Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Contractor shall furnish the necessary personnel, material, tree seedlings, equipment, services and facilities to perform the following Statement of Work/Specifications. A. Description of Work The Virginia Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries is soliciting for the services of responsible contractors to provide crews, equipment and supplies for tree planting loblolly pine bare root seedlings to prepared sites on a 9’x10’ spacing (484 trees per acre) on 120 acres at Powhatan WMA (Powhatan County, VA). Standards: 1. Seedlings shall be planted by hand 2. Seedlings will be a minimum of 2nd generation loblolly pine (P. taeda) from either a Virginia or North Carolina source 3. Planted trees must be uniformly planted on a 9’x10’ spacing 4. Contractor must ensure that trees are planted and handled properly No “J” rooting No loose soil around tree roots/collar Crop trees must be protected from desiccation 5. Contractor and all personnel shall comply with the “Virginia Best Forestry Management Practices”