Description
The Northwest Florida Water Management District is seeking bids for the eradication of sand pine and hardwood trees within longleaf pine habitat restoration sites totaling approximately 905 acres. The work will utilize gas trimmers with blades, brush cutters, clearing saws, chainsaws, machetes, bush hooks, or similar cutting devices. Wheeled or tracked equipment shall not be used to conduct the work. The project includes 14 units located in Bay, Leon, Jackson, and Washington counties.
• The project requires the contractor to cut down all pine and hardwood trees from the Lake Victoria Dam and place them inside the adjacent wood line on the west side of the dam.
• The contractor must cut all sand pine seedlings, saplings, and trees, as well as hardwood with a DBH of 1” to 5” in units 2 and 3.
• The contractor must cut all sand pine seedlings, saplings, and trees in units 4 through 14.
• The contractor will be assessed a penalty of $25.00 per tree for any longleaf pine seedling, sapling, or tree damaged or destroyed during the work.
• The contractor must remove all empty fuel, oil, and lubricant containers from the site and remove trash or debris resulting from the contractor's operations daily.
• Dead hardwood trees and dead pine trees that occur within the treatment areas shall not be felled or cut.