INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES DETECTION AND ERADICATION IN THE NORTH BRANCH OF

AU SABLE RIVER HIGH CONSERVATION VALUE AREA

GRAYLING FOREST MANAGEMENT UNIT

ITB-JH-FMD-11-005

Bid Due Date: June 9, 2011

Project Period: June through September 15, 2011

Bid Summary:

This contract was bid to Contractors who were pre-approved in both herbaceous species control and survey. The bids were taken for lump sum cost for survey and a cost per acre for treatment type for the following work: delimit the epicenters of purple loosestrife, Phragmites, and reed canary grass previously detected; survey the entire North Branch of the AuSable River that are not under federal ownership for additional epicenters of the same three invasive species; implement treatment measures for control of purple loosestrife, Phragmites, and reed canary grass.

The project was bid at www.bid4michigan.com. The solicitation was issued on May 25, 2011, a mandatory pre-bid meeting was held on June 2, 2011 and bids were due June 9, 2011.

Three bids were received from prequalified contractors, and all three bidders attended the required pre-bid meeting on June 2, 2011. Bids were received from: Wildlife and Wetlands Solutions; Wildtype Design, Native Plants & Seed LTD, and; Huron Pines. The bids are summarized below.

Huron Pines was the low bid and the review team agreed that the company could perform the work and complete it within the timeframe specified in the project work statement. The recommendation is to award the project to Huron Pines.

Bids/Responses:

Survey was bid for total area

Treatments were bid on a per acre basis by survey area.

Bidder / Cost for survey / Hand Pull Cost/Acre / Herbicide Trt Cost/Acre
Small Acreage 1000 ft.2 / Herbicide Trt Cost/Acre
Large Acreage 1000 ft.2
Wand / Backpack / Lg Equip / Backpack
Wildlife and Wetlands Solutions / $12,450 / $2,000 / $1,500 / $1,500 / $1,425 / $1,150
Wildtype Design, Native Plants & Seed LTD / $13,860 / NA / $3,960 no plant removal
$15,840 with plant removal / NA / NA / $2,970 no plant removal
$11,880 with plant removal
Huron Pines / $9,200 / $1,000 / NA / $750 / NA / $750

Huron Pines will be awarded as follows:

Cost for Survey: $9,200.00

Cost for Treatment: $40,800.00 – the actual amount paid for treatment will be determined by the DNR Project Manager based on the results of the survey.