2024 Longleaf Pine Tubelings

The Northwest Florida Water Management District is soliciting bids for the supply and delivery of a minimum of 550,000 1-0 longleaf pine tubelings, with the potential for additional quantities up to 750,000 tubelings, for planting activities during the District's 2023-24 fiscal year. The tubelings must be grown from a xeric longleaf pine sandhill upland or approved seed source. Bidders will be required to provide a fixed price per thousand tubelings as well as delivery costs. The contract will begin in January 2024 and end no later than March 15, 2024. Bids are due by 2:00 PM Eastern Time on March 13, 2023, and the District will pay the Contractor within 30 days of receipt of an approved invoice. A performance bond equal to 25% of the total contract amount will be required. The District reserves the right to award the contract to the lowest responsive bidder or to reject any and all bids.

The solicitation is open to all qualified bidders, and there are no set-aside designations or restrictions on the types of organizations that can respond. The current or incumbent vendor is not specified. The budget range for this contract is not provided, but the District is seeking to procure a minimum of 550,000 longleaf pine tubelings, with the potential for additional quantities up to 750,000 tubelings.