B -- PEST RISK ASSESSMENT

Notice Date

December 4, 2000

Contracting Office

USDA, APHIS, Field Servicing Office, Butler Square West, 5th Floor, 100 North 6th St., Minneapolis, MN 55403

ZIP Code

55403

Solicitation Number

42-M-APHIS-01

Response Due

December 29, 2000

Point of Contact

Jose-Luis Gallagher (612) 370-2226, Bob Crowther (612)370-2115

E-Mail Address

click here to contact the contracting specialist via (jose.l.gallagher@usda.gov)

Description

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ), is contracting out for a pest risk assessment to conduct a review of all available information on rose wilt to determine its validity as a bona fide pathogen and to summarize the conclusions of the study in a position paper. A review shall be conducted of all available information on pests and diseases of roses worldwide. Analyzing these pests according to PPQ's plant pest risk assessment methods, it will be determined which of these pests are not known to occur in the United States. The service shall be accomplished in three phases; they are as follows: review of rose wilt literature and drafting of summary position paper; review of worldwide rose pest and disease literature and compilation of comprehensive pest list; pest risk assessment of those pests deemed quarantine significant and likely to follow the pathway of rose nursery stock. This final phase shall be completed on or about September 30, 2001. The assessment would be conducted according to PPQ pest risk assessment guidelines. The solicitation document and incorporated clauses and provisions are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 97-20. The Government intends to award as a sole source contract to The American Phytopathology Society, 3340 Pilot Knob Road St. Paul, MN 55121-2097 in accordance with FAR 6.302-1. For a copy of the "request for proposal (RFP)", fax or e-mail a written request for a copy of the RFP to the Contracting Specialist, Jos -Luis Gallagher. Fax: (612) 370-2106; e-mail: gloria.j.benson@usda.gov. NAICS Code: 54171; $5.0 Million. The RFP will be issued on or about December 12, 2000. The estimated date for receipt of offers is December 29, 2000. The actual date for receipt of offers will be the date identified in the RFP for receipt of offers. The RFQ will be posted at web site located at the LINKURL on the bottom of this page.

Web Link

Click on the "solicitation" number to download a copy (http://www.aphis.usda.gov/mpls/contracts/cbd.html)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20001206/BSOL004.HTM (W-339 SN5079N0)