Shockley Springs 25-26 TS.pdf
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- Shockley Springs 25/26 Timber Sale
- Solicitation number
- ITB-13530
- Issued by
- Okaloosa County, Florida
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The document is a Sale Advertisement for the Shockley Springs 25/26 Timber Sale issued by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Florida Forest Service. The sale involves an operator select thinning of approximately 305 acres of longleaf and slash pine located in Blackwater River State Forest, Okaloosa County, Florida. The timber sale includes green pine and scattered clumps of insect-infested pine, with salvage timber to be designated by the Forester-in-Charge. The green pine timber to be harvested will equal only 1/3 of the timber within the sale boundary, focusing on leaning, forked, fire-scared, or otherwise undesirable trees. The contract has a six-month duration, with all harvesting operations required to start within 10 days of notification and all salvage wood to be harvested within three months of contract execution.
The rough estimated timber volumes include 339 tons of pine pulpwood, 171 tons of pine chip-n-saw, 1,734 tons of pine sawtimber, and 193 tons of pine poles. Larger green trees, particularly those 14" in diameter and up, are not to be harvested, with a goal of maintaining 45 square feet of basal area per acre. Pine fuelwood is an alternate product that can be bid on but will not determine the winning bidder. Interested parties may obtain complete bid information by contacting Julie Wood at (850) 957-5731. Bids will be opened on 08/14/2025 at 10:00 AM CDT at 11650 Munson Highway, Milton, FL 32570. The Florida Forest Service reserves the right to reject any and all bids and waive any irregularities in the received bids.
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SALE ADVERTISEMENT
Shockley Springs 25/26 Timber Sale
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Florida Forest
Service is seeking sealed bids for the sale of timber. This is an operator select thinning of approximately 305 acres of longleaf pine and slash pine on Blackwater River State
Forest in Okaloosa County, Florida (SFI Certified Forest #NSF-SFI-FM-C0245755). The timber includes green pine and scattered clumps of insect infested pine. The salvage timber will be designated by the Forester-in-Charge or his/her representative and could include scattered clumps of trees infected or dying from insect and disease attacks. The green pine timber to be harvested shall equal only 1/3 of the timber within the sale boundary and includes leaning, forked, fire-scared, overtopped, trees with diminished crowns, or otherwise undesirable. The larger green trees, particularly those 14" diameter and up are not to be harvested, with the goal of maintaining a 45 square feet of basal area per acre. All harvesting operations must start within ten (10) days of notification.
The buyer will not be required to harvest timber that is not merchantable or to be of insufficient size or economically unviable to harvest. Pine fuelwood is an alternate product that can be bid on, but will not be used to determine a winning bidder. If the winning bidder chooses to bid on pine fuelwood, then they will be expected to harvest all pine fuelwood within the contract specifications. All salvage wood needs to be harvested within three (3) months of contract execution. Rough estimated volumes for the green wood are as follows: 339 tons of pine pulpwood, 171 tons of pine chip-n-saw, 1,734 tons of pine sawtimber, and 193 tons of pine poles. There are no estimated volumes for green pine super pulpwood, salvage timber products, or pine fuelwood. The length of the agreement will be six (6) months. A site visit is strongly encouraged. Interested parties may obtain complete bid information by contacting Julie Wood at (850) 957-5731.
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:
11650 Munson Highway, Milton, Fl 32570
08/14/2025 10:00 AM, CDT
Wilton Simpson Commissioner of Agriculture
By: Mike Hudson Blackwater Forestry Center
(850) 957-5722
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