Indiana Department of Administration #003000000089021

Four-year tenant farm lease and wildlife habitat management at Jasper-Pulaski Fish & Wildlife Area

Indiana is seeking a tenant to farm state-owned land and provide wildlife habitat practices at Jasper-Pulaski Fish & Wildlife Area. - Government buyer: Indiana Department of Administration for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Division of Fish & Wildlife, Jasper-Pulaski Fish & Wildlife Area; farmland is in Jasper and Pulaski Counties. - Opportunity: Four-year tenant farm lease. The tenant pays annual cash rent and performs the required farming and habitat-management work. - Crop acreage by year: 2027: 332 acres (280 corn, 52 beans); 2028: 196 acres (64 corn, 132 beans); 2029: 314 acres (250 corn, 64 beans); 2030: 184 acres (82 corn, 102 beans). - Key requirements: - Leave designated standing crop strips, 4–24 rows wide, for wildlife, totaling approximately 9 acres. - Plant winter wheat at 60 lb/acre, or another approved cover crop, on Refuge L after soybean harvest in 2028 and 2030. - Plant winter rye after corn harvest on all corn acres except Refuges J, K, and L: 45 lb/acre when drilled or 60 lb/acre when broadcast and shallowly incorporated. - After the 2028 bean harvest, dormant-seed Area 8 SW with Spence Restoration Nursery mesic pollinator seed mix at 12 lb/acre. - Harvest corn in Refuges J and K by the required fall deadline; leave water on approximately 50 acres of Refuge L bean acreage in specified years. - Named vendor/product: Spence Restoration Nursery mesic pollinator seed mix. The tenant supplies seed and other crop inputs. - Award considerations: Bids must include a cash-rent offer and acceptance of the required services; service compliance and the highest bid are considered, along with past lease performance.

Description

This solicitation seeks bids for a four-year tenant farm lease of Indiana DNR-owned farmland at Jasper-Pulaski Fish & Wildlife Area in Jasper and Pulaski Counties, Indiana. The lease term runs from January 1, 2027, through December 31, 2030, and the tenant is to provide services and cash rent. Required services include specified crop rotations and cover crops, leaving crop strips for wildlife, and other field-management work detailed in the bid documents. Bids must include the cash bid and be submitted by email or fax; electronic bidding through the Supplier Portal is not available.

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