Seat Memorial Tree/Brush Removal Services

The Missouri Department of Conservation is seeking bids from qualified suppliers to provide tree and brush removal services on Emmett and Leah Seat Memorial Conservation Area. The contract period shall be from the date of award through one year. The contractor shall provide all tools, equipment, materials, labor, supervision, and supplies necessary to perform the services. The services include mowing/chopping or mulching/masticating brush and/or trees up to 4 inches DBH using a skid steer with brush mower/chopper or forestry mulcher/masticator attachment and shearing/sawing and piling trees up to 9 inches DBH using skid steer and tree shear or tree saw and grapple attachments. * Key requirements include: * Providing tree and brush removal services on Emmett and Leah Seat Memorial Conservation Area * Maintaining a machine hour log to document actual machine hours used * Mowing/chopping or mulching/masticating brush and/or trees up to 4 inches DBH * Shearing/sawing and piling trees up to 9 inches DBH * Providing services as directed by the Department until funds are depleted or the desired work is completed * Notifying the Department representative of any changes in labor arrangements * Not dumping or disposing of any oil, hydraulic fluid, other petroleum products or litter on the Department's property * Taking immediate and independent action to prevent and suppress fires caused by the contractor in or near the work area * Being held responsible for any damage, breakage, and/or loss of the Department's signs, buildings, vegetation, or equipment through negligence of the contractor or his employees while working on the Department's premises