SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Harvest of Alfalfa & Alfalfa Grass Mixture - Hay Farming
- Notice Date
- 5/5/2020 9:55:03 AM
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 111940
— Hay Farming
- Contracting Office
- USDA ARS AFM APD BELTSVILLE MD 20705 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20705
- Solicitation Number
- 1232SA20Q0048
- Response Due
- 5/19/2020 11:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 06/03/2020
- Point of Contact
- Monique Murrell, Contract Specialist, Phone: 301-504-1715/ 301-318-5674, James Krajewski (ARS), Phone: 402-762-4141
- E-Mail Address
-
Monique.Murrell@usda.gov, James.Krajewski@usda.gov
(Monique.Murrell@usda.gov, James.Krajewski@usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- SBA Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)
- Description
- Introduction:� The USDA ARS USMARC is in need of two separate contractors to harvest alfalfa & alfalfa grass mixture on USMARC property.� Contractors to operate simultaneously in order to complete harvest in a condensed timeframe.� Contractors to be in close communication with USMARC hay crew and complete the services in the below referenced four phases. Phase I:� Windrowing, equipment and labor.� Windrowing methods used should be of design to facilitate drying of forage product.� Work is dependent upon soil conditions and weather forecast.� Multiple fields, multiple cuttings.� May 10 through October 1st.� Annual acres windrowed is 500 to 2200 per contractor.� Price per acre. Phase II:� Raking, equipment and labor.� Raking designated windrowed acres.� Raking to be appropriately timed to accelerate dry down of windrowed forage and to minimize time between windrowing and baling without causing excessive nutrient loss.� Work is weather dependent.� Multiple fields, multiple cuttings.� May 10 through October 1st.� Annual acres raked is 500 to 2200 per contractor.� Price per acre. Phase III:� Baling of designated acres, equipment and labor.� Large square bales appropriately tied.� 3FT X 4FT X 8FT bales.� Bale weights 1400 to 1600 LB each.� Efforts and decisions made in baling operation should be to ensure highest feed quality possible with existing forage conditions and weather (current and forecasted).� Multiple fields, multiple cuttings.� May 10 through October 1st.� Total bales is yield dependent, range 1800 to 6000 bales. Price per bale. Phase IV:� Bale retrieval to field edge or locations within 1.5 miles of production field.� Remote bale delivery from production field locations may allow for dispensing load rapidly, USMARC crew to stack and/or store. To minimize or eliminate weather impact on bales, bale retrieval should occur simultaneously with baling operations. Price per bale.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Clay Center, NE, USA
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN05645664-F 20200507/200505230159 (samdaily.us)
- Source
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