SOLICITATION OF BIDS FOR RECREATIONAL USE LIMITED LICENSES THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA

SOLICITATION OF BIDS FOR RECREATIONAL USE LIMITED LICENSES THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA The University of Alabama is soliciting sealed bids for the recreational use limited licenses on selected tracts of land located in Autauga, Fayette, Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker, and Winston Counties, in Alabama. Offers for the Recreational Use Licenses must be submitted by sealed bids which will be publicly opened and read aloud at 2:00 p.m. (CDT) on July 9, 2026, at the Office of University Lands and Real Estate Services, 1115 14th Street, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35401. All bids must be received by the Office of University Lands and Real Estate Services, prior to the bid opening time, to be considered. Recreational use licenses include activities such as hunting, horseback riding, hiking, camping, and mountain biking, etc. All information on this year's tracts can be found online at the following address: https://universitylands.ua.edu/bids/ or you may contact the Office of University Lands and Real Estate Services at (205) 348-3510. Only bids which are submitted on the bid form prepared by the Office of University Lands and Real Estate Services will be considered. Bidders submitting bids on more than (1) one tract should print all pages of the bid form and submit a separate bid for each tract. If a bid is mailed, the bid should be posted in sufficient time to ensure its receipt prior to the bid submission deadline of 2:00 pm (CDT), July 9, 2026. The mailing address for bid submission is The University of Alabama, Attn: Office of University Lands and Real Estate Services, Box 870176, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0176. Mailed bids should be marked "Recreational Bid 07-9-2026 – with the County and Tract you are bidding on in the lower left-hand corner of the envelope for bid security. Bid forms can be emailed to the following email address: bmfox@ua.edu but must be received by the deadline of 2:00 pm (CDT), July 9, 2026. Successful bidders will be required to carry comprehensive general liability insurance with limits of not less than $1,000,000 per occurrence for bodily injury and $1,000,000 per occurrence for property damage. Each bidder will be required to add the University as an additional named insured on all insurance policies. The certificate of insurance will be required upon the execution of the agreement. Term of the recreational use license will be one (1) year and with the University's consent renewable for nine (9) renewal terms of one (1) year each. The annual fee will be due upon signing the agreement, with a 20% deposit due within five (5) business days of Acceptance of the winning bid. The annual fee for each renewal term will increase by two-and-one-half percent (2½%) above the prior year's fee, each subsequent year of renewal. Minimum bid per acre is $5.00. Bids below this figure will be rejected. The University reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids and to waive any informalities. Sub-leasing by the high bidders to another individual will not be allowed. June 11, 18, 25, July 2 2026 LTUS0531617