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Resolution Authorizing a Bid For Native Seed Purchase to Restore Lands at Various Preserves
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WHEREAS, it has been determined by the Commissioners of the Forest Preserve District of Kane County, Illinois, that the District desires to restore lands through a purchase of native seed for conversion of agricultural lands, prairie restoration, woodland restoration, and habitat creation; and
WHEREAS, native plants are the basis of all native ecosystems and therefore are the basis of the work in the Natural Resource Management department; and
WHEREAS, bids have been solicited by individual native plant species to maximize value; and
WHEREAS bids were received for the purchase of native seed, and the lowest qualified bids were combinations aggregated from Shooting Star Nursery, Genesis Nursery, Agrecol, RES Great Lakes, and Millborn Seeds for Projects 1, 2, and 3 as listed below:
Project 1 - Shooting Star Nursery - 92 species: Bid of $51,572.90
Genesis Nursery - 37 species: Bid of $14,404.26
Agrecol - 10 species: Bid of $11,344.22
RES Great Lakes - 17 species: Bid of $5,937.70
Millborn Seeds - 4 species: Bid of $1,371.50
Total: 160 species - $84,630.58
Project 2 - Shooting Star Nursery - 39 species: Bid of $21,926.89
Genesis Nursery - 30 species: Bid of $7,391.88
Agrecol - 11 species: Bid of $5,763.00
RES Great Lakes - 8 species: Bid of $1,169.20
Millborn Seeds - 11 species: Bid of $2,691
Total: 99 species - $38,941.97
Project 3 - Shooting Star Nursery - 53 species: Bid of $49,668.89
Genesis Nursery - 27 species: Bid of $23,490.36
Agrecol - 13 species: Bid of $25,052.00
RES Great Lakes - 8 species: Bid of $6,867.20
Millborn Seeds - 13 species: Bid of $8,923.50
Total: 114 species - $114,001.95
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Commissioners of the Forest Preserve District of Kane County, Illinois, that the qualified, lowest bids by Shooting Star Nursery in the amount of $123,168.68, Genesis Nursery in the amount of $45,286.50, Agrecol in the amount of $42,159.22, RES Great Lakes in the amount of $13,974.10, and Millborn Seeds in the amount of $12,986.00, as listed above, for the purchase of native seed for the conversion of agricultural lands, prairie restoration, woodland restoration, and habitat creation in the total amount of $237,574.50 be, and hereby are, accepted and approved.
APPROVED AND PASSED on this 10th day of September, 2024.
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Christopher Kious Myrna Molina
President, Kane Forest Preserve Secretary, Kane Forest Preserve
Kane County, Illinois Kane County, Illinois