2024 Hand Planting Services for Reforestation and Ground Cover Restoration

The Northwest Florida Water Management District (the District) is issuing an Invitation to Bid (ITB) for "2024 Hand Planting Services for Reforestation and Ground Cover Restoration" on approximately 805 acres in Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Liberty, and Washington counties. The District is seeking bids from qualified contractors to hand plant approximately 546,541 longleaf pine tubelings and 174,240 mixed upland grass tubelings. The bid opening deadline is 2:00 PM Eastern Time on October 18, 2023, and the District anticipates entering into a contract with the lowest responsive bidder. The contract term is from the effective date through March 1, 2024, with no renewal options. The bid will be awarded to the contractor submitting the lowest total lump sum amount for completing all work.

The District requests that bidders provide evidence of certification as a minority-owned, veteran-owned, or women-owned business enterprise. Bidders must submit a performance bond equal to 10% of the total contract amount. The District will provide the planting materials, and the contractor will be responsible for transporting the tubelings from storage to the planting sites and completing the hand planting work. The anticipated contract value is not specified, but the District is seeking to engage the lowest responsive bidder for this work.