State of Alaska
Department of Natural Resources
Division of Forestry
Southeast Area Office
Request for Proposals
Bay View Timber Sale (SSE-1369-K)

The Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry (DOF), gives formal notice per AS 38.05.945 that it intends to negotiate with a purchaser under the authority of AS 38.05.118 using a request for proposal process for the purchase of commercial timber in the Bay View Timber Sale (SSE-1369-K). The timber will be marketed to a list of local mills and interested parties maintained by the DOF Southeast Area Office. The saw log volume to be offered totals approximately 14,417 thousand board feet (MBF).

The Division of Forestry is offering one timber sale for negotiated purchase, the Bay View Timber Sale, administratively referred to as SSE-1369-K (Units 1, 2 and 3).  This timber sale is located on Prince of Wales Island, centered approximately one mile east of the City of Thorne Bay. The sale area consists of approximately 574 acres of timber in three units. The legal description of the sale area is within Sections 14, 15, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 34, and 35, Township 71 South, Range 84 East, Copper River Meridian.   The main access for this sale area is from the existing Prince of Wales Road System, specifically from the Sandy Beach Road and State Road 3000150. The timber is predominately old growth composed of western red cedar, western hemlock, Sitka spruce and Alaska yellow cedar on approximately 574 acres.

Proposers must submit a copy of their current Alaska Business License. The business license copy may accompany the proposal. For a proposal to qualify, proposers are required to submit a bid deposit amount of 5% of the total bid value. The successful purchaser is also required to deposit a performance bond with the State of $80,000.00 and a stumpage deposit of 10% of the total sale value at the signing of the contract. The term of the contract is five years.

Copies of the Request for Proposal information package are available for review at the division’s Area Office, the division’s web site along with the State Online Public Notice System: http://notice.alaska.gov/200261.

If your firm is interested in purchasing this sale, please provide this office with a completed proposal.  Send to the attention of Greg Staunton at the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry, 2417 Tongass Avenue, Suite 213, Ketchikan, Alaska 99901 no later than 2:00 p.m. December 30, 2020.  Proposers are responsible for assuring that their complete proposal is delivered on time.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

Alaska Division of Forestry
Contact:  Greg Staunton
2417 Tongass Avenue, Suite 213
Ketchikan, AK  99901       

Phone:  (907) 225-3070
Email:  greg.staunton@alaska.gov


The State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry, complies with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.  Individuals with disabilities who may need help with bidding should contact the Division of Forestry at 907-225-3070 to make any necessary arrangements.