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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is offering for sale three (3) items of standing timber on approximately 225.4 acres within twelve (12) separate blocks at Fort Pickett Military Installation, Nottoway... The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is offering for sale three (3) items of standing timber on approximately 225.4 acres within twelve (12) separate blocks at Fort Pickett Military Installation, Nottoway and Brunswick 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 5 BLOCKS ”A through E” (107.3 ACRES) PINE SAWTIMBER -- 3372 TONS PINE CHIP N SAW – 2060 TONS PINE PULPWOOD – 7708 TONS OAK SAWTIMBER – 394 TONS POPLAR SAWTIMBER – 223 TONS MISC. HARDWOOD SAWTIMBER – 72 TONS HARDWOOD PULPWOOD – 1940 TONS CHIPS (CHIPWOOD) – 0 TONS (MUST SUBMIT A PER UNIT BID TO BE ABLE TO CHIP) Item 2: Even-Aged Clearcut 5 BLOCK ”F through J” (77.1 ACRES) PINE SAWTIMBER -- 3635 TONS PINE CHIP N SAW – 1373 TONS PINE PULPWOOD – 5396 TONS OAK SAWTIMBER – 0 TONS POPLAR SAWTIMBER – 93 TONS MISC. HARDWOOD SAWTIMBER – 29 TONS HARDWOOD PULPWOOD – 730 TONS CHIPS (CHIPWOOD) – 0 TONS (MUST SUBMIT A PER UNIT BID TO BE ABLE TO CHIP) Item 3: Even-Aged Clearcut 2 BLOCKS ”K and L” (41 ACRES) PINE SAWTIMBER – 1292 TONS PINE CHIP N SAW – 1097 TONS PINE PULPWOOD – 2778 TONS OAK SAWTIMBER – 0 TONS POPLAR SAWTIMBER – 0 TONS MISC. HARDWOOD SAWTIMBER – 0 TONS HARDWOOD PULPWOOD – 545 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 2021. There will be no exception or extensions to this contract to allow for additional tree felling time. Item # one (1) Blocks A-E clearcut harvests – All tree felling shall be complete by 31 May 2022; tree skidding, processing, and hauling as well as all site repair work, if any as directed must be complete 31 July 2022. Item # two (2) Block F-J clearcut harvests – All tree felling shall be complete by 31 May 2022; tree skidding, processing, and hauling as well as all site repair work, if any as directed must be complete 31 July 2022. Item # three (3) Block K & L clearcut harvests – All tree felling shall be complete by 31 May 2022; tree skidding, processing, and hauling as well as all site repair work, if any as directed must be complete 31 July 2022. INSPECTION INVITED ON FRIDAY 15 October 2021 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. Thursday 4 November, 2021 by the Acquisition, Management, and disposal section, real estate office, 803 Front Street, Norfolk, VA, and then opened publicly at Fort Pickett. 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. Stefan Flores for questions pertaining to bidding or the contract by phone at (757) 403-4079 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.**