Loren Data's SAM Daily™

SAMDAILY.US - ISSUE OF MARCH 27, 2020 SAM #6693
SOURCES SOUGHT

F -- Harvesting Rye and Alfalfa

Notice Date

3/25/2020 2:43:00 PM
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

NAICS

115113 — Crop Harvesting, Primarily by Machine
 

Contracting Office

USDA ARS MWA AMES LSS AMES IA 50010 USA
 

ZIP Code

50010
 

Solicitation Number

12612520Q0004SS
 

Response Due

3/30/2020 11:00:00 AM
 

Archive Date

04/14/2020
 

Point of Contact

RANDALL REINERTSON
 

E-Mail Address

randall.m.reinertson@usda.gov
(randall.m.reinertson@usda.gov)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

SBA Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)
 

Description

NADC has Rye/Hay plots on-site of 125 acres from which the contractor will chop to supply up to 250 ton of haylage. The haylage is an integral part of the NADC feeding program for our Dairy herd. Vendor to cut, chop and bag forage from National Animal Disease Center (NADC) fields to fill bag no more than 250 tons of haylage. Vendor will be required to supervise all areas of the operation in which they are responsible. Harvest to begin no earlier than April 15, 2020 and finish no later than May 15, 2020. NADC ARU staff will coordinate specific dates with vendor to assure correct timing of rye harvest taking into account current weather conditions and future cropping requirements. Forage should be tedded 1-2 times to help assure rapid drying, raked and then chopped at target dry matter level of 35-38%.Vendor shall supply all needed equipment to include: mower, chopper, trucks, wagons, tractors to pull wagons, bagger and tractor to operate the bagger, bags, fuel and labor for all the vendor supplied equipment to supply the National Animal Disease Center (NADC) with Haylage to be packed in appropriate bag(s) NLT 8' in diameter x 100' long. Total amount not to exceed 250 tons. Vendor will be responsible for delivery of forage from the fields to NADC to bagging area and transferring forage to bagger
 

Web Link

SAM.gov Permalink
(https://beta.sam.gov/opp/f14a977489ff408ebb7f9d5e3f3781df/view)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Ames, IA 50010, USA

Zip Code: 50010

Country: USA
 

Record

SN05600465-F 20200327/200325230147 (samdaily.us)
 

Source

SAM.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

---

| FSG Index  |  This Issue's Index  |  Today's SAM Daily Index Page |