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F -- PURCHASE OF TREE SEEDLINGS FOR WESTERN KENTUCKY WETLAND PLANTING SOL NRCS-15-KY-00 DUE 071400 POC Connie McKinney, Contracting Officer, (859) 224-7395 or Linda Rhinehimer, Purchasing Agent (859) 224-7351 Natural Resources Conservation Service needs approximately 280,000 tree seedlings to be purchased as needed between November 15, 2000 and March 15, 2001. Material specification: plants furnished shall be true to name and no substitution of species; all plants are to have well-developed root systems and shall be free of insects, disease, and mechanical injury and must be suitable in every way for field planting; they shall be dormant when collected; plants shall be seedlings that have been grown in a nursery for at least one-year. All plants shall have the following physical dimension: A minimum height of 12 inches and a maximum height of 48 inches; diameter at the root collar of at lease 3/8 inch; roots shall be at least 5 inches in length and shall be pruned to a length of 10 inches, as necessary; plant materials shall be obtained from USDA plant hardiness zone 6. Trees will either be picked up or delivered as needed when sites become available for planting. Tree list consist of the following: 24,500 Pin Oak; 24,500 Cherrybark Oak; 24,500 Swamp White Oak; 24,500 Swamp Chestnut Oak; 16,500 Pecan; 16,500 Bald Cypress; 21,500 Shumard Oak; 11,500 Black Walnut; 11,500 Big Shellbark Hickory; 11,500 Green Ash; 11,500 Silky Dogwood; 11,500 Gray Dogwood; 14,000 Willow Oak; 14,000 Water Oak; 7,000 White Oak, 7,000 Northern Red Oak, 7,000 Nutall Oak; 7,000 Overcup Oak, 14,000 Persimmon. NO PHONE REQUEST FOR SOLICITATION PACKETS WILL BE ACCEPTED. YOU MAY REQUEST A SOLICITATION PACKET BY FAX TO 859-224-7393 OR BY MAIL TO THE ADDRESS SHOWN ABOVE. Please provide your complete mailing address (including physical address and telephone and facsimile numbers. Questions regarding the solicitation should be directed in writing to the contracting officer. Bids must be received in the office by COB (4:30 EST) on Friday, July 14, 2000. Posted 05/31/00 (W-SN460034). (0152)

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