Eldorado National Forest, 100 Forni Road, Placerville, CA 95667

F -- NURSERY LIFT/PACK SOL RFP R5-03-97-04 DUE 102496 POC Kathy Griffin, Contracting Officer, 916-622-5061. Lifting (hand pulling) tree seedlings, consisting of 1-0, 2-0 and transplant stock, from approximately 112,386 lineal feet of seedbed. Packing approximately 6,357 M (thousand) seedlings for shipment (1-0,2-0, and transplant). Packing consists, essentially, of grading, counting, root pruning, packaging, and cleanup. Project is located at the Placerville Nursery, 5 miles east of Placerville, CA. Estimated start date is 12/30/96. Solicitation issue date is approximately 09/24/96. Under this procedure, Request for Proposal (RFP), both a Technical and Price Proposals are required. For qualification as s Small Business under this solicitation, a small business is one whose average annual receipts do not exceed an average of $5.0 million for the previous three years. (0235)

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