SOLICITATION NOTICE
87 -- FY08 Spring Seed Buy
- Notice Date
- 3/24/2008
- 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
- NAR080068
- Response Due
- 4/14/2008
- Archive Date
- 3/24/2009
- 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
- Total Small Business
- 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, 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 05/14/2008. ALTERNATE DELIVERY DATES SHALL NOT BE PROPOSED AND WILL BE REJECTED AS NONRESPONSIVE. 6) THE TOTAL ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF SEED IS 470,320 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 = BDO; Regional Seed Warehouse (in Boise, ID) = RSW; Twin Falls, ID = TFD; Ely, NV = ELY; Grand Junction, CO =GRAND; and Great Basin Native Plant = GBNP will be delivered to the RSW. 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 certified unless otherwise noted): GRASSES: Crested Wheatgrass, Hycrest, Agropyron cristatum x A. desertorum - 0.8075 PLS, 23,000 lbs; Siberian Wheatgrass, P27, Agropyron sibericum - 0.8075 PLS, 4,000 lbs; Siberian Wheatgrass, Vavilov, Agropyron sibericum - 0.8075 PLS, 45,000 lbs; Snake River Wheatgrass, Secar, Elymus wawawaiensis - 0.7650 PLS, 40,000 lbs; Bluebunch Wheatgrass, Anatone, Pseudoroegneria spicata - 0.7650 PLS, 95,750 lbs; Bluebunch Wheatgrass, Goldar, Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata - 0.7650 PLS, 800 lbs; Bluebunch Wheatgrass, P7, Pseudoroegneria spicata - 0.7650 PLS, 30,000 lbs; Pubescent Wheatgrass, Luna, Thinopyrum intermedia - 0.7650 PLS, 250 lbs; Tall Wheatgrass, Alkar, Thinopyrum ponticum - 0.7650 PLS, 7,500 lbs; Streambank Wheatgrass, Sodar, Elymus lanceolatus - 0.8075 PLS, 1,200 lbs; Thickspike Wheatgrass, Critana, Elymus macrourus - 0.7650 PLS, 800 lbs; Thickspike Wheatgrass, Bannock, Elymus lanceolatus - 0.7650 PLS, 14,000 lbs; Slender Wheatgrass, San Luis, Elmus trachycaulus - 0.7650 PLS, 2,650 lbs; Western Wheatgrass, Arriba, Pascopyrum smithii - 0.7650 PLS, 11,250 lbs; Basin Wildrye, Trailhead, Leymus cinereus - 0.7650 PLS, 18,100 lbs; Russian Wildrye, Bozoisky, Psathrostachys juncea - 0.7650 PLS, 11,000 lbs; Sandberg's Bluegrass, Poa secunda ssp. Secunda - 0.7200, PLS, 10,000 lbs; Sandberg's Bluegrass, Mtn Home, Poa secunda spp. Secunda - 0.7200, PLS, 2,100 lbs; Big Bluegrass, Sherman, Poa secunda ssp. Ampla - 0.6300 PLS, 5,000 lbs; Bottlebrush Squirreltail, Elymus elymoides ssp. Elymoides - 0.6750 PLS, 4,550 lbs; Bottlebrush Squirreltail, Sand Hollow, Elymus multisetus - 0.6750 PLS, 6,000 lbs; Bottlebrush Squirreltail, Toe Jam, Elymus elymoides ssp. Californicus - 0.6750 PLS, 1,150 lbs; Indian Ricegrass, Nezpar Acnatherum hymenoides - 0.7600 PLS, 42,500 lbs; Indian Ricegrass, Rimrock Acnatherum hymenoides - 0.7600 PLS, 19,150 lbs; Thurber's Needlegrass, Stipa thurberiana - 0.4500 PLS, 100 lbs; Needle and Threadgrass, Hesperostipa comata - 0.4500 PLS, 3,900 lbs; Blue Grama Grass, Hachita or Alma, Bouteloua gracilis - 0.4800 PLS, 2,050 lbs; FORBS: Alfalfa, Ladak, Medicago sativa - 0.8100 PLS, 9,000 lbs; Small Burnet, Delar Sanguisorba minor - 0.7600 PLS, 14,900 lbs; Sainfoin, Eski, Onobrychis viciifolia - 0.8075 PLS, 24,000 lbs; Penstemon, Rocky Mountain, Bandera, Penstemon strictus - 0.7200 PLS, 50 lbs; Penstemon, Sagebrush (Royal) Penstemon speciosus - 0.7200 PLS, 100 lbs; Penstemon, Hot Rock, Penstemon deustus - 0.7200 PLS, 50 lbs; Penstemon, Blue, Penstemon cyaneus - 0.7200 PLS, 300 lbs; Blue Flax, Appar, Linum perenne - 0.7600 PLS, 500 lbs; Lewis Flax, Maple Grove or Columbia, Linum lewisii - 0.7600 PLS, 3,600 lbs; Globemallow, Gooseberryleaf, Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia - 0.6750 PLS, 50 lbs; Globemallow, Scarlet, Sphaeralcea coccinea - 0.6750 PLS, 2,350 lbs; Globemallow, Munroe's, Sphaeralcea munroana - 0.6750 PLS, 1,100 lbs; White Western Yarrow, Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis - 0.8100 PLS, 2,450 lbs; Silky lupine, Lupinus sericeus - 0.7600 PLS, 50 lbs; Silvery Lupine, Lupinus argenteus - 0.7600 PLS, 50 lbs; Tapertip Hawksbeard, Crepis accuminata - 0.7650 PLS, 40 lbs; Arrowleaf Balsamroot, Balsamorhiza sagittata - 0.2000 PLS, 1,000 lbs; Utah Sweetvetch, Hedysarum boreale - 0.6400 PLS, 2,050 lbs; SHRUBS: Big Sagebrush, Wyoming Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis - 0.1600 PLS, 5,880 lbs; Fourwing Saltbush, Atriplex canescens - 0.3150 PLS, 600 lbs; Rubber Rabbitbrush, Ericameria nauseosa - 0.2000 PLS, 150 lbs; ADDITIONAL SPECIES: Monarch or Lutana cicer milkvetch, Astragalus cicer - 0.8075 PLS, 250 lbs Offers are due on Monday, April 14, 2008 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, March 31, 2008. 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 offer 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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