SOLICITATION NOTICE
87 -- FY05 2nd Fall Seed Buy
- Notice Date
- 7/29/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- BLM NATIONAL BUSINESS CENTER BC663, BLDG 50, DFC, PO BOX 25047 DENVER CO 80225
- ZIP Code
- 80225
- Solicitation Number
- NAR050110
- Response Due
- 8/31/2005
- Archive Date
- 7/29/2006
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- 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) Certified seed will be accepted without further testing from the BLM. Delivery of certified seed must be accompanied by an original seed lab analysis report by a registered seed technologist (AOSA) upon which the certification status was based (seed lab report date within nine months of seed delivery). The certified seed lot must have passed a western states noxious weed seed test. A certified seed lot must meet or exceed the seed quality standard in the Contract for purity, germination or TZ, no noxious weed seed, <0.5% weed seed, and <2.0% other crop seed by weight. Seed may be sampled within 12 hours of delivery and tested by a registered seed technologist to meet the contract seed moisture allowance if applicable. 4) Other evaluation factors include past performance. 5) Delivery dates will be stated in the solicitation. 6) Offers may be made in ANY amount for the varieties specified. The total estimated amount of seed is 347,200 lbs.; however, BLM reserves the right to award up to 399,280 lbs. of seed (additional 15%) in total against any of the items listed in the schedule. The BLM anticipates the quantity of seed to change prior to solicitation posting and again before the solicitation closes. The amount above includes only currently funded projects. 7) Based on seed availability and considerations given to seed certification, seed preference, and price the BLM will make award in any amount for each item number, adhering as closely as possible to the estimated quantities shown below for each item number. 8) Offers may be submitted for either certified seed or non-certified seed unless otherwise specified and as identified in the schedule. 9) Awarded dollar amount will be based on the bulk price per pound. 10) All seed shall be in 50 lb. bags, unless otherwise specified in the solicitation. 11) Germination for all seed will be determined by tetrazolium tests (TZ). Moisture content of all Sagebrush, Gardner's 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. 12) Seed shall be delivered to the following locations: Boise, ID = RSW, Ely, NV = ELY, Fillmore, UT = FIL, Burns, OR = BUR, and Susanville, CA = EAG. Prices shall be based on delivery to any of these locations (F.O.B. destination). The BLM anticipates additional locations of delivery will be added at the time the solicitation is posted and again prior to closing. 13) Award cannot be made for an item that does not conform to our minimum requirements, including PLS rating. 14) For wildland collected seed the term Certified denotes Source Identified, the term Non-Certified denotes Specified Source Origin. 14) Estimated quantities for BLM's seed requirements (items are both certified and non-certified unless otherwise noted): Species Estimated Lbs. Fairway Crested Wheatgrass- 3,500 Hycrest Crested Wheatgrass- 48,500 Nordan Crested Wheatgrass- 8,400 Vavilov Siberian Wheatgrass- 50,000 Oahe Intermediate Wheatgrass- 3,850 Luna Pubescent Wheatgrass- 10,300 Bannock Thickspike Wheatgrass- 3,000 Arriba Western Wheatgrass- 17,000 Rosana Western Wheatgrass- 5,000 Secar Snake River Wheatgrass- 33,600 Anatone Bluebunch Wheatgrass- 20,000 P7 Bluebunch Wheatgrass- 1,550 Bozoisky Russian Wildrye- 5,950 Magnar Basin Wildrye- 3,000 NBR Great Basin Wildrye- 200 Sandberg's Bluegrass- 14,950 Mountain Home Sandberg's Bluegrass- 5,000 Sherman Big Bluegrass- 2,000 Bottlebrush Squirreltail, ELEL5- 9,500 Toe Jam Creek Bottlebrush, ELEL5- 2,000 Rimrock Indian Ricegrass- 36,100 Nezpar Indian Ricegrass- 5,000 Piute Orchardgrass- 7,950 Sand Dropseed- 3,000 Thurber's Needlegrass- 100 Alfalfa, Ladak- 10,000 Appar Blue Flax- 4,000 Delar Small Burnet- 22,600 Maple Grove Lewis Flax- 100 Globemallow, Desert- 100 Globemallow, Munro's- 200 Penstemon, Firecracker- 200 Penstemon, Palmer's- 300 Western Yarrow- 500 Forage Kochia, Immigrant- 1,000 Fourwing Saltbush- 3,950 Shadscale- 200 Bitterbrush- 1,000 Wyoming Big Sagebrush- 2,400 Mountain Big Sagebrush- 1,200 15) Substitutions may be offered for varieties that may be in short supply on the open market. A list of known substitutions may be added to the solicitation. Offers will be due in this office on Wednesday, August 31, 2005 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 August 5, 2005. The solicitation may be downloaded from the IDEASEC website: http://ideasec.nbc.gov/j2ee/login.jsp. Please print the Standard form (SF-1449) and print all clauses and attachments. 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, Wednesday, August 31, 2005 to Sara_Oletski@blm.gov. Contact Sara Oletski at (303)236-6498 with any questions.
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