SOLICITATION NOTICE
F -- Soil and Trunk Injection Services for Control of Asian Longhorned Beetle
- Notice Date
- 3/13/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Administrative Services Division/Contracting, 100 North 6TH Street Butler Square 5TH Floor, Minneapolis, MN, 55403
- ZIP Code
- 55403
- Solicitation Number
- 024-M-APHIS-03
- Archive Date
- 4/23/2003
- Point of Contact
- Robert Crowther, Contracting Officer, Phone 612-336-3205, Fax 612-370-2106,
- E-Mail Address
-
Bob.J.Crowther@usda.gov
- Description
- The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ), in conjunction with New Jersey officials, requires a firm, fixed-priced, requirements contract for the application of a systemic insecticide (Imidacloprid) for control of the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB), Anoplphora glabripennnis (Motschulsky) in the Jersey City and Hoboken areas of the State of New Jersey. This spring APHIS anticipates treating an estimated 955 trees with an estimated total diameter at breast height (dbh) of 6,224 via soil injection and an estimated 102 trees with an estimated total dbh of 1,774 via Mauget trunk injection. Control treatment applications are intended to reduce the potential for damage from this major pest of trees. ALB bores into and kills a variety of tree species including, but not limited to, species of Elm, Maple, Birch, Willow, Box elder, Horsechestnut, Buckeye, Rose of Sharon (dbh equal to or greater than 4 inches), European Mountain Ash, Ash, Poplar, Albizza, London Plane, and Sycamore. This nonnative pest has the potential to spread to other areas of the United States and cause extensive losses to ornamental and commercial tree species. As a consequence, the Secretary of Agriculture has declared an emergency for the eradication of ALB in the areas identified. Control treatments must be completed prior to adult emergence and flight which begins in late spring and early summer. Therefore, all projected control treatments must be applied by May 30, 2003. . A requirements contract will be awarded in the event additional applications are needed beyond May 30th or PPQ decides to apply control treatments in the Fall of 2003. . The effective period of the contract will be from approximately May 1, 2003, or date of award, through September 30, 2003, with unilateral options to extend the effective period of the contract on a month-by-month basis for a period not to exceed an additional 6 months. The solicitation will be issued as a request for proposals (RFP) and will be released on or about March 17, 2003. Offers are due to the Contracting Officer by 11:00 A.M. Central Time, Tuesday, April 8, 2003, or as indicated on the RFP, whichever is later. SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS BY FAX IS PROHIBITED. This solicitation is issued on an unrestricted basis, however, award preference will be provided to companies qualified under the Small Business Administration HUBZone and Section 8(a) programs, and other small and small disadvantaged businesses. NAICS Code: 115310. Size Standard: $6.0 million dollar average annual receipts. The RFP may be downloaded off the Internet after March 17, 2003, or within 2 days after the issuance of the RFP, from the following Internet site: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/mpls/contracts/cbd.html TELEPHONE REQUESTS FOR A COPY OF THE RFP WILL NOT BE HONORED.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Hoboken and Jersey City Areas of the State of New Jersey
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN00278514-W 20030315/030313213237 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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