Fort Pickett Timber Sale Invitation for Bid # DACA65-B-26-05

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is offering for sale two (2) items of standing timber on approximately 198 acres within nine (9) separate blocks A through I at Fort Pickett Military Installation, Nottoway County, Virginia of which approximately the following volumes to be harvested:

These sales are sold per Item by unit, harvested timber will be sold by being scaled at the receiving mill by WEIGHT by the ton.

Item 1:

Even-Aged Clearcut 3 BLOCKS “A, B, & C” (103.2 ACRES)

PINE SAWTIMBER -- 5492 TONS

PINE CHIP N SAW – 679 TONS

PINE PULPWOOD – 4445 TONS

OAK SAWTIMBER – 76 TONS

POPLAR SAWTIMBER – 991 TONS

MISC. HARDWOOD SAWTIMBER – 49 TONS

HARDWOOD PULPWOOD – 1920 TONS

CHIPS (CHIPWOOD) – 3003 TONS (MUST SUBMIT A PER UNIT BID TO BE ABLE TO CHIP)

Item 2:

Even-Aged Clearcut 1 BLOCK “D” (14 ACRES) & Thinning “E, F, G, H, & I” (80.5 ACRES)

PINE SAWTIMBER -- 4018 TONS

PINE CHIP N SAW – 794 TONS

PINE PULPWOOD – 3612 TONS

OAK SAWTIMBER – 82 TONS

POPLAR SAWTIMBER – 278 TONS

MISC. HARDWOOD SAWTIMBER – 259 TONS

HARDWOOD PULPWOOD – 1424 TONS

CHIPS (CHIPWOOD) – 2303 TONS (MUST SUBMIT A PER UNIT BID TO BE ABLE TO CHIP)

Contract Period of Performance:

*Purchaser (s) will be issued a time restricted contract from date of sale with special terms as follow. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has listed the Northern Long- Eared Bat Myotis septentrionalis as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. All tree felling operations are restricted by federal law and must be completed by 30 May 2026. There will be no exception or extensions to this contract to allow for additional time due to military uses.

Item # one (1) Blocks (A, B, & C) all clearcut harvests and Item # two (2) Blocks (D) a clearcut harvest, (E, F, G, H, & I) all thinning harvests – All tree felling, skidding, processing, hauling, demobilization, chipping and site repair work if any as directed shall be complete by close of business 30 May 2026.

ATTENANCE AT THE PRE-BID TOUR IS REQUIRED Friday 17 October 2025 BEGINNING AT 9:00 a.m.

Sealed bids will be accepted until 1:00 p.m. THURSDAY 30 October 2025 by the Acquisition, Management, and Disposal Section, Real Estate Office, on site at Fort Pickett, and then publicly opened and announced.

All sale areas are outside of streamside management zones.  All timber for harvest is designated standing timber contained within the defined sale area boundaries.  Harvest operations and associated work shall comply with the State of Virginia Forestry Best Management Practices for Water Quality technical manual July 2025 (Version) available at: https://dof.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/VAs-Forestry-BMPs-for-WQ-Technical-Manual.pdf?x15979..  No trees will be harvested within the SMZs. The sale area is located west of U.S. Rt. 46 near the boat launch at the Pickett Reservoir Recreational Area. All indications are that military metal contamination will be negligible, if any.

Forms for use in submitting bids are attached within this posting as an Invitation For Bid link as a pdf file.  This pdf file contains the terms and conditions of the sale, the procedure for submitting bids, and description of the timber all of which are contained in the attached Invitation for Bid form.  **Always look for the most recent attached Invitation for Bid pdf as updates can be made to the invitation for bid should corrections be made or more information becomes available.**Interested parties may reach either Mr. Andrew Willey for questions pertaining to bidding or the contract by phone at (757) 201-7804 or Ms. Elizabeth Nelson at (434) 292-8428 for further information on this standing timber sale prior to the week of bid opening.**Important please ensure all instructions for bidding are followed, ensure that your bid makes it to the appropriate location ON TIME**