Description
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is offering for sale two (2) items of standing timber on approximately 134 acres within four (4) separate blocks at Fort Pickett Military Installation, Dinwiddie 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 3 BLOCKS (107 ACRES) PINE SAWTIMBER -- 9109 TONS PINE CHIP N SAW – 582 TONS PINE PULPWOOD – 3246 TONS OAK SAWTIMBER – 185 TONS POPLAR SAWTIMBER – 883 TONS MISC. HARDWOOD SAWTIMBER – 496 TONS HARDWOOD PULPWOOD – 2373 TONS CHIPS (CHIPWOOD) – 0 TONS (MUST SUBMIT A PER UNIT BID TO BE ABLE TO CHIP) Item 2: Operator Select Thinning 1 BLOCK (27 ACRES) PINE SAWTIMBER -- 81 TONS PINE CHIP N SAW – 772 TONS PINE PULPWOOD – 1002 TONS OAK SAWTIMBER – 0 TONS POPLAR SAWTIMBER – 0 TONS MISC. HARDWOOD SAWTIMBER – 0 TONS HARDWOOD PULPWOOD – 42 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 31 May 2020. There will be no exception or extensions to this contract to allow for additional tree felling time. Item # one (1) Block A, Block B, and Block E all clearcut harvests – All tree felling shall be complete by 31 May 2020; tree skidding, processing, and hauling as well as all site repair work, if any as directed must be complete 31 July 2020. Item # two (2) Block D operator select thinning – All tree felling shall be complete by 31 May 2020; tree skidding, processing, and hauling as well as all site repair work, if any as directed must be complete 31 July 2020. INSPECTION INVITED ON TUESDAY 7 January 2020 BEGINNING AT 9:00 a.m. ALL AVAILABLE ITEMS WILL BE SHOWN ON THE ABOVE DAY. Sealed bids will be accepted until 2:00 p.m. Friday January 17, 2020 by the Acquisition, Management, and disposal section, real estate office, 803 Front Street, Norfolk, VA, and then opened publicly. 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 training areas are of low military use areas, all indications are that 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, mail it early if in doubt.**