Specifications include, but are not limited to: The purpose of the Invitation for Bid is for the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, hereinafter called the Department, to secure an accredited certification firm, hereinafter called the Contractor, to conduct a certification audit of the agency’s WMA’s for compliance with SFI 2015-2019 Forest Management Standard. Should the Department be successful in obtaining SFI and American Tree Farm certifications, the contract may be renewed for subsequent surveillance audits in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. The Contractor agrees to have its personnel conduct all necessary audit requirements for SFI 2015-2019 Forest Management Standard and the American Tree Farm System 2015-2020 Standards of Sustainability certification of the Department’s forty-nine WMA’s totaling 205,027 acres including but not limited to document reviews, field audits, report preparation and report submission. The Contractor will follow a work plan that meets the certification protocols for an initial audit and subsequent maintenance audits in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. The Contractor agrees to have its personnel begin and conduct the audit on dates mutually agreeable with the Department and between the dates of September 24, 2018 and December 31, 2018 and complete all requirements of the certification audit and submission of reports no later than January 31, 2019. Note – bids will be accepted for audit dates other than those given here but preference will be given to the preferred dates. Surveillance audits to be conducted during same time period in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 and in such time as to retain annual certifications provided the initial certifications are awarded. The Contractor agrees the audit will meet or exceed the minimum level of review necessary for the SFI 2015-2019 Forest Management Standard and the American Tree Farm System 2015-2020 Standards of Sustainability certification. The Contractor agrees to submit all reports to the Department, to SFI and to the American Tree Farm System as required for certification.