SOLICITATION NOTICE
87 -- BLM - FY08 CONSOLIDATED FALL SEED BUY
- Notice Date
- 10/26/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- BLM-BC NATIONAL BUSINESS CENTER* BC663 BLDG 50, DFC, PO BOX 25047 DENVER CO 80225
- ZIP Code
- 80225
- Solicitation Number
- NAR080005
- Archive Date
- 10/25/2008
- Point of Contact
- Elaine Flick Contracting Officer 3032363528 Elaine_Flick@blm.gov;
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to Point of Contact above, or if none listed, contact the IDEAS EC HELP DESK for assistance
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- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- FY08 FALL SEED BUY - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has seed requirements for the varieties and quantities of seed as advertised herein. This procurement is established as a Request for Proposals, commercial item buy, and unrestricted acquisition. Pertinent terms and conditions for this buy are as follows: 1) The BLM shall evaluate the seed for each item number based on seed certification and lowest PLS price per pound. 2) Awards may be made on higher PLS priced certified seed versus a lower PLS priced non-certified seed. 3) ALL SEED WILL BE TESTED PRIOR TO ACCEPTANCE. BLM IS REVERTING BACK TO A ONE TEST REQUIREMENT!! 4) Other evaluation factors include past performance. 5) The delivery date will be on or before 12/05/2007. ALTERNATE DELIVERY DATES SHALL NOT BE PROPOSED AND WILL BE REJECTED AS NONRESPONSIVE. 6) THE TOTAL ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF SEED IS 1,141,270 LBS. The Government reserves the right to award on any item offered in any category, or a combination of the categories, per the evaluation criteria specified in Section E, "Basis for Award," if it is in the best interest of the public and the best value for the Government to do so. The quantity estimated above includes only currently approved projects under the Continuing Resolution. All awards are contingent upon the availability of funds under the Continuing Resolution in effect at the time of award. 7) For each Item No., the BLM will adhere as closely as possible to the estimated quantities listed in the schedule. However, based on emergency needs and the total offers received the actual quantity purchased by variety may vary from the original estimate. 8) Offers may be submitted for either certified seed or non-certified seed unless otherwise specified and as identified in the schedule. 9) Awarded dollar amount will be based on the bulk price per pound. 10) All seed shall be in 50 lb. bags, unless otherwise specified in the solicitation. 11) Germination for all seed will be determined by tetrazolium tests (TZ). Moisture content of all Sagebrush, Saltbush and Shadscale seed as delivered to the Government shall be less than or equal to 12% by weight. Moisture content of all other seed as delivered to the Government shall be less than or equal to 11% by weight. 12) Seed shall be delivered to the following locations: Boise, ID = BOI; Regional Seed Warehouse (in Boise, ID) = RSW; Twin Falls, ID = TFD; Idaho Falls, ID = IDF; Battle Mountain, NV = BAM; Carson City, NV = CAR; Elko, NV = ELK; Winnemucca, NV = WINN; Cedar City, UT = CED; Fillmore, UT, = FILL; Salt Lake City, UT = SLC. Prices shall be based on delivery to any of these locations (F.O.B. destination). 13) Award cannot be made for an item that does not conform to our minimum requirements, including PLS rating, and DELIVERY DATE. 14) For wildland collected seed the term Certified denotes Source Identified, the term Non-Certified denotes Specified Source Origin. 