File #: FP-R-24-09-3111   
Type: FP Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 8/16/2024 In control: Forest Preserve District Commission
On agenda: 9/10/2024 Final action: 9/10/2024
Title: RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A BID FOR NATIVE SEED PURCHASE TO RESTORE LANDS AT VARIOUS PRESERVES
Attachments: 1. Memo Seed Purchase 2024.pdf, 2. Abstract Seed Final 08.21.24.pdf, 3. FINAL seed bid re-tabulation.pdf, 4. SeedPlantingLocator2024, 5. MCGSeedPlanting2024, 6. BinnieSeedPlanting2024, 7. JMoundSeedPlanting2024
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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 bi...

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