East Canyon WMA Aerial Seed Application

The State of Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) and the State of Utah Division of Purchasing are seeking aerial seeding services for the East Canyon Wildlife Management Area (WMA), located eight miles south of Morgan, Utah. The procurement, identified as solicitation JH22-63, involves an aerial seed application for approximately 191 acres with a total seed weight of 2,567 lbs. Contractors must have aircraft equipped with a global positioning system to ensure 100% coverage and must comply with specific mandatory minimum requirements. The procurement will be evaluated based on responsive and responsible vendors submitting the lowest cost, using commodity code 70140 for crop production and management, including aerial applications. The solicitation was opened on November 8, 2021, at 10:30 AM MST and closed on November 15, 2021, at 2:00 PM MST. The selected contractor will be responsible for collecting seed from the Great Basin Research Center in Ephraim, UT, transporting it to the staging area, and completing the aerial seeding by December 3, 2021.

No specific set-aside designations or restrictions on respondent types were explicitly mentioned in the procurement documents. The contract appears to be funded through state wildlife management resources, with the final acreage potentially dependent on submitted bids and budget constraints. Multiple or alternate quotes will not be accepted, and vendors are restricted from communicating with procurement staff except through the designated purchasing officer. While no incumbent vendors were listed, the procurement is governed by the Utah Procurement Code and follows standard state contracting protocols. The total contract value is not explicitly stated, but it is limited to the scope of aerial seeding 191 acres with 2,567 lbs of seed, suggesting a relatively modest project budget aligned with the specific wildlife management restoration objectives.