SOLICITATION NOTICE
F -- Herbicide Treatment of Sickleweed
- Notice Date
- 4/8/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 115310
— Support Activities for Forestry
- Contracting Office
- Forest Service, R-2 Rocky Mountain Region, 740 Simms Street, Regional Office, Golden, Colorado, 80401
- ZIP Code
- 80401
- Solicitation Number
- AG-82X9-S-08-0075
- Point of Contact
- Terry L Ward, Phone: 605-673-9271, Brenda J Anderson,, Phone: 605-673-9323
- E-Mail Address
-
tlward@fs.fed.us, bjanderson@fs.fed.us
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- SCOPE OF CONTRACT Herbicide treatment of 3200 acres of Sickleweed (Falcaria vulgaris) on the Fort Pierre National Grassland, South Dakota, Lyman and Stanley Counties. LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION Treatment area covers portions of the Fort Pierre National Grassland south of the town Pierre, South Dakota. USGS 7.5-minute topographic maps showing sickleweed locations will be provided upon request at pre-quote conference. 1.1SCOPE OF WORK. The contractor shall be required to: •Furnish any and all labor, transportation, equipment, supplies, water, services, supervision, permits, and licenses necessary to spray herbicide on approximately 3200 acres of Sickleweed. •Contractor will provide 360 ounces of Telar XP, which will be applied at the ¾ oz/ac. Telar XP (an exuberated paste) is made by DuPont and needs to be precision packed by the Telar distributor to match the equipment being used in order to ensure that ¾ oz/acre is being met. •Broadcast application of Telar on the majority of the area accessible by large equipment will require approximately 20-25 gallons of water/herbicide mix per acre. Contractor will be required to provide all water. •Contractor will provide GIS based maps along with raw GPS data (datum used shall be discussed with Forest Service before collection of GPS data) of treated areas along with pesticide application records to the Forest Service at the completion of treatment. The contractor will also be required to provide the Forest Service with total pounds of active ingredient per acre applied at the conclusion of the project. (See Attachments) •Contractor will comply with all pesticide use requirements set forth under SD Law (SDCL) 38-21 and Administrative Rule (ARSD) 12:56. 1.1.2 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE. Services covered in this solicitation and resultant contract are to be performed during the 2008 field season. Work shall occur when the target plants are actively growing and weather conditions allow them to be susceptible to herbicide effects as per label directions. Work may begin on or about the middle of May and the Contractor shall complete all fieldwork no later than June 30, 2008 and all reports no later than July 31, 2008. Once the plants are mature enough for treatment to begin, the entire treatment will need to be completed within a week to 10 days (from first signs of buds to bloom stage).
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Treatment area covers portions of the Fort Pierre National Grassland south of the town Pierre, South Dakota. USGS 7.5-minute topographic maps showing sickleweed locations will be provided upon request at pre-quote conference., Fort Pierre, South Dakota, 57732, United States
- Zip Code: 57732
- Zip Code: 57732
- Record
- SN01549191-W 20080410/080408221316-3e8a105bd1dea9709f8a4e65701a51af (fbodaily.com)
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