Invitation for Bid # DACA65-B-24-01 Fort Barfoot, Blackstone, VA
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General Information
- Contract Opportunity Type: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation (Original)
- Original Published Date: Nov 01, 2023 09:46 am EDT
- Original Date Offers Due: Nov 21, 2023 02:00 pm EST
- Inactive Policy: 15 days after date offers due
- Original Inactive Date: Dec 06, 2023
- Initiative:
- None
Classification
- Original Set Aside:
- Product Service Code: 5510 - LUMBER AND RELATED BASIC WOOD MATERIALS
- NAICS Code:
- 113310 - Logging
- Place of Performance: Blackstone , VAUSA
Description
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is offering for sale two (2) items of standing timber on approximately 165 acres within five (5) separate blocks at Fort Barfoot (Formerly Fort Pickett) Military Installation, Nottoway County, Virginia of which approximately the following volumes to be harvested:
These sales are sold per Item by unit, harvested timber will be sold by being scaled at the receiving mill by WEIGHT by the ton.
Item 1:
Even-Aged Clearcut 2 BLOCKS (82 ACRES)
PINE SAWTIMBER -- 5902 TONS
PINE CHIP N SAW – 2285 TONS
PINE PULPWOOD – 3875 TONS
OAK SAWTIMBER – 249 TONS
POPLAR SAWTIMBER – 215 TONS
MISC. HARDWOOD SAWTIMBER – 212 TONS
HARDWOOD PULPWOOD – 1111 TONS
CHIPS (CHIPWOOD) – 0 TONS (MUST SUBMIT A PER UNIT BID TO BE ABLE TO CHIP)
Item 2:
Even-Aged Clearcut 3 BLOCKS (83 ACRES)
PINE SAWTIMBER -- 7546 TONS
PINE CHIP N SAW – 1725 TONS
PINE PULPWOOD – 2805 TONS
OAK SAWTIMBER – 337 TONS
POPLAR SAWTIMBER – 354 TONS
MISC. HARDWOOD SAWTIMBER – 174 TONS
HARDWOOD PULPWOOD – 1376 TONS
CHIPS (CHIPWOOD) – 0 TONS (MUST SUBMIT A PER UNIT BID TO BE ABLE TO CHIP)
Contract Period of Performance:
*Purchaser (s) will be issued a time restricted contract from date of sale with special terms as follow. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has listed the Northern Long- Eared Bat Myotis septentrionalis as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. All tree felling operations are restricted by federal law and must be completed by 1 April 2024. There will be no exception or extensions to this contract to allow for additional tree felling time.
Item # one (1) Blocks A & B clearcut harvests – All tree felling shall be complete by 1 April 2024; tree skidding, processing, and hauling as well as all site repair work, if any as directed must be complete 31 May 2024.
Item # two (2) Blocks C, D, & E clearcut harvests – All tree felling shall be complete by 1 April 2024; tree skidding, processing, and hauling as well as all site repair work, if any as directed must be complete 31 May 2024.
ATTENANCE AT THE PRE-BID TOUR IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED AND ENCOURAGED* Standing timber to be sold may be inspected by prospective purchasers ON MONDAY 13 November 2023 BEGINNING AT 9:00 a.m.
Sealed bids will be accepted until 2:00 p.m. TUESDAY 21 November 2023 by the Acquisition, Management, and Disposal Section, Real Estate Office, on site at Fort Barfoot, and then publicly opened and announced.
All sale areas are outside of streamside management zones. All timber for harvest is designated standing timber contained within the defined sale area boundaries. Harvest operations and associated work shall comply with the State of Virginia Forestry Best Management Practices for Water Quality. No trees will be harvested within the SMZs. Standing timber herein is located within cantonment areas but may accessible through Forest Rd. off of Rt. 40. All indications are that military metal contamination will be negligible, if any.
Forms for use in submitting bids are attached within this posting as an Invitation For Bid link as a pdf file. This pdf file contains the terms and conditions of the sale, the procedure for submitting bids, and description of the timber all of which are contained in the attached Invitation for Bid form. **Always look for the most recent attached Invitation for Bid pdf as updates can be made to the invitation for bid should corrections be made or more information becomes available.**Interested parties may reach either Mr. Andrew Willey for questions pertaining to bidding or the contract by phone at (757)201-7804 or Ms. Elizabeth Nelson at (434) 292-8428 for further information on this standing timber sale prior to the week of bid opening.**Important please ensure all instructions for bidding are followed, ensure that your bid makes it to the appropriate location ON TIME**
Attachments/Links
Contact Information
Contracting Office Address
- KO CONTRACTING OFFICE 803 FRONT STREET
- NORFOLK , VA 23510-1096
- USA
Primary Point of Contact
- Andrew G. Willey
- andrew.g.willey@usace.army.mil
- Phone Number 7572017804
Secondary Point of Contact
- Elizabeth Nelson
- elizabeth.d.nelson18.nfg@mail.mil
- Phone Number 4342928428
History
- Dec 06, 2023 11:55 pm ESTCombined Synopsis/Solicitation (Original)