Scope of work Spring 2023 Herbicide Post Treatment Bidbuy Item 2.pdf

IDNR Forestry Division Post Herbicide Treatment of Tree Planted Acres Spring 2023/24 Mississippi Palisades, Witkowsky, Volo and Moraine Hills

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ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

ILLINOIS DIVISION OF FOREST RESOURCES

Reforestation Areas

Region 1 / Carroll County, Washington Township

Mississippi Palisades 7.8 ac. Herbicide treat 2023/24

Region 1 / Jo Daviess County, Elizabeth Township

Witkowsky 4.6 ac. Herbicide treat 2023/24

Region 2 / Kankakee County Kankakee River St Park 8 ac. Herbicide Treat 2023/24

Region 2 / Will County Boathouse Road 12.3 ac. Herbicide Treat 2023/24

Region 2 / Lake County Volo State Park 7 ac. Herbicide Treat 2023/24

Region 2 / McHenry County Moraine Hills St Park 4 ac. Herbicide Treat 2023/24

Mississippi Palisades, 7.8 Acre area, 42.131878,-90.140033 Witkowsky, 4.6 Acre area, 42.305456,-90.330861 Kankakee State Park Areas 3 Acre area 41.162969,-87.937962); 5 Acre area (41.160958,-87.930938) Boathouse Rd Areas, 9 Acre area (41.334084,-88.181664); 1.22 Acre area (41.333107,-88.173934);

2.11 Acre area (41.330553,-88.170544)

Volo State Park, 7 Acre area 42.366320,-88.194697 Moraine Hills, 4 Acre area 42.316860,-88.245279

2023 IDNR Reforestation Scope of Work: Two-year contract for spring herbicide treatments

SUPPLIES AND / OR SERVICES REQUIRED:

Contractor must supply all herbicide products, necessary additives and adjuncts to treat up to 43.7 tree planted acres annually for two years; broadcast apply herbicide product/s or product mix as approved by District Forester; use herbicide products, application rates and timing recommended as per label and, agreed and approved in writing by the listed IDNR District Forester to suppress and control annual weed and grass competition without injuring trees; use aquatic safe herbicides when acres are adjacent to water bodies and or where necessary; wear appropriate Personal Protection Equipment when applying herbicide products or mixes; assure treatment is effective over 75% of the all treated acres by June 30 unless otherwise approved in writing by an IDNR District Forester; and use only licensed herbicide products, rates and timing according to the original product labels for the target of releasing planted hardwood tree seedlings from grass and aggressive weeds present or expected.

The contractor is responsible for having the water necessary for specified herbicide applications. No well heads, spigots or water supply exists in the fields specified. If a State accessible water source is available to IDNR, the IDNR District Forester will make this water source available to contractor.

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The contractor will be required to sign and operate within the bounds of a signed state contract containing the information and documents within this procurement opportunity as well as ingress and egress standards, general rules for working on state land, operating and equipment protocols, requirements for having appropriate first-aid, emergency supplies, PPEs such as first aid kits, spill kits, protective wear and other standard contracting obligations.

The weed control and suppression must be at least 75% effective over each field by June 30th, of each year, as determined by District Forester, or be subject to a respray of specified areas and up to entire area within 10 days of notification that herbicide application was unsuccessful. The completion of the each of the project areas will be approved by June 30th, of each year, pending any necessary respray, by the oversight IDNR District Forester of that project area, Paul Bane, Dave Griffith, or Jim Tresouthick.

Contractor and District Foresters are to discuss spring 2023 treatments after completion and note any suggested adjustments to be considered for spring 2024 treatments. Any suggested adjustments to spring 2024 treatments will be approved in writing by Mike Brunk prior to initiation of 2024 work.

The IDNR Division of Forest Resources must be specifically invoiced for each individual herbicide application area by the titles, Mississippi Palisades, Witkowsky, Volo, Moraine Hills, Kankakee River, or

Boathouse Road - Post Herbicide Treatment of Tree Planted Acres Spring 2023/24 given to each in this Scope of Work for the herbicide application promptly after the work is completed and no later than June 30th of each year. All invoice billings for this contract shall be electronically mailed to Michael Brunk at michael.brunk@illinois.gov.

