NIA1-751-260000000722-1 | Notice of Intent to Award RFP 260000002323

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources issued a solicitation for a one-time purchase order to perform mastication of red pine salvage, with the notice of intent to award issued on August 6, 2026, and the proposal deadline set for July 29, 2026. The award was made on a lowest price technically acceptable basis, where all offerors were evaluated using a binary PASS/FAIL system against mandatory technical requirements outlined in Schedule A, Sections 3 through 21, and the Vendor Question Worksheet. Only proposals meeting all technical criteria were deemed acceptable, and among those, the lowest-priced bidder, Wildlife and Wetlands Solutions LLC, was selected for an award of $206,700. The work is to be performed entirely within Michigan, with no FOB terms or specific delivery locations detailed. The contracting office is the Gaylord Oprs Service Center under the DNR’s Forest Resources Division, with Patricia Graves serving as the primary point of contact. The winning vendor holds GDBE certification, which may trigger state reporting obligations for subcontracting and disadvantaged business enterprise compliance, though no other socioeconomic certifications were claimed. No information is available regarding the specific contract clauses, packaging or marking requirements, payment instructions, invoicing systems, accounting codes, COR or COTR assignments, or detailed delivery schedules, as these elements were not included in the documentation reviewed. Proposals were submitted exclusively through the SIGMA VSS electronic portal, and while format requirements were referenced as mandatory, no page limits or file type specifications were provided. The contract is structured as a firm fixed price arrangement with no options, extensions, or performance incentives included.