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87 -- ALFALFA HAY "TON" BALES SOL 38-91H2-98 POC Ken Eason, at 510/559-6018, FAX 510/559-6023 E-MAIL: Ken Eason, Contract Specialist, easonk@ars.usda.gov. Provide alfalfa hay "ton" bales, 4'x 4'x 8' square, tied with twine or wire, grown and baled in the 1998 growing season. Hay must be free from mold, rain or frost damage and excessive weeds or other foreign material. Hay will be USDA Grade No. 2 or better, i.e., early to average maturity, early to mid-bloom in legumes (up to 25% bloom), leafy (40% or more leaves), fine to medium stemmed. Minimum 18% crude protein, dry matter 87% minimum 94% maximum, acid detergent fiber shall not exceed 33%. First crop hay is preferred but second crop may be considered. Bidders must indicate which crop is being offered. 492 ton is to be delivered, unloaded and stacked at the hay storage building at the USDA, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Sheep Experiment Station in Dubois, Idaho, and 748 ton is to be delivered, unloaded and stacked at the Mud Lake Feedlot in Mud Lake, Idaho. This solicitation is unrestricted and open to both small and large business concerns. Invitation for Bid No. 38-91H2-98 will be available onor about July 24, 1998. Requests for a copy of the solicitation may be mailed to the address shown above, or faxed to the attention of Ken Eason at 510/559-6023.***** Posted 07/17/98 (W-SN224945). (0198)

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