USDA Forest Service, Mt. Hood National Forest, 16400 Champion Way, Sandy, OR 97055

F -- NATIVE SEED INCREASE SOL SOL R6-6-98-278 DUE 090398 POC Contracting Section, 503/668-1621 Description: The purpose of this contract is to produce quantities of grass seed (true to genotype) from one seed lot of Government-furnished California Brome (Bromus Carinatus, BRAC), on the Hood River Ranger District on the Mt. Hood National Forest, Oregon. Seed shall be sown in the Fall of 1998, in order to produce seed crop in 1999. The Contractor must be a qualified grass seed producer/manager with a minimum of five (5) seasons of experience in grass seed production (season being defined as from Spring to Fall of the same year.) Also, Contractor must be located within 400 air-mile radius of Mt. Hood, Oregon. The Government intends to award for production year 1999, plus two (2) optional years. All phases of production, where applicable, must meet State Certification Standards. This Solicitation is a Request For Quotes (RFQ) using Simplified Acquisition procedures. The estimated price range for the initial year 1999, is between S25,000 and S50,000. See Numbered Notes 1&3. Posted 08/17/98 (I-SN237846). (0229)

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