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F -- SOIL AND MAUGET TRUNK INJECTION TREATMENT OF ASIAN LONGHORN BEETLE SOL 50-M-APHIS-00 DUE 033100 POC Robert J. Crowther, Contracting Officer. Telephone: (612)370-2115 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), is proposing a program to apply treatments for the control of the Asian longhorned beetle, Anoplphora glabripennnis (Motschulsky). From late April to mid-June, 2000, APHIS, in conjunction with Illinois and New York officials, is planning to apply a systemic insecticide, Imidacloprid, to control Asian longhorned beetle. Two methods of delivering the pesticide will be used: soil injections and Mauget trunk injections. Applications must be completed prior to adult emergence and flight, which begins in late spring and early summer. The Asian longhorned beetle currently infests several areas in New York and Chicago. Areas in New York include the Greenpoint Section of Brooklyn; Manhattan; Amityville and Islip, Long Island; Lindenhurst; and Bayside and Flushing, Queens. In Chicago, Ravenswood, Addison (DuPage County), Summit, and Park Ridge are the areas impacted by the Asian longhorned beetle. The program is necessary to reduce the potential for damage from this major pest of trees. The Asian longhorned beetle bores into and kills a variety of tree species including species of maple, elm, chestnut, birch, poplar, and willow. This nonnative pest has the potential to spread to other areas of the United States and cause extensive losses to ornamental and commercial tree species. As a consequence, the Secretary of Agriculture has declared an emergency for the eradication of Asian longhorned beetle in the areas identified. The actual number of trees requiring treatment has not yet been determined. At this time, the Chicago area is estimated to have 6 host trees per acre (approximately 4300 trees). The number of host trees per acre for the New York area is unknown. A more definitive estimate of the number of trees identified for treatment, and the locations of those trees, for both areas, will be available within the next 2 weeks. Due to the unusual and compelling urgency created by the infestation of Asian longhorned beetle, there is insufficient time for APHIS to advertise each site identified for treatment. Treatment contracts will need to be awarded within a very short time frame. Therefore, this synopsis shall serve as the only notice of APHIS' intention of contracting for soil injection treatment and Mauget trunk injections to eradicate Asian longhorned beetle in the Chicago and New York Areas. A "qualified bidder's List (QBL)" will be developed for each area. Consideration for treatment contracts will be limited to companies in the New York and Chicago areas, respectively, that have satisfied APHIS' qualification requirements, and are approved for the QBL. Qualified/approved companies will be provided a copy of the Asian Longhorned Beetle Soil Injection/Mauget Trunk Injection Prospectus. The prospectus will establish the terms and conditions for all subsequent contracts awarded. Award preference will be provided to approved companies on the QBL identified as HubZone small businesses, small businesses certified under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act, small disadvantaged businesses, or other small businesses based on the evaluation criteria established for each treatment site. Interested companies in the New York and Chicago areas are invited to fax or email a "request for application" to the Contracting Officer. Fax: (612) 370-2106. Email: bob.j.crowther @usda.gov. Posted 03/21/00 (W-SN436801). (0081)

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