42257QR26 LMCA_Add1.pdf
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- 42257QR26 MANUAL CUTTING/HAND CLEANING AND HERBICIDE TREATMENT AT LAKE MONROE CONSERVATION AREA
- Solicitation number
- ITB-16167
- Issued by
- Polk County, Florida
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This is Addendum 1 to Quote Request 42257 issued by the St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) in Florida for manual cutting, hand cleaning, and herbicide treatment services at Lake Monroe Conservation Area. The project involves manually cutting approximately 40 acres of trees and shrubs in and along drainage ditches and wetland edges, with cut stump herbicide application using imazapyr provided by the District. The contractor must employ a field supervisor holding a valid Florida Pesticide Applicators License for Natural Areas. The submission deadline remains 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 11, 2026, with project commencement required no later than 30 days from contract execution and all work to be completed by September 15, 2026. The addendum addresses 20 questions from potential respondents, clarifying project scope, specifications, and operational requirements.
Key clarifications from the addendum include that this is the first project of this type with no available historical bid data, surfactant or dye treatments are not required, and contractors must clear the vast majority of felled vegetation to adjacent ditches and roadways while maintaining drainage. All woody vegetation including trees and shrubs regardless of diameter must be cut, with palmettoes permitted to remain but cabbage palms requiring removal; pines and oaks must be cut and leveled to ground or water level with no visual height remaining. Contractors may leave equipment onsite but remain responsible for security on this public property. The District will not conduct retreatment after this single treatment application, and contractors must provide GPS or GPX tracklogs documenting daily work areas upon completion. The estimated budget is $40,000, with acknowledgment of this addendum required in all submissions.
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DATE: June 9, 2026
TO: Interested Firms
FROM: Breanna Pierce, Procurement Specialist
SUBJECT: Addendum 1 to Quote Request 42257 – Manual Cutting/Hand Cleaning and Herbicide Treatment at Lake Monroe Conservation Area
As a result of questions received from potential respondents, please be advised of the following changes to the subject Quote Request:
1. The time and date for the submittal of responses remains the same: 2:00 p.m., Thursday, June 11,
2. Question: Does that include and surfactant or dye?
It will be cut stumps but surfactant will not be needed.
3. Question: What herbicide will be used?
The District will provide imazapyr.
4. Question: How much of the debris will need to be carried off?
The vast majority of the vegetation will be felled and cleared to the adjacent ditch and roadway areas.
5. Question: Is the budget based on previous type projects been solicited and completed in the past. If so, are those bid tabs available.?
This is the first of this kind and there are no bid tabs available.
6. Question: Estimated start date, how soon after executed contract?
As stated in Part 1 – Scope of Work, V. Time Frames and Deliverables, the project shall begin no later than 30 days from the date of the executed contract.
7. Question: Can equipment be left onsite?
It’s not prohibited; however, the property is open to the public and security is the contractor’s responsibility.
8. Question: Will there be any species left in the ditches?
If any, there will be very little left. The objective is to restore suitable scrub jay habitat by removing overgrown vegetation.
9. Question: The cypress close to the ditch needs to be cut and can it be dropped and left?
Yes. Cypress near ditches must be cut. Trees may be left onsite, but all debris must be cleared away from ditches and culverts to maintain drainage.
10. Question: Cut level to the ground or water level?
Yes, everything needs to be cut to ground or water level if water is present.
11. Question: Will there be a retreatment?
For the purpose of this project this is only a single treatment project.
12. Question: Are there any nesting sites and if so, will they be flagged prior to start of project?
With the timeframe of the project, nesting is not a concern.
13. Question: With the larger polygons is everything being clear cut including palmettos?
The project targets all woody vegetation, such as trees and shrubs, regardless of diameter; however, the palmettoes may remain.
14. Question: Is there a height minimum for the trees and shrubs?
There is not a height minimum for the vegetation, therefore all trees and shrubs are to be cut. As specified in Part 1 – Scope of Work, III. Scope; The contractor will manually cut down all trees and shrubs whether live or dead inside and adjacent to drainage ditches and along wetland edges in the project area.
15. Question: Do the pines need to be treated?
No, the pines do not need to be treated because they will not resprout after being cut down.
16. Question: Are the pines remaining?
No, they will need to be cut and taken down.
17. Question: Are the palm remaining?
The soft palms such as palmettoes will remain, however, the cabbage palms will need to be cut down.
18. Question: Do the large oak trees need to be cut down and leveled out?
Yes, the oaks need to be cut and if any limbs sticking up also need to be cut so there is no visual height remaining.
19. Question: Is the goal to fell away from the fire lines and roads?
Yes, if the only safe method is the fell into the fire line or roads, it will then need to be cut up and removed from the fire lines and roads.
20. Question: Do we need GPS on our guides for spraying?
Upon completion of the treatments, Contractor must provide GPX or GPS tracklogs with the data required for daily application records to the DPM. This can be a simple indication of the area where the work took place that day.
NOTE: Please acknowledge receipt of this Addendum in your submittal.
If you have any questions regarding this addendum, contact Breanna Pierce at (386) 643-1168 or via email at bpierce@sjrwmd.com.
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