Patterson Loop 26-27 TS.pdf
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- Patterson Loop 26/27 Timber Sale
- Solicitation number
- ITB-17186
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- Lee County, Fruitville CDP, Florida
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This is a sealed bid sale advertisement issued by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Florida Forest Service for timber harvesting rights in Hendry County, Florida. The Patterson Loop 26/27 Timber Sale encompasses 254 acres across four distinct harvest areas in Okaloacoochee Slough State Forest, divided into Areas 1 through 4 proceeding from west to east. The project comprises two primary components: a third-row thinning operation across approximately 220 acres of 19-23-year-old south Florida slash pine in Areas 1 and 4, yielding an estimated 1,427 tons of pine pulpwood/mulch wood, and a clearcut operation across 34 acres of planted eucalyptus plantations in Areas 2 and 3, yielding an estimated 165 tons of eucalyptus pulpwood/mulch wood. The pine areas contain 200-400 trees per acre with 5-to-7-inch diameter at breast height, with selective thinning targeting diseased, deformed, defective, forked, and suppressed trees while maintaining a post-harvest basal area of 30 or higher. All harvest operations require low ground pressure equipment. The contract term is eighteen months. Sealed bids will be opened on October 28, 2026 at 10:00 AM EDT at 10941 Palm Beach Boulevard, Fort Myers, Florida 33905. Interested parties should contact James Kavanagh at (239) 690-8031 for complete bid information.
The Florida Forest Service reserves the right to reject any and all bids received and to waive any irregularities in bidding. No specific pricing requirements, set-asides, incumbent information, or funding sources are detailed in this sale advertisement. Bidders must possess capability to perform low ground pressure harvesting operations across mixed timber types while adhering to specified basal area retention requirements in the pine areas.
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SALE ADVERTISEMENT
Patterson Loop 26/27 Timber Sale
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Florida Forest
Service is seeking sealed bids for the sale of timber. Patterson Loop 26/27 Timber Sale in its entirety spans 254 acres. It is estimated to yield 1,427 tons of pine pulpwood/mulch wood and 165 tons of eucalyptus pulpwood/mulch wood. Broken down by species, this is a per unit sale thinning of approximately 220 acres of planted south Florida slash pine, and a clearcutting of approximately 34 acres of planted eucalyptus in Okaloacoochee
Slough State Forest in Hendry County, Florida (see attached maps). These maps, and this project in general, divide the harvest into four separate areas referred to as Areas 1, 2, 3, and 4, corresponding to the stands proceeding West to East. The pine sale areas
(Areas 1 and 4) are comprised of 19-23-year-old south Florida slash in the range of 200-
400 trees per acre calculated through a range of 5-to-7-inch DBH. Timber available for harvest in Areas 1 and 4 include a 3rd row thinning with selection includes diseased, deformed, defective, forked, and suppressed trees. Both pine sale areas will have a target
BA of 30 or higher post-harvest. The two smaller stands totaling 34 acres of planted eucalyptus plantations (Areas 2 and 3) were last clearcut 25 years ago. Areas 2 and 3 will be a clearcut. All areas will require low ground pressure equipment. Sale boundaries are roads, wetlands, fire lines or obvious timber type changes. This will be an eighteen
(18) month contract. Interested parties may obtain complete bid information by contacting
James Kavanagh at (239) 690-8031.
The Florida Forest Service reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any irregularity in bids received.
Bids will be opened at:
10941 Palm Beach Blvd, Fort Myers, Fl 33905
10/28/2026 10:00 AM, EDT
Wilton Simpson Commissioner of Agriculture
By: Duane Weis Deputy Chief of Field Operations, Region 4
(941) 213-6943
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