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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is offering for sale two (2) items of standing timber on approximately 165 acres within five (5) separate blocks at Fort Barfoot (Formerly Fort Pickett) Military Installation, Nottoway 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 2 BLOCKS (82 ACRES)

PINE SAWTIMBER -- 5902 TONS

PINE CHIP N SAW – 2285 TONS

PINE PULPWOOD – 3875 TONS

OAK SAWTIMBER – 249 TONS

POPLAR SAWTIMBER – 215 TONS

MISC. HARDWOOD SAWTIMBER – 212 TONS

HARDWOOD PULPWOOD – 1111 TONS

CHIPS (CHIPWOOD) – 0 TONS (MUST SUBMIT A PER UNIT BID TO BE ABLE TO CHIP)

Item 2:

Even-Aged Clearcut 3 BLOCKS (83 ACRES)

PINE SAWTIMBER -- 7546 TONS

PINE CHIP N SAW – 1725 TONS

PINE PULPWOOD – 2805 TONS

OAK SAWTIMBER – 337 TONS

POPLAR SAWTIMBER – 354 TONS

MISC. HARDWOOD SAWTIMBER – 174 TONS

HARDWOOD PULPWOOD – 1376 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 1 April 2024. There will be no exception or extensions to this contract to allow for additional tree felling time.

Item # one (1) Blocks A & B clearcut harvests – All tree felling shall be complete by 1 April 2024; tree skidding, processing, and hauling as well as all site repair work, if any as directed must be complete 31 May 2024.

Item # two (2) Blocks C, D, & E clearcut harvests – All tree felling shall be complete by 1 April 2024; tree skidding, processing, and hauling as well as all site repair work, if any as directed must be complete 31 May 2024.

ATTENANCE AT THE PRE-BID TOUR IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED AND ENCOURAGED* Standing timber to be sold may be inspected by prospective purchasers ON MONDAY 13 November 2023 BEGINNING AT 9:00 a.m.

Sealed bids will be accepted until 2:00 p.m. TUESDAY 21 November 2023 by the Acquisition, Management, and Disposal Section, Real Estate Office, on site at Fort Barfoot, and then publicly opened and announced.

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 cantonment areas but may accessible through Forest Rd. off of Rt. 40. All indications are that military 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**

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