87 -- 2ND FALL SEED BUY FOR THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT (BLM)

Notice Date

November 28, 2000

Contracting Office

BLM, BC-660, Bldg #50, Denver Federal Center, P.O. Box 25047, Denver, CO 80225-0047

ZIP Code

80225-0047

Solicitation Number

NAR010014

Response Due

December 18, 2000

Point of Contact

Barb Bellio at (303)236-9438 or Marty Coffey at (303)236-9439

E-Mail Address

Click here to contact the contracting officer via (bbellio@blm.gov)

Description

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, unrestricted acquisition. Pertinent terms and conditions for this buy are: The BLM shall evaluate the seed for each item number based on seed certification and the lowest PLS price per pound. Awards may be made on higher PLS price certified seed versus a non-certified PLS priced seed. When a variety is not specified (VNS), the government may award on a higher PLS price based on preference. Other evaluation factors include past performance and delivery dates. Delivery is required on or before 1/10/2001. As a responsible source you may submit an offer which will be considered. Offers may be made in ANY amount for the varieties specified. BLM reserves the right to award up to 370,000 pounds of seed in total against any of the 22 items listed herein. Based on seed availability and considerations given to seed certification, seed preference, and price, the BLM will make award in any amount for each item number, adhering as closely as possible to the estimated quantities shown below for each item number. Offers may be submitted for either certified seed, or non-certified seed-items as identified in the schedule govern. The Government reserves the right to award on any item offered for the given categories. Awarded dollar amount will be based on the bulk price per pound. All seed shall be in 50 lb. bags, except for Sagebrush which shall be 40 lb. bags. All bags of any one lot shall be bagged in the same size bag. Germination for all seed will be determined by tetrazolium tests (TZ), moisture content of all seed shall be less than 11% by weight (except for sagebrush, fourwing saltbush, and shadscale which shall be 12% by weight), seed is to be delivered to any or all of the 8 locations as follows (IDAHO: BOI=Boise; SHO=Shoshone); (UTAH: SLC=Salt Lake City-West Valley City) (NEVADA: BTM=Battle Mountain; WIN=Winnemucca; ELY=Ely; ELK=Elko; CSC=Carson City) Prices shall be based on possible delivery to any of these locations. (F.O.B. destination). The government reserves the right to change the indicated delivery location to any site identified herein. Award cannot be made for an item that does not conform to our minimum requirements, including PLS rating and delivery date. Estimated quantities for BLM primary seed requirements are:1-Snake River WG Secar-19,450 Lbs; 2-Thickspike WG Critana- 7,650 Lbs; 3-Western WG Arriba-1,750 Lbs; 4-Wildrye Basin Magnar-4,450 Lbs; 5-Bluegrass Sandberg-Non-Cert Only-2,150 Lbs; 6-Bluegrass Canby Canbar-13,000 Lbs; 7-Indian Ricegrass Nezpar-6,950 Lbs; 8-Squirreltail Bottlebrush-2,700 Lbs; 9-Rice Hulls-non-cert Only-2,450 Lbs; 10-Alfalfa Ladak-5,150 Lbs; 11-Eski Sainfoin(Cert, Non-Cert, and VNS)-78,000 Lbs; 12-Flax Lewis Appar-1,500 Lbs; 13-Yarrow Western-non-cert Only-300 Lbs; 14-Bitterbrush Antelope-2,500 Lbs; 15-Fourwing Saltbush-18,400 Lbs; 16-Kochia Forage Immigrant-62,800 Lbs; 17-Sagebrush Wyoming Big-50,520 Lbs; 18-Sagebrush Basin Big-63,880 Lbs; 19-Sagebrush Mountain Big-8,680 Lbs; 20-Low Sagebrush-1,360 Lbs; 21-Bud Sagebrush-1,000 Lbs; 22-Shadscale-200 Lbs. Total estimated=354,840 lbs. Offers may be made in ANY amount for the varieties specified. BLM reserves the right to award any amount up to 370,000 pounds of seed in total against any of the items listed herein or as stated in the hardcopy solicitation. Offers will be due in this office on December 18, 2000 at 9:00 a.m. (local Denver time), as specified in the solicitation. Receipt of fax offers is allowed under this solicitation. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered. The solicitation will be issued on or about December 1, 2000. Fax requests for the solicitation accepted, (303)236-9470.

Web Link

Click here to download a copy of the RFP -- Available (http://www.blm.gov/natacq/outreach/secfallbuy.html)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20001130/87SOL001.HTM (W-333 SN5075U2)