Clay Wildlife Management Area Mixed Timber Harvest and Sale

The Commonwealth of Kentucky is seeking sealed lump-sum bids for harvesting and purchasing mixed timber from approximately 88.2 acres at Clay Wildlife Management Area in Nicholas County, including required road restoration and wildlife and forestry improvements.

Kentucky > Finance and Administration Cabinet > Division of Real Properties > State Properties Branch


General
Open (open)
RFB-785-2700000146
Oct 13, 2026 07:00 PM
Sep 25, 2026 12:00 PM
2 years
Invitation for/to Bid (IFB/ITB)
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Contact
wendell.harris@ky.gov
+15027820360
403 Wapping Street, Frankfort, KY, USA
Submission Instructions
Mail
Division of Real Properties, State Properties Branch, Bush Building, 3rd Floor, 403 Wapping Street, Frankfort, KY 40601-2607
Form of Proposal, Authentication of Bid and Affidavit of Non-Collusion and Non-Conflict of Interest, Required Affidavit for Bidders, Offerors and Contractors, Landowner references, Lump-sum bid
Description

The Commonwealth of Kentucky is offering a license for the mixed timber harvest and sale at Clay Wildlife Management Area in Nicholas County. The awarded bidder will harvest marked timber from approximately 88.2 acres, with estimated timber volume of 178.7 MBF, and will have two years from execution of the license agreement to remove the timber and complete all contract requirements. Cutting is restricted to October 16 through March 31, and the bidder must comply with Kentucky Forest Conservation Act best management practices, KDFWR approvals, environmental protections, and operational restrictions. The bidder is responsible for planning and performing logging operations, maintaining and restoring roads, trails, landings, bridges, and drainage features, controlling erosion, seeding retired areas, protecting residual trees and infrastructure, and addressing any damage caused by operations. A Kentucky Master Logger must be present during harvesting. The bid requires a lump-sum payment for the timber, a mandatory $45,356.34 wildlife and forestry equipment purchase, and an optional habitat-improvement credit of up to $17,700. The award will consider bid amount and prior work quality based on references. The submission must include the completed Form of Proposal, signed authentication and non-collusion affidavit, notarized required campaign-finance affidavit, up to three landowner references, and the lump-sum bid information.

Classification Codes
NAICS113110Timber Tract Operations
PSCF014Tree Thinning Services
Smart Codes
timber harvestingtimber saleslogging road restoration
Specifications
Supply & Service
Timeline
Sep 25, 2026-Issue Date
Oct 13, 2026 07:00 PM-Bid Opening and Submission Deadline (optional)
Sealed bids must be received at the Division of Real Properties. Bids will be publicly read aloud; conference-call access is available at 502-782-CONF (2663), code 240522021, attendee code 77330.
Requirements
Required
  • Workers' compensation insurance
Required
  • Performance Bond — $10,000.00
Scored
  • Minimum 3 references
  • Within the last 5 years
  • Client point of contact required for each reference
No
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