MILESTONES AND DELIVERABLES:

Start date – no sooner than May 1st of 2023, and 2024 and mid-May of each year for Volo and Moraine Hills Completion date – June 5, 2023, and 2024

VENDOR / STAFF SPECIFICATIONS:

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forest Resources (IDNR) seeks an experienced reforestation contractor (Contractor), having direct experience in post herbicide application to tree seedling plantings. Contractor must be an experienced reforestation herbicide applicator having treated planted fields of hardwood seedling to control grasses and weeds from around live hardwood seedlings. Contractor is to provide at least two verifiable herbicide application references (mailing address or property legal description, and GPS coordinates) to verify this experience on 15 acres or more within the last 5 years. References are to include property owners name and valid phone number. Contractor shall also have no less than two tenured (1+ year) employees that hold a valid Illinois Department of Agriculture commercial pesticide applicators license which will be verified prior to awarding a bid and initiating a contract. Contractor should provide all experience documentation at time of bid. Contractor shall own or have available all equipment necessary for mechanized herbicide application to tree seedling plantings that are spaced 6 feet apart in rows that are spaced 10 feet between rows. Contract shall have the ability to complete herbicide application for specified acres in no more than three (3) 12-hour days.

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Contractor is to complete herbicide application, no later than June 5th, of each year unless otherwise approved in writing by Mike Brunk; district forester will approve (by email or written signature with copy to Mike Brunk) contractor’s herbicide choice, timing /date of application which can be weather dependent;

shall acquire District Forester signature upon herbicide treatment completions; the herbicide applications may not be sub-contracted, and contractor will complete this scope of work in the following described sites;

*Start date – no sooner than May 1, 2023 and 2024 Mississippi Palisades District Forester – Paul Bane, Paul.Bane@illinois.gov, 815-273-2768,

7.8 acre site, access point (42.131878, -90.140033) leads to two adjacent sites, one 3.5 acres, the other

4.3 acres; Located in Carroll County, these acres were planted in the late spring of 2020 and originally were 3.5 acres in corn stubble and 4.3-acre in cut hay.

Witkowsky District Forester – Paul Bane, Paul.Bane@illinois.gov, 815-273-2768,

4.6 acre site (42.305456, -90.330861); Is a 4.6 acre site in Jo Daviess County, these acres were planted in summer of 2020 and originally were in bean stubble.

Kankakee River State Park Areas District Forester – Jim Tresouthick, Jim.Tresouthick@illinois.gov, 815-351-0442 cell; 815-476-0256 3 acre site (41.162969,-87.937962); 5 acre site (41.160958,-87.930938); cover in 2022 at time of seedling planting was cool season grasses, forbs and a scattering of invasive shrubs;

Boathouse Rd site - (15 miles from Kankakee River St Park) District Forester – Jim Tresouthick, Jim.Tresouthick@illinois.gov, 815-351-0442 cell; 815-476-0256 9 acre site (41.334084,-88.181664); 1.22 acre site (41.333107,-88.173934);

2.11 acre site (41.330553,-88.170544)

*Start date – no sooner than mid-May 2023 and 2024 Volo State Park – District Forester – Dave Griffith, dave.griffith@illinois.gov, 815-263-2245 cell; 815-529-3624 7 acre site (42.366320,-88.194697), present cover is cool and warm season grass and limited thistle Moraine Hills- – (7 miles from Volo State Park) District Forester – Dave Griffith, dave.griffith@illinois.gov, 815-263-2245 cell; 815-529-3624 4 acre site (42.316860, -88.245279)

TRANSPORTATION AND DELIVERY:

Contractor should provide all experience documentation at time of bid. Contractor shall own or have available all equipment necessary for mechanized herbicide application to tree seedling plantings that are spaced 6 feet apart in rows that are spaced 10 feet between rows. Contract shall have the ability to complete herbicide application for specified acres in no more than three (3) 12-hour days.

SUBCONTRACTING:

Subcontracting is not allowed.

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Mississippi Palisades Area 7.8 acres - 42.305456, -90.330861

Witkowsky Area 4.6 Acres - 42.305456,-90.330861

3 acres, 41.162969, -87.937961

5 acres 41.160958, -87.930938

Kankakee River State Park

41.333107,-88.173934

9 Acre area 41.334084,-88.181664

2.11 Acre area

(41.330553,-88.170544

1.22 acres, 41.333107,-88.173934

Boathouse Rd sites

Volo Bog State Natural Area

Planting Area

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Volo Bog

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