DNR TSP- Grayling, GNA 2019 Smith Pine Oak North Mio V2

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources Forest Resources Division is procuring timber marking and cruising services for the GNA 2019 Smith Pine Oak North Mio timber sale (Sale Number 72-803-19) in Oscoda County's Mio area under the U.S. Forest Service Good Neighbor Authority. The project encompasses 308.4 acres across four forest stands (11, 14, 19, and 09) in the Grayling Management Unit and requires implementation of mechanical thinning, species-designated cutting, and shelterwood establishment treatments to promote oak regeneration. The scope of work includes timber marking, cruising, area calculation, paint line work, and GPS data collection, with contractors responsible for establishing sale boundary lines, performing individual tree marking using blue paint for trees to cut and orange paint for trees to remain, conducting cruise sampling at specified intensities with approximately 196 total cruise plots, and delivering comprehensive documentation. Required deliverables include marked tally sheets, paint summaries, GPS shapefiles compatible with ArcMap, digital cruise data in a provided format, and documented lists of all personnel performing marking and cruising operations. Contractors must coordinate directly with Kevin Ehlert at the Mio DNR Field Office for paint supply and schedule a pre-work meeting to finalize marking specifications, with work permitted to begin immediately upon contract execution but must be completed by September 15, 2019. The posting was released on April 4, 2019, with a bid due date of April 9, 2019.

No specific set-aside designations, disadvantaged business enterprise restrictions, or incumbent vendor information is provided in the procurement documents. The prescription does impose operational restrictions requiring a maximum of two markers per payment unit without prior approval, with each marker assigned to distinct geographic areas rather than overlapping strips, and mandating that the contractor's work schedule align with DNR staff availability during regular business hours. Contractors must meet specific qualifications in timber marking and cruising methodologies as detailed in referenced standards including the Compleat Marker guide and the Product Standards and Cruising Manual, and GPS data collection must meet minimum signal quality requirements of four satellites with a maximum Dilution of Precision (DOP) of 5. No pricing information, award values, budget ranges, or funding amounts are specified in the available procurement documents, suggesting this may be a request for qualifications or that pricing details were contained in separate bidding materials.