FY27 Longleaf Hand-Planting Tuskegee National Forest
Open State & local contract opportunity Posted
- Solicitation number
- SRC0000037054
- State
- Alabama
- Responses due
Opportunity facts
- Jurisdiction
Opportunity details come from alabamabuys.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The U.S. Forest Service is soliciting bids for hand-planting labor on approximately 73 acres of longleaf pine seedlings at Tuskegee National Forest in Macon County, Alabama, with proposals due November 2, 2026. This is a labor-only contract; the USFS will supply containerized longleaf pine seedlings for pickup at the Tuskegee work center.
The vendor must plant seedlings at 8-foot by 8-foot spacing (680 trees per acre) between December 1, 2026, and March 1, 2027. At least 90 percent of seedlings must be correctly planted per AFC's resource sheet "Planting Pine Seedlings," available on the AFC website. The site, clearcut in 2024 and 2025 and site-prep sprayed in early July 2026, will be subject to prescribed burning before planting.
The vendor is responsible for proper care and handling of seedlings while in custody, including maintaining plug integrity without loss of potting medium or desiccation during extraction and handling. The top of each plug should be slightly exposed above the soil surface after planting. Interested bidders may examine the tract at any time prior to proposal submission.
Opportunity text
Site for planting longleaf trees *Please see attached specifications and map for details * Location: Tuskegee National Forest, 73+/- acres in portions of Sections 15 & 16, T17N, R24E, Macon County, AL, as shown on the attached map. This tract was clearcut in 2024 and 2025. It was site prep sprayed in early July of 2026 and plans are to have it burned before planting. Interested bidders may examine the tract at any time. Specifications for 73+/- acres to be hand-planted with longleaf: o Vendor to provide labor only, containerized longleaf pine seedlings will be provided by the USFS, to be picked up at the Tuskegee work center o Plant on a 8' x 8' spacing; 680 trees per acre o At least 90% of the seedlings must be correctly planted according to AFC's resource sheet "Planting Pine Seedlings", which is available on the AFC website o Seedlings are to be planted between December 1, 2026, and March 1, 2027 o Vendor to provide proper care and handling of the seedlings while they are in the vendor's custody o Plugs should stay intact when extracted and during handling, with no loss of potting medium, and should never be allowed to dry out o Top of plug to be slightly exposed above the soil surface
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| File | Type | Posted |
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| DOPQQBPV4.08.26.pdf |
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