SOLICITATION NOTICE
87 -- FY06 - 1st Consolidated Spring Seed Buy
- Notice Date
- 3/16/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- BLM-BC NATIONAL BUSINESS CENTER* BC663 BLDG 50, DFC, PO BOX 25047 DENVER CO 80225
- ZIP Code
- 80225
- Solicitation Number
- NAR060064
- Response Due
- 4/6/2006
- Archive Date
- 3/16/2007
- 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) ALL SEED WILL BE TESTED BY BLM PRIOR TO ACCEPTANCE (a change from the last 2 buys where certified seed was accepted without further testing). 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 but are estimated to be 5/23/2006. 6) Offers may be made in ANY amount for the varieties specified. The total estimated amount of seed is 350,390 lbs.; however, BLM reserves the right to award up to 402,950 lbs. of seed (additional 15% in total against any of the items listed in the schedule). 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. Substitutions may be proposed and awarded where indicated in the solicitation. 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 other bag size standards for a particular species, or "non-standard" is specified in the solicitation. 11) Germination for all seed will be determined by tetrazolium tests (TZ). Moisture content of all Sagebrush and Gardner's Saltbush 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; Shoshone, ID = SHO; Ely, NV = ELY; Elko, NV = ELKO; Las Vegas, NV = LVFO; St. George, UT = AZS; Canon City, CO = CAN. Prices shall be based on delivery to any of these locations (F.O.B. destination). Specific delivery locations will be specified at the time the solicitation is posted and may be modified again prior to the solicitation 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. 15) Estimated quantities for BLM's seed requirements (items are both certified and non-certified unless otherwise noted): SPECIES, Common name TOTAL LBS Siberian wheatgrass, P27 9,850 Siberian wheatgrass, Vavilov 42,100 Bottlebrush squirreltail 2,750 Big squirreltail, Sand Hollow 250 Basin wildrye, Magnar 8500 Basin wildrye, Trailhead 7800 Russian wildrye, Bozoisky 8750 Crested wheatgrass, Hycrest 27,200 Crested wheatgrass, Ephraim 1,000 Indian ricegrass, Nezpar 7,250 Indian ricegrass, Rimrock 5,400 Indian ricegrass, Paloma 1,550 Sideoats grama, Niner/Vaughn 600 Blue grama, Hachita 250 Sandberg's bluegrass 11,550 Sandberg's bluegr., Mtn. Home 6,050 Big bluegrass, Sherman 5,900 Canby's bluegrass, Canbar 100 Smooth Brome, Lincoln 1,000 Streambank wheatgrass, Sodar 1,000 Thickspike wtgr, Critana 5,000 Thickspike wtgr, Bannock 8,000 Bluebunch wheatgr. Anatone 33,000 Bluebunch wheatgrass, Goldar 150 Snake River whtgr, Secar 60,350 Tall wheatgrass, Alkar 5,900 Pubescent whtgr, Luna 6,700 Western whtgr, Arriba 4,200 Western Whtgr, Rosana 4,500 Sand Dropseed 1,600 Thurber's needlegrass 100 Arizona fescue, Redondo 50 Needle&thread grass 100 Prairie junegrass 100 Alfalfa, Ladak 11,900 Sainfoin, Eski 10,550 Small burnet, Delar 8,950 Blue flax, Appar 4,100 Lewis flax, Maple Grove 100 Lupine, Royal Desert 500 Lupine, Arizona 500 Desert Marigold 50 Globemallow, Munroe 250 Globemallow, Desert 200 Palmer penstemon 500 Yellow sweetclover, Madrid 900 Western yarrow, Eagle 1,600 Arrowleaf balsamroot 450 Creosote bush 50 Bitterbrush 3,100 White bursage 175 Forage kochia 3,450 Fourwing saltbush 11,550 Quailbush 1,200 Desert saltbush 1,200 Apache plume 50 Nevada Ephedra 200 Spiny hopsage 1,000 Winterfat 375 Big sagebrush, basin 640 Big sagebrush, Wyoming 8000 True Mtn-mahogany 250 PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MINIMUM PLS FOR WYOMING BIG SAGEBRUSH WILL BE INCREASED FROM 11.20% TO 16.00% ON THIS BUY. Offers will be due in this office on Thursday, April 6, 2006 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 March 23, 2006. The solicitation may be downloaded from the IDEASEC website: http://ideasec.nbc.gov. 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, April 6, 2006 to Elaine_Flick@blm.gov. Contact Elaine Flick at (303) 236-3528 with any questions.
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