Solicitation Number:

NAR080120

Notice Type:

Solicitation

Synopsis:

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 09/18/2008, 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 384,230 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; Twin Falls, ID = TFD; Shoshone, ID = SHO; Ely, NV = ELY; Elko, NV = ELK; St. George, UT = AZS; Fillmore, UT = FIL; Cedar City, UT = CED; Havre, MT = HAV; Malta, MT = MAL; Vale, OR = VAL; and Burns, OR = BUR. 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, 38,500 lbs;Crested Wheatgrass, Nordan, Agropyron cristatum - 0.8075 PLS, 7,000 lbs;Crested Wheatgrass, CDII, Agropyron cristatum x A. desertorum - 0.8075 PLS, 5,000 lbs;Siberian Wheatgrass, P27, Agropyron sibericum - 0.8075 PLS, 8,400 lbs;Siberian Wheatgrass, Vavilov, Agropyron sibericum - 0.8075 PLS, 28,150 lbs;Snake River Wheatgrass, Secar, Elymus wawawaiensis - 0.7650 PLS, 41,650 lbs; Bluebunch Wheatgrass, Anatone, Pseudoroegneria spicata - 0.7650 PLS, 52,700 lbs;Bluebunch Wheatgrass, Goldar, Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. spicata - 0.7650 PLS, 250 lbs;Bluebunch Wheatgrass, P7, Pseudoroegneria spicata - 0.7650 PLS, 1,450 lbs;Intermediate Wheatgrass, Oahe, Elytrigia intermedia - 0.8075 PLS, 2,500 lbs;Pubescent Wheatgrass, Luna, Thinopyrum intermedia - 0.7650 PLS, 1,150 lbs;Tall Wheatgrass, Alkar, Thinopyrum ponticum - 0.7650 PLS, 4,150 lbs;Streambank Wheatgrass, Sodar, Elymus lanceolatus - 0.8075 PLS, 2,000 lbs;Thickspike Wheatgrass, Critana, Elymus macrourus - 0.7650 PLS, 1,150 lbs;Thickspike Wheatgrass, Bannock, Elymus lanceolatus - 0.7650 PLS, 12,900 lbs;Slender Wheatgrass, San Luis, Elmus trachycaulus - 0.7650 PLS, 100 lbs;Western Wheatgrass, Arriba, Pascopyrum smithii - 0.7650 PLS, 8,350 lbs;Western Wheatgrass, Rosana, Pascopyrum smithii - 0.7650 PLS, 550 lbs;Basin Wildrye, Magnar, Leymus cinereus - 0.7650 PLS, 2,100 lbs;Basin Wildrye, Trailhead, Leymus cinereus - 0.7650 PLS, 4,350 lbs;Russian Wildrye, Bozoisky, Psathrostachys juncea - 0.7650 PLS, 20,250 lbs;Sandberg's Bluegrass, Poa secunda ssp. Secunda - 0.7200, PLS, 6,900 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, 5,000 lbs;Bottlebrush Squirreltail, Elymus elymoides ssp. Elymoides - 0.6750 PLS, 8,400 lbs;Bottlebrush Squirreltail, Sand Hollow, Elymus multisetus - 0.6750 PLS, 1,000 lbs;Indian Ricegrass, Nezpar, Acnatherum hymenoides - 0.7600 PLS, 47,900 lbs;Indian Ricegrass, Rimrock, Acnatherum hymenoides - 0.7600 PLS, 5,100 lbs;Indian Ricegrass, Paloma, Acnatherum hymenoides - 0.7600 PLS, 2,300 lbs;Mountain Bromegrass, Bromar, Bromus marginatus - 0.7650 PLS, 100 lbs;Prairie Junegrass, Koeleria macrantha - 0.7200 PLS, 100lbs;Sand Dropseed, Sporobolus cryptandrus - 0.8075 PLS, 1,600 lbs;Sand Dropseed, SI from Rogersburg, Sporobolus cryptandrus - 0.8075 PLS, 1,000 lbs;Thurber's Needlegrass, Stipa thurberiana - 0.4500 PLS, 100 lbs;Green Needlegrass, Lodorm - 0.7200 PLS, 350 lbs;Needle and Threadgrass, Hesperostipa comata - 0.4500 PLS, 550 lbs;Prairie Sandreed, Goshen, Calamovilfa longifolia - PLS TBD, 100 lbs;Purple Threeawn, Aristida purpurea - 0.4200 PLS, 100 lbs;Sideoats Grama Grass, Niner or Vaughn, Bouteloