Description
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) is seeking a qualified contractor to provide full‑service tree planting on approximately 480 acres of slash pine and longleaf pine within Goethe State Forest, Levy County. The contractor must supply labor, equipment, transportation, and supervision to plant bare‑root slash pine seedlings (≈454 acres) using machine planting and containerized longleaf pine seedlings (≈26 acres) by hand, meeting a density of 726 trees per acre. All seedlings will be provided by the Florida Forest Service; the contractor must adhere to strict planting specifications, environmental protections, and maintain a FFS representative on‑site. The work window runs from December 1, 2026 to January 31, 2027, with the contract ending February 28, 2027.