Added: Oct 10, 2008 6:18 am
FY08 SUMMER SEED BUY - 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. 4) Other evaluation factors include past performance. 5) The delivery date will be on or before 12/10/2008, unless otherwise noted in the solicitation. ALTERNATE DELIVERY DATES SHALL NOT BE PROPOSED AND WILL BE REJECTED AS NONRESPONSIVE. 6) THE TOTAL ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF SEED IS 137,870 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. 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: Regional Seed Warehouse (in Boise, ID) = RSW; Battle Mountain Field Office = BTM. 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:Siberian Wheatgrass, P27, Agropyron sibericum - 0.8075 PLS, 5,000 lbs; Siberian Wheatgrass, Vavilov, Agropyron sibericum - 0.8075 PLS, 10,900 lbs; Snake River Wheatgrass, Secar, Elymus wawawaiensis - 0.7650 PLS, 20,000 lbs; Bluebunch Wheatgrass, Anatone, Pseudoroegneria spicata - 0.7650 PLS, 33,100 lbs; Thickspike Wheatgrass, Bannock, Elymus lanceolatus - 0.7650 PLS, 5,250 lbs; Slender Wheatgrass, Pryor, Elmus trachycaulus - 0.7650 PLS, 250 lbs; Russian Wildrye, Bozoisky, Psathrostachys juncea - 0.7650 PLS, 5,000 lbs; Sandberg's Bluegrass, Poa secunda ssp. Secunda - 0.7200, PLS, 3,800 lbs; Sandberg's Bluegrass, Mtn Home, Poa secunda spp. Secunda - 0.7200, PLS, 2,000 lbs; Big Bluegrass, Sherman, Poa secunda ssp. Ampla - 0.6300 PLS, 1,000 lbs; Bottlebrush Squirreltail, Elymus elymoides ssp. Elymoides - 0.6750 PLS, 4,600 lbs; Indian Ricegrass, Nezpar, Acnatherum hymenoides - 0.7600 PLS, 10,000 lbs; Indian Ricegrass, Rimrock, Acnatherum hymenoides - 0.7600 PLS, 9,000 lbs; Idaho Fescue, Joseph, Festuca idahoensis - 0.8100 PLS, 3,550 lbs; Sand Dropseed, Sporobolus cryptandrus - 0.8075 PLS, 800 lbs; Thurber's Needlegrass, Stipa thurberiana - 0.4500 PLS, 100 lbs;
FORBS:Alfalfa, Ladak, Medicago sativa - 0.8100 PLS, 5,000 lbs; Small Burnet, Delar, Sanguisorba minor - 0.7600 PLS, 6,700 lbs; Blue Flax, Appar, Linum perenne - 0.7600 PLS, 3,300 lbs; Lewis Flax, Maple Grove, Linum lewisii - 0.7600 PLS, 500 lbs; White Western Yarrow, Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis - 0.8100 PLS, 1,000 lbs; Western Hawksbeard, Crepis occidentalis - 0.7200 PLS, 100 lbs;
SHRUBS:Big Sagebrush, Wyoming, Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis - 0.1600 PLS, 6,000 lbs; Big Sagebrush, Mountain, Artemisia tridentata vaseyana - 0.1600 PLS, 280 lbs; Low Sagebrush, Artemisia arbuscula - 0.1600 PLS, 640 lbs
Offers are due on Friday, October 31, 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 Friday, October 17, 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 schedule will be identified as one of the attachments. Should you submit the Schedule of Items electronically please email the Excel Spreadsheet to Sara_Oletski@blm.gov. YOUR EXCEL SPREADSHEET SHALL DELETE ALL ITEMS NOT BEING OFFERED. Contact Sara Oletski at (303) 236-6498 with any questions.
