BLM FY07 SUMMER CONSOLIDATED SEED BUY

Country:

United States

Notice/Contract Number:

fbo:nar070117

Publication Date:

Aug 3, 2008

Funding Agency:

Department of the Interior

Buyer:

Bureau of Land Management

Original Language:

English

Address:

United States

03144000 - Agricultural supplies

FY07 SUMMER SEED BUY The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has seed requirements for the varieties and quantities of seed as advertised herein. This procurement is established as a Request for Proposals, commercial item buy, and unrestricted acquisition. Pertinent terms and conditions for this buy are as follows: 1) The BLM shall evaluate the seed for each item number based on seed certification and lowest PLS price per pound. 2) Awards may be made on higher PLS priced certified seed versus a lower PLS priced non-certified seed. 3) ALL SEED MUST BE TESTED BLM PRIOR TO ACCEPTANCE. 4) Other evaluation factors include past performance. 5) Delivery dates will be stated in the solicitation. 6) THE TOTAL ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF SEED IS 2,816,105 LBS. The Government reserves the right to award on any item offered in any category, or a combination of the categories, per the evaluation criteria specified in Section E, Basis for Award, if it is in the best interest of the public and the best value for the Government to do so. The quantity estimated above includes only currently approved projects. 7) For each Item No., the BLM will adhere as closely as possible to the estimated quantities listed in the schedule. However, based on on-going fires, emergency needs, and the total offers received, the actual quantity and varieties purchased may vary from the original estimate. 8) OFFERORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS FOR THE VARIETIES AND QUANTITIES STATED IN THE SOLICITIATION AS WELL AS ANY ADDITIONAL QUANTITIES OR VARIETIES AVAILABLE WHICH MAY BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE BLM'S EMERGENCY STABILIZATION NEEDS. ALL OFFERS WILL BE CONSIDERED. 9) Offers may be submitted for either certified seed or non-certified seed unless otherwise specified and as identified in the schedule. 10) Awarded dollar amount will be based on the bulk price per pound. 11) All seed shall be in 50 lb. bags, unless otherwise specified in the solicitation. 12) Germination for all seed will be determined by tetrazolium tests (TZ). Moisture content of all Sagebrush, Saltbush and Shadscale seed as delivered to the Government shall be less than or equal to 12 by weight. Moisture content of all other seed as delivered to the Government shall be less than or equal to 11 by weight. 13) Seed shall be delivered to the following locations: Boise, ID BOI, Regional Seed Warehouse (in Boise, ID) RSW, Twin Falls District, ID TFD, Challis UT, CHA, Cedar City, UT CED, Filmore, UT FIL, Vale, OR VALE, Burns, OR BUR, Battle Mountain, NV BAM, Elko, NV ELK, Las Vegas, NV LVFO, Winnemucca, NV WINN, Ely, NV ELY, Taos, NM TAOS, Craig, CO CRA, Glenwood Springs, CO GLEN, Saguache, CO SAG, Montrose, CO, MON. LOCATIONS MAY BE ADDED TO THE SOLICITATION AS MORE FIRE PLANS ARE APPROVED. Prices shall be based on delivery to any of these locations (F.O.B. destination). The delivery shall be by no later than 09/24/2007. 14) Award will be made for items that conform to our minimum requirements, including PLS rating. Award outside of these minimum requirements may be considered but is not guaranteed. 15) For wildland collected seed the term Certified denotes Source Identified, the term Non-Certified denotes Specified Source Origin. 16) Estimated quantities for BLM's seed requirements (items are both certified and non-certified unless otherwise noted): Crested Wheatgrass, Hycrest, Agropyron cristatum x A. desertorum 360,800 LBS Crested Wheatgrass, Nordan Agropyron cristatum, 1,850 LBS Crested Wheatgrass, Fairway, Agropyron cristatum 59,250 lbs, Crested Wheatgrass, Ephraim Agropyron cristatum 1,200 LBS Siberian Wheatgrass, P27, Agropyron sibericum 25,550 LBS Siberian Wheatgrass, Vavilov Agropyron sibericum 389,550 lbs Snake River Wheatgrass, Secar Elymus wawawaiensis 263,550 LBS Bluebunch Wheatgrass, Anatone Pseudoroegneria spicata 140,150 LBS Bluebunch Wheatgrass, Goldar Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata 150 LBS Bluebunch Wheatgrass, P7 Pseudoroegneria spicata 31,800 LBS Intermediate Wheatgrass, Oahe Elytrigia intermedia 91,400 LBS Intermediate Wheatgrass, Rush Elytrigia intermedia 93,550 LBS Pubescent Wheatgrass, Luna Elytrigia intermedia 127,800 LBS Tall Wheatgrass, Alkar Elytrigia elongata 94,750 LBS Streambank Wheatgrass, Sodar Elymus lanceolatus 1,000 LBS Thickspike Wheatgrass, Critana Elymus macrourus 23,050 Thickspike Wheatgrass, Bannock Elymus lanceolatus Agropyron dasystachyum 47,550 LBS Slender wheatgrass, San Luis Elymus trachycaulus 50 LBS Western Wheatgrass, Arriba Pascopyrum smithii 135,100 LBS Basin Wildrye, Magnar Leymus cinereus 31,050 LBS Basin Wildrye, Trailhead Leymus cinereus 6,200 LBS Russian Wildrye, Bozoisky Psathrostachys juncea 146,850 LBS Sandberg's Bluegrass Poa secunda ssp. secunda 21,500 LBS Sandberg's Bluegrass, Mtn Home Poa secunda spp. secunda 2,300 LBS Canby's bluegrass, Canbar Poa secunda canbyi 1,050 LBS Big Bluegrass, Sherman Poa secunda ssp. ampla 25,600 LBS Bottlebrush Squirreltail Elymus elymoides ssp. elymoides 23,050 LBS Bottlebrush Squirreltail, Toe Jam Elymus elymoides ssp. californicus 1,000 LBS Indian Ricegrass, Nezpar Acnatherum hymenoides 150,300 LBS Indian Ricegrass, Rimrock Acnatherum hymenoides 12,050 LBS Indian Ricegrass, Paloma Acnatherum hymenoides 1,100 LBS Smooth Bromegrass, Lincoln Bromus inermis 10,000 LBS Mountain Bromegrass, Garnet Bromus marginatus 17,900 LBS Orchardgrass, Paiute Dactylis glomerata 2,000 LBS Prairie Junegrass Koeleria macrantha 50 LBS Sand Dropseed Sporobolus cryptandrus 11,600 Thurber's Needlegrass Stipa thurberiana 50 LBS Needle and Threadgrass Hesperostipa comata 100 LBS Purple Threeawn Aristida purpurea 450 LBS Galleta Grass, Viva Pleuraphis jamesii 20 LBS Sideoats Grama Grass, Niner or Vaughn Bouteloua curtipendula 250 LBS Blue Grama Grass, Hachita or Alma Bouteloua gracilis 300 LBS Cereal Rye Secale cereale 1,400 LBS Alfalfa, Ladak Medicago sativa 111,000 LBS Small Burnet, Delar Sanguisorba minor 87,500 LBS Sainfoin, Eski Onobrychis viciifolia 52,000 LBS Penstemon, Palmer's Penstemon palmeri 1,850 LBS Penstemon, Rocky Mountain Penstemon strictus 50 LBS Penstemon, Firecracker Penstemon eatonii 100 LBS Blue Flax, Appar Linum perenne 16,650 LBS Lewis Flax, Maple Grove Linum lewisii 250 LBS Globemallow, Scarlet Sphaeralcea coccinea 150 Globemallow, Munroe's Sphaeralcea munroana 150 LBS Globemallow, Desert Sphaeralcea ambigua 375 LBS White Western Yarrow Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis 23,100 LBS Desert Marigold Baileya multiradiata 200 LBS Annual Sunflower LBS Helianthus annuus 200 LBS Desert Pepperweed Lepidium fremontii 200 LBS Utah Sweetvetch Hedysarum boreale 50 LBS Big Sagebrush, Wyoming Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis 90,320 LBS Big Sagebrush, Basin LBS Artemisia tridentata tridentata 15,840 LBS Big Sagebrush, Mountain Artemisia tridentata vaseyana 3,560 LBS Black Sagebrush Artemisia nova 760 LBS Low Sagebrush Artemisia arbuscula 2,760 LBS Fourwing Saltbush Atriplex canescens 7,850 LBS Quailbush Atriplex lentiformis (NV, UT, AZ source & origin only) 650 LBS Bitterbrush, Antelope Purshia tridentata 2,500 LBS Forage Kochia, Immigrant Kochia prostrata 39,250 LBS Winterfat Krascheninnikovia lanata 200 LBS White Bursage Ambrosia dumosa 850 LBS Brittlebush Encelia farinosa 250 LBS Virgin River Brittlebush Encelia virginensis 200 LBS Creosote Bush Larrea tridentata (NV, CA, AZ, NM source & origin only) 1,150 LBS Nevada Ephedra Ephedra nevadensis 200 LBS Cheesebush Hymenoclea salsola 200 LBS Basin Wildrye, Variety UnknownLeymus cinereus Collected between 35 and 38 Latitude1000-4000 foot eleveation Nye County, Nevada only - 150 LBS. Offers will be due in this office on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. (local Denver time), as specified in the solicitation. Receipt of fax offers is allowed under this solicitation. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered. The solicitation will be issued on or about Monday, August 20, 2007. The solicitation may be downloaded from the IDEASEC website: http://ideasec.nbc.gov/j2ee/login.jsp or at http://www.fedbizopps.gov. Please print the Standard form (SF-1449) and print all clauses and attachments. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE SPECIFICATION TO BE POSTED WITH THE SOLICITATION HAS CHANGED. EVERY OFFEROR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR KNOWING THE REQUIREMENTS AND WILL BE HELD TO THEM UPON SUCCESSFUL CONTRACT AWARD. If you desire to submit the Schedule of Items electronically via the Excel spreadsheet please email the Excel Schedule of Items Spreadsheet no later than 10:00 a.m. MST, Tuesday, September 4, 2007 to ElaineFlick@blm.gov. Contact Elaine Flick at (303)236-3528 with any questions.

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Contact: Elaine Flick Contracting Officer 3032363528 ElaineFlick@blm.gov

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