ITB 27B-003 Econfina Creek Site Prep for Reforestation and Habitat Restoration

The Northwest Florida Water Management District (District), 81 Water Management Drive, Havana, Florida 32333, is soliciting bids for 2027 ECONFINA CREEK SITE PREP FOR REFORESTATION AND HABITAT RESTORATION for heavy mechanical site prep removal of commercially planted sand pine stands, followed by a chemical site prep treatment on approximately 1,012 acres within the Econfina Creek Water Management Area in Bay and Washington counties. The Contractor will be required to remove all live and dead sand pine and designated hardwoods and remove, or pile burn, all vegetative debris generated from the mechanical site prep operation to the Technical Specifications contained within the Scope of Work. Once the mechanical site prep operation has been completed, the Contractor will be required to conduct a chemical site prep operation no later than September 30 to maximize the effectiveness of the chemical treatment prior to the District replanting these units, the following January. The Contractor will be required to complete the Work on a minimum of 504 acres in Unit 1 prior to September 30, 2027, and the remaining 508 acres in Unit 2 no later than September 30, 2028.