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St. Johns River Water Management District Sealed Solicitation

Title: Cabbage Palm Harvest within River Lake Conservation Area

Deadline: 9/26/2023 2:00 PM (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Status: Awarded

Solicitation Number: 39092

Description: The District is requesting Bid Submittals from firms to harvest cabbage palms at the River Lakes Conservation Area (“Sale Area”) within Brevard County and purchase from the District the harvested palms. The harvest/sale is being conducted in 4,121 acres of improved pasture, mesic flatwoods, and wet prairie. The Sale Area’s stands have a large number of cabbage palm trees; however, the District does not have a count of marketable palms or standard forestry practices for determining the number of marketable palms. Harvesting shall consist of travelling across privately owned roads and removing all cabbage palms of marketable value within the Sale Area, in part occupied by a cattle lessee. Cabbage palm harvest activities will be coordinated through the District Project Manager as well as a representative from the road owner and current cattle lessee.

The objective of this solicitation is to improve habitat and cattle grazing operations as well as provide fire control protection through the removal of cabbage palms while limiting damage to the surrounding land.

The successful Respondent (“Successful Respondent”) shall compensate the District for each cabbage palm harvested pursuant to the Respondent’s Bid submitted in response to this Invitation for Bids. Bids shall include price per palm as well as the range of palm size to be harvested. Minimum bid starts at $10.00 per tree.

Additionally, access to the Sale Area requires the use of privately owned roads during specific hours. Use of the roads requires the successful Respondent (“Successful Respondent”) to enter a contract with the road owner which requires, among others, coordination with the road owner, the maintenance of certain insurance coverage, and compensation to be paid by the Successful Respondent to the road owner (refer to Contractor Responsibilities in Attachment A – Statement of Work, Section II). A form of contract expected to be signed by the Successful Respondent and the road owner is found herein.

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