This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Voluntown, Connecticut. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

The DEEP Division of Forestry is seeking proposals for a multi-year herbicide treatment of invasive plants within the Pachaug State Forest. The Connecticut DEEP Division of Forestry is soliciting quotes for the eradication of invasive plants along a 5.2-mile network of trail and road corridors within Pachaug State Forest in Voluntown, and Griswold, CT. The goal of the project is to eradicate invasive plants which pose a risk as flashy fuels from adjacent to strategic forest roads and trails which serve as critical fire control lines in the event of forest fire in the State Forest. The primary invasive plants to be eradicated are Japanese stiltgrass and mugwort which occur within 100-feet of the identified roads and trails. DEEP additionally requests that any other non-native invasive plant encountered during the project implementation be eradicated as well. The successful vendor should expect to traverse the trail system on foot applying herbicide selectively to target plants encountered within 100-feet of the trail. Road segments may require a combination of backpack applications and vehicle mounted treatment methods. Invasive plant population density ranges throughout the project area. Trail segments have concentrations of herbaceous invasive plants on the trail bed and in 'cut-outs' emanating out from the trail. There are many invasive-free sections along these trails and roads where no activity is necessary. Access to the control sites is excellent as the treatment corridors are within 100-feet of roads and hiking trails. A GIS shapefile of the project area is attached to the bid announcement along with conventional mapping. Questions or bid quotes may be directed to the State's Monitoring Forester Dan Evans Forester II 23 Potter Rd. Hampton, CT 06247 Daniel.Evans@ct.gov (860) 324-6668