated personal effects, and grave markers, provide appropriate reinterment containers, transport remains to the designated reinterment cemetery, and maintain detailed records for audit by the Cabinet and FHWA. The contract is a one‑time award, requires a performance bond, insurance, and compliance with federal, state, and local regulations, including Buy‑America and Davis‑Bacon wage requirements.
• Disinterment of three graves, hand‑digging to minimum 6′ × 3′ × 4′ dimensions.
• Provision of steel reinterment containers (minimum 12‑gauge) and transport of remains.
• Removal, protection, and re‑installation of monuments, headstones, and grave markers.
• Daily documentation (grave data sheets) and final site plats submission.
• Mandatory on‑site supervision by the Cabinet’s grave‑relocation agent and a licensed funeral director.
• Required performance bond (100 % of contract price) and $1 M general liability insurance.
• All work must be completed under the terms of the FHWA‑eligible Right‑of‑Way guidance and applicable Kentucky statutes.