4-FB27-100 Bid Results - Official.xlsx

This is a bid results document for a sagebrush restoration handplanting contract issued by the State of Utah Division of Wildlife Resources through the Division of Purchasing. The contract, designated FB27-100, called for the provision of sagebrush restoration handplanting services and resulted in bids from two vendors: Silhouette Farm & Forestry LLC and Imperial Forestry. Both bidders submitted proposals for Unit 1 involving big sagebrush seedlings of bareroot type to be planted across 296 total acres. The contract was structured as a single award to the lowest cost responsive and responsible vendor, with a one-year contract term requiring vendors to guarantee pricing for the full year.

Silhouette Farm & Forestry LLC submitted the winning bid at $219.58 per acre, resulting in a grand total of $64,995.68 for the 296-acre project. Imperial Forestry's bid of $415.59 per acre totaled $123,016.00, making it the non-responsive bid on price comparison. The substantial price difference between the two bids, with Silhouette Farm & Forestry LLC's proposal being approximately 47 percent lower, resulted in the award to that vendor as the lowest cost responsive bidder.