DOI, Fish and Wildlife Service, CGS-Mail Stop 60181, P.O Box 25486, DFC, Denver, CO 80225

87 -- NATIVE SEED SPECIES SOL 60181-9-Q246 DUE 041599 POC Tracie Richardson, Contracting Officer, 303/236-5412, extension 229 This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation No. 60181-9-Q246 is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ) and will be awarded as a purchase order using simplified acquisition procedures. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) is 5191 Farm Supplies. Small Business size is 100 employees. See Note 1. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-11. The solicitation item is as follows: Native Seed Species for Habitat Restoration Projects 57B, 63, and 67C for the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, Commerce City, Colorado Scientific Name Common Name Variety Pounds PLS* Native grass species Andropogon hallii Sand bluestem Woodward 592.8 Bouteloua curtipendula Side-oats grama Vaughn 404.4 Calamovilfa longifolia Prairie sandreed Goshen 283.5 Oryzopsis hymenoides Indian ricegrass Nezpar 547.7 Panicum virgatum Switchgrass Nebraska 28 205.2 Pascopyron smithii Western wheatgrass Arriba & native 626.1 Sorghastrum nutans Yellow indiangrass Holt 15.4 Native forbs (wild flowers) or semi-shrubs Achillea lanulosa Yarrow 1.4 Artemisia frigida Fringed sage 0.9 Artemisia ludoviciana Louisiana sagewort 0.4 Cloeme serrulata Rocky Mountain bee plant 46.5 Coreopsis tinctoria Plains coreopsis 2.2 Dalea purpurpea Purple prairie clover 2.8 Gaillardia aristatab Blanket flower 22.7 Helianthus annuus Annual sunflower 22.2 Iris missouriensis Blue flag 7.9 Liatrus punctata Dotted gayfeather 9.6 Linum lewisii Blue fax 12.6 Oenothera villosa Tall evening-primrose 2.2 Penstemon angustifolia Narrow-leaf penstemon 9.2 Ratibida columnifera Coneflower 0.1 Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed Susan 0.4 Sphaeralcea coccinea Scarlet globemallow** 7.4 Native shrubs Artemisia filifolia Sand sagebrush 0.7 Atriplex canescens Fourwing saltbush 15.5 Ceratoides lanata Winterfat 5.4 Crysothamnus nauseosus Rubber rabbitbrush 1.5 Prunus virginiana Chokecherry 17.2 Rhus trilobata Skunkbrush sumac 15.0 Sheperdia argentea Silver buffaloberry 1.8 Yucca glauca Yucca 15.0 * PLS = pure-live-seed ** Must be scarified Seed Specifications: 1. Weights based on scarified and dehulled Pure-live-seed. 2. Provide price per pound for each species and extended amounts. 3. Each seed species is to be packaged separately (no premixed seed). 4. Seed test information shall accompany each species. Certification shall include purity, germination tests, % weed seed content, and seed lot number. 5. Furnish and deliver F.O.B. to the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, Commerce City, Colorado 6. Specify earliest delivery date. The provision at FAR 52.212-1, instructions to Offerers Commercial Items, and FAR Provision 52.212-2, Evaluation of Commercial Items, are applicable to this acquisition. The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items, and the clause at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Items, apply to this acquisition. Evaluation of Commercial Items: The Government will award to the responsible offeror based on price and earliest delivery date. Multiple awards may be issued based on the results. Vendors wishing to respond to this RFQ should provide this office with the following: Price quote on letterhead for the requested items, correct remittance address, and a completed copy of FAR clause 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items. This form may be obtained from the Contracting Officer by fax at 303/236-4791. The offeror agrees to hold the prices in the offer firm for 30 calendar days from the date specified for the receipt of offers. Quotes are due no later than 4:00 p.m. (Local Time), April 15, 1999, and can be faxed to 303/236-4791. Posted 03/31/99 (W-SN314832). (0090)

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