USDA-Forest Service, 5162 Valleypointe Parkway, Roanoke, VA 24019

F -- AERIAL SUPPRESSION OF GYPSY MOTHS SOl R8-08-96-1 DUE 022996. Contact Sheila Ratcliff, 540-265-6009/Contracting Officer, Lawrence H. Logan, 540-265-6092. 1996 GYPSY MOTH SUPPRESSION IN SLOW THE SPREAD PROJECT AREA: Provide all labor and equipment (except Gov't furnished items) and transportation and other items required to aerially treat approx. 8,345 acres (+- 15%). Contractor will be required to provide one observation aircraft for each application aircraft and a Differentially Corrected Global Positioning System-based Aircraft Tracking Guidance and Flight Path Record System (DGPS) for each application aircraft. The insecticide to be applied is Disrupt II or pheromone flakes, is a mating disruptant, specific for gypsy moth (Disrupt II and appropriate sticker will be supplied by the Gov't). Pheromone flakes are tiny layered polymer flakes (1/32 inch x 3/32 inch) impregnated with the synthetic female gypsy moth sex attractant. The peromone flakes CANNOT be applied with a conventional spray (nozzle) system due to the size of the flakes. Therefore, they must be applied using specially designed equipment. The type of dispensing system for pheromone flakes is not commercially available. At the contractor's expense, the contractor will be required to demonstrate to the Gov't that the proposed application equipment is capable of applying the Disrupt II at rates specified by the Gov't. At the contractor's expense, the contractor is responsible for providing verification to the Gov't. that any aircraft modifications are in strict compliance with current FAA regulations. Treatment areas are located on the George Washington/Jefferson National Forests in Virginia and West Virginia and private lands in Virginia and West Virginia in the counties of Craig, Roanoke, Botetourt, Bland and Carroll counties in Virginia and Monroe and Mercer counties in West Virginia. Work is expected to begin approx. June 12, 1996 based on first male moth flight. Elevation ranges in the treatment blocks from 1,300 feet to 3,800 feet. This procurement is set aside for labor surplus area concerns. (022)

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