Project Information

Bid Title

Cow Creek Road Salvage Timber Sale A

Issuing Agency

State Government of Florida

Location

Florida

Published Date

May 10, 2026

Closing Date

May 14, 2026

Government Level

State & Local

Status

Closed

Ref. #

ITB-15907

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Project Description

Invitation to Bid Cow Creek Road Salvage Timber Sale A Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS)

Advertisement Status: OPEN

Last Edit Date/Time: 05/09/2026, 02:48 AM

Advertisement Number: ITB-15907

Agency Advertisement Number:

Version Number: 1

Published Date/Time: 05/09/2026 02:48 AM

Start Date/Time: 05/09/2026 02:48 AM

End Date/Time:  05/14/2026 11:00 PM

Responses Open Date/Time: 05/14/2026 11:00 PM

Commodity Codes

Code	Description
93141904	Agricultural or rural cooperatives services

SALE ADVERTISEMENT

Cow Creek Road Salvage Timber Sale A

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Florida Forest Service is seeking sealed bids for the sale of timber. This salvage timber sale involves approximately 587 acres within the northwest perimeter of the Cow Creek Wildfire area. The sale includes dead, dying, and green pine timber located in the Black Prong Tract of Goethe State Forest, situated southeast of County Road 343 in Levy County, Florida. Due to the severity of the damage, harvest boundaries are categorized as either Primary or Contingency. The Primary area is approximately 399 acres in size and is designated for clearcut harvest. The Contingency area is approximately 188 acres in size and will continue to be monitored by the Forester-in-Charge to determine if additional harvesting in this area is required. Any harvesting in the Contingency area will be at the direction of the Forester-in-Charge. All operations must commence within ten (10) calendar days of contract execution. This salvage sale is being advertised at the same time as Cow Creek Road Salvage Sale B and Cow Creek Road Salvage Sale C. In the event that the same bidder places the highest acceptable bid on more than one (1) of these salvage sales, the successful bidder must forfeit all but one (1) sale to the next highest bidder to allow for a faster response or have adequate equipment to harvest sales simultaneously. Special care must be taken regarding waterbodies and red-cockaded woodpecker (RCW) cluster. The Forester-in-Charge will mark these exclusion areas and conduct a mandatory site review with the buyer before any harvest operations begin. Timber will be designated for removal by the Forester-in-Charge or an authorized representative and may include scattered clusters of infected or dying trees. The buyer is not obligated to harvest non-merchantable timber or timber located in areas deemed by the Forester-in-Charge to be undersized or economically unviable. There is no volume estimate for this sale; products include salvage pine pulpwood, salvage pine chip-n-saw, salvage pine sawtimber, and fuelwood.  The term of this agreement is twelve (12) months. Interested parties may obtain complete bid information by contacting Kari Hurst at (352) 566-5221.

The Florida Forest Service reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any irregularity in bids received.

Bids will be opened at:

5353 Ne 39Th Avenue, Gainesville, Fl 32609

05/14/2026 10:00 AM, EDT

Please direct all questions to:

Name: Kari Hurst

Phone: (352) 566-5221

Address: 5353 Ne 39Th Avenue Gainesville, FL 32609

Email: Kari.Hurst@fdacs.gov

Description	Date/Time
Advertisement	May 9, 2026, 2:46:50 AM
Area Map	May 9, 2026, 2:46:50 AM
Site Map	May 9, 2026, 2:46:50 AM

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Commodity Codes

• NAICS 113310Logging
• NAICS 115310Support Activities for Forestry
• NAICS 237310Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction

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