Statewide Natural Areas Management - 4 year contract

The State of Illinois Department of Natural Resources awarded a Statewide Natural Areas Management contract to Stice Forestry for a four-year initial term commencing July 16, 2026 through July 15, 2030. The total contract value is $4,697,950.00. This is a split-award contract under Invitation for Bid 26-422DNR-RESCO-B-51743, with thirteen vendors selected across multiple geographic zones. Stice Forestry was awarded work items in Zones 6, 7, and 8, encompassing nine counties in the central region (Champaign, DeWitt, Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston, McLean, Piatt, and Vermilion) and ten counties in the south-central region (Calhoun, Christian, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Montgomery, Morgan, Pike, Scott, Sangamon, Clark, Clay, Cumberland, Coles, Crawford, Douglas, Edgar, Edwards, Effingham, Fayette, Jasper, Jefferson, Lawrence, Macon, Marion, Moultrie, Richland, Shelby, Wabash, and Wayne).

Stice Forestry will provide natural areas management handwork services including cutting woody vegetation with chainsaws and brushcutters, treating cut stumps, performing hack and squirt treatments, applying basal bark and foliar herbicides using handheld, backpack, and UTV/ATV sprayers, and conducting firebreak maintenance. Services are differentiated between sensitive and non-sensitive sites, with pricing structured at firm hourly rates of $75.00 per hour for Zones 6 and 7 work and $54.50 per hour for Zone 8 work. All herbicide, equipment, and supplies are included in the hourly rates unless otherwise specified in individual work orders. Work assignments will be 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 workers' compensation insurance as required by law.