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PROPOSED CONTRACT
Department(s): Resource Management
Vendor: Straughn Farms, Peotone, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Forest Preserve District of Cook County to enter into and execute
Good(s) or Service(s): Hay farming
Contract Value: $20,872.50
Contract period: 7/21/2015 through 12/31/2017
Estimated Fiscal Impact: Generation of $20,872.50
Accounts: Revenue Generating
Contract Number(s): 15-31-109
Concurrences:
The Chief Financial Officer and Chief Attorney have approved this item.
Summary: Historically, hay farming has taken place on land owned by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County (the “District”). This practice allows the District to generate revenue, while at the same time preventing invasive plant species from taking over fallow land. It is the District’s intention to restore fallow land wherever possible and these farming practices are a good method to keep these lands in a more manageable condition until a restoration project can take place on the site. The contract term for hay cutting is a period of one year, with two (2) one-year renewal options which gives the District the option to discontinue farming practices in order to restore these lands to a natural condition.
Straughn Farms was the highest responsible bidder for the four (4) locations listed below for a total potential revenue generation over the next three years of $20,872.50. Straughn Farms was the sole bidder for each site.
Site Acres Revenue
Morrill Meadow 25 $375.00
Tinley Creek 227 $6,810.00
King’s Grove Woods 35 $525.00
Plum Creek 117 $13,162.50
Total 404 $20,872.50
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