Statewide Natural Areas Management - 4 year contract

The State of Illinois Department of Natural Resources, acting through the Office of Resource Conservation, awarded a statewide natural areas management contract to Integrated Lakes Management for $2,289,882.00 under open market competitive sealed bidding. The contract period runs from July 16, 2026, through July 15, 2030, and encompasses services across multiple geographic zones covering numerous Illinois counties. The prime contractor will deliver grinder/forestry mowing operations in both sensitive and non-sensitive sites, foliar spraying and wicking herbicide applications from amphibious vehicles, and associated stump treatment services. All services are priced on an hourly basis with two-person crews consisting of equipment operators and stump treatment personnel, with hourly rates varying by work zone and service type.

The contract work is geographically distributed across six designated work zones (Zones 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6) encompassing counties including Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Whiteside, Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, Ogle, Winnebago, Bureau, Henry, LaSalle, Lee, Marshall, Mercer, Putnam, Rock Island, Stark, Grundy, Kendall, Will, Champaign, DeWitt, Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston, McLean, Piatt, and Vermilion. Work orders are issued on an as-needed basis throughout the contract term, with the contractor required to maintain General Commercial Liability insurance of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 aggregate, comply with prevailing wage requirements for natural resource services, and maintain crew member experience documentation as specified in the contract vendor experience documentation requirements.