# My Florida Marketplace #ITB-17363

Sale of slash pine timber with specified thinning and selective harvesting

**Posted:** October 30, 2026
**Respond By:** November 19, 2026
**Identifier:** ITB-17363
**NAICS:** 113110

The Florida Forest Service is offering planted slash pine timber for sale from John M. Bethea State Forest.
- **Government buyer:** Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS), Florida Forest Service, Suwannee Forestry Center.
- **Location and scope:** Approximately 376 acres in Baker County, Florida, with 21- to 31-year-old planted slash pine.
- **Estimated timber volumes:** 14,260 tons of pine pulpwood and 3,825 tons of pine chip-n-saw.
- **Harvesting requirements:** Fourth-row thinning combined with selective harvesting in the remaining rows, targeting a basal area of 60 square feet per acre. Diseased, damaged, defective, forked, and suppressed trees are prioritized; leave trees must be evenly spaced. The Forester-in-Charge may adjust the target based on site conditions, and marked boundary trees must be protected.
- **Contract term:** 12 months; start and end dates are not specified.
- **OEMs and vendors:** None are named. This is a timber sale, not a purchase of branded equipment or products.

### Description

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Florida Forest Service, is seeking sealed bids for the sale of timber from approximately 376 acres of 21- to 31-year-old planted slash pine at John M. Bethea State Forest in Baker County, Florida. The work is a fourth-row thinning with logger select, removing every fourth row and selected trees in remaining rows to reach a target basal area of 60 square feet per acre. Estimated volumes are 14,260 tons of pine pulpwood and 3,825 tons of pine chip-n-saw, and the sale contract term is twelve months. The source states bids are due November 19, 2026, at 15:00 UTC.

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