15) Estimated quantities for BLM's seed requirements (items are both certified and non-certified unless otherwise noted): Snake River Wheatgrass, Secar Elymus wawawaiensis - 0.7650 PLS, 69,000 lbs; Bluebunch Wheatgrass; Anatone Pseudoroegneria spicata - 0.7650 PLS, 53,550 lbs; Bluebunch Wheatgrass, P7; Pseudoroegneria spicata - 0.7650 PLS, 6,000 lbs; Intermediate Wheatgrass, Rush, Thinopyrum intermedia - 0.8075 PLS, 10,050 lbs; Pubescent Wheatgrass, Luna, Thinopyrum intermedia - 0.7650 PLS, 7,000 lbs; Tall Wheatgrass, Alkar, Thinopyrum ponticum - 0.7650 PLS, 9,000 lbs; Streambank Wheatgrass, Sodar, Elymus lanceolatus - 0.8075 PLS, 800 lbs; Thickspike Wheatgrass, Bannock, Elymus lanceolatus - 0.7650 PLS, 19,000 lbs; Western Wheatgrass, Arriba, Pascopyrum smithii - 0.7650 PLS, 58,000 lbs; Basin Wildrye, Magnar, Leymus cinereus - 0.7650, PLS, 8,050 lbs; Russian Wildrye, Bozoisky, Psathrostachys juncea - 0.7650 PLS, 41,250 lbs; Russian Wildrye, Swift, Psathrostachys juncea - 0.7650, PLS, 10,000 lbs; Sandberg's Bluegrass, Poa secunda ssp. Secunda - 0.7200, PLS, 2,000 lbs; Sandberg's Bluegrass, Mtn Home, Poa secunda spp. Secunda - 0.7200, PLS, 9,600 lbs; Canby's bluegrass, Canbar, Poa secunda canbyi - 0.7200 PLS, 10,000 lbs; Big Bluegrass, Sherman, Poa secunda ssp. Ampla - 0.6300 PLS, 8,000 lbs; Bottlebrush Squirreltail, Elymus elymoides ssp. Elymoides - 0.6750 PLS, 7,000 lbs; Bottlebrush Squirreltail, Toe Jam, Elymus elymoides ssp. Californicus - 0.6750 PLS, 1,000 lbs; Indian Ricegrass, Nezpar Acnatherum hymenoides - 0.7600 PLS, 22,950 lbs; Indian Ricegrass, Rimrock Acnatherum hymenoides - 0.7600 PLS, 2,000 lbs; Mountain Bromegrass, Bromar, Bromus marginatus - 0.7650 PLS, 100 lbs; Mountain Bromegrass, Garnet, Bromus marginatus - 0.7650 PLS, 7,000 lbs; Sand Dropseed, Sporobolus cryptandrus - 0.8075 PLS, 6,000 lbs; Thurber's Needlegrass, Stipa thurberiana - 0.4500 PLS, 50 lbs; Alkali sacaton, Salado, Sporobolus airoides - 0.7650 PLS, 4,000 lbs; Triticale Secale X Triticum - 0.8100 PLS, 600 lbs; Alfalfa, Ladak, Medicago sativa - 0.8075 PLS, 11,850 lbs; Yellow Sweetclover, Madrid, Melilotus officinalis - 0.8075 PLS, 250 lbs; Small Burnet, Delar Sanguisorba minor - 0.7600 PLS, 18,050 lbs; Penstemon, Palmer's Penstemon palmeri - 0.7200 PLS, 7,000 lbs; Penstemon, Sagebrush (Royal) Penstemon speciosus - 0.7200 PLS, 50 lbs; Penstemon, Firecracker Penstemon eatonii - 0.7200 PLS, 1,050 lbs; Penstemon, Blue Penstemon cyaneus - 0.7200 PLS, 50 lbs; Blue Flax, Appar Linum perenne - 0.7600 PLS, 12,000 lbs; Lewis Flax, Maple Grove Linum lewisii - 0.7600 PLS, 500 lbs; Globemallow, Gooseberryleaf Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia - 0.6750 PLS, 150 lbs; Globemallow, Munroe's Sphaeralcea munroana - 0.6750 PLS, 4,000 lbs; White Western Yarrow, Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis - 0.8100 PLS, 9,600 lbs; Utah Sweetvetch, Hedysarum boreale - 0.6400 PLS, 6,000 lbs; Big Sagebrush, Wyoming Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis - 0.1600 PLS, 188,800 lbs; Big Sagebrush, Basin Artemisia tridentata tridentata - 0.1600 PLS, 9,120 lbs; Big Sagebrush, Mountain Artemisia tridentata vaseyana - 0.1600 PLS, 31,200 lbs; Black Sagebrush, Artemisia nova - 0.2000 PLS, 480 lbs; Low Sagebrush, Artemisia arbuscula - 0.1600 PLS, 32,320 lbs; Fourwing Saltbush, Atriplex canescens - 0.3150 PLS,39,350 lbs; Spiny Hopsage, Grayia spinosa - 0.3200 PLS,7,000 lbs; Bitterbrush, Antelope, Purshia tridentate - 0.7650 PLS, 80,500 lbs; Desert Bitterbrush, Purshia glandulosa - 0.7650 PLS, 500 lbs; Forage Kochia, Immigrant Kochia prostrate - 0.5100 PLS, 64,100 lbs; Winterfat Krascheninnikovia lanata - 0.3000 PLS, 200 lbs; Rubber Rabbitbrush, Ericameria nauseosa - 0.2000 PLS, 150 lbs; White-stem Rabbitbrush, Ericameria nauseosa speciosa (Chyrsothamnus albicaulis) - 0.2000 PLS, 8,700 lbs; CurlleafMountain Mahogany, Cercocarpus ledifolius - 0.5400 PLS, 3,000 lbs; Clover, Alsike, Trifolium hybridum - 0.8075 PLS, 50 lbs; Offers are due on Thursday, November 6, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. (local Denver time), as specified in the solicitation. Receipt of fax offers is allowed under this solicitation. The solicitation will be issued on or about Monday October 29, 2007. The solicitation may be downloaded from the IDEASEC website: http://ideasec.nbc.gov/j2ee/login.jsp or at http://www.fedbizopps.gov. Please print the Standard form (SF-1449) and print all clauses and attachments. The bid schedule will be identified as one of the attachments. Should you submit the Schedule of Items electronically please email the Excel Spreadsheet to Elaine_Flick@blm.gov. YOUR EXCEL SPREADSHEET SHALL DELETE ALL ITEMS NOT BEING OFFERED. Contact Elaine Flick at (303) 236-3528 with any questions.
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