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F -- TREE SEEDLINGS SOL FWS-4-98-4057 POC Point of Contact -- Lynn Walling, Contract Specialist This requirement is being procured in accordance with the SimplifiedAcquisitionProcedures. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service intends to issue a Request forQuotations (RFQ)to 4 contractors to plant Government Supplied acorns and grow seeds to meet aminiumrequirement. Interested persons must meet the following requirements:1. Must have 5 years past experience in the nursery business.2. Associated equipment capability to irrigate seedling during dry weather.3. Cooling equipment,acreage, and manpower necessary to plant, grow and liftseedlings in thespecified time frame. Specifications for growing seedlings are:1. Seedlings must be fertilized in accordance with established plantingstandards and wateredadequately to achieve a minimum height of 18 inches (above ground) and at least3/8 inchdiameter at root collar.2. Seedlings must be undercut with roots not exceeding eight inches in length.3. Contractor must have the capability to store as many as 250,00 seedlings.Seedlings must bestored in a cooler at temperature of 34 F to 38 F prior to pick-up. All bagswill be markedaccording to species and number of seedlings in each bag. Seedlings must belifted, roots dippedin a synthetic gel such as Hydra Gel, Terra Sort or packed with peat moss andbagged for USFWand picked- up by January 1,1999. 4. USWF reserves the right to change the lifting date unusually warm weather orexcessive wetconditions, warrant.5. The contractor guarantees a minium of 50 percent of the acorns planted willproduce desirableseedlings. This guarantee based on the number of seed per pound (for eachspecies) as indicatedin the following table: Species, Average Number of Acorns Per Pound; NuttalliOak (Q. nuttalli),100; Willow Oak (Q. phellos), 400; Water Oak (Q. nigra), 320; Overcup Oak (Q.Lyrata), 120;Swamp Chestnut Oak (Q. michauxii), 75; Shammed Oak (Q shumardii), 120;Cherrybark Oak(Q. Falcata var. Pagodacfolia), 280; Pin Oak (Q. palustris), 300;6. The USFWS guarantees high quality, viable acorns and will deliver the acornsto thecontractor. The contractor can perform cut tests and float tests at time acornsare delivered todetermine acorn viability.7. The contractor will inventory all seedlings beds by July 31, 1998 and notifyUSFWS ofseedlings count by August 15, 1998. The proposed contract is 100% set-aside for Small Business concerns with a SizeStandard of$5.0. The SIC Code is 8199. Four firm fixed price purchase orders will beissued, with aperformance period of 365 days from date of notice to proceed. See Note 22. (AC0220039-06) (0051)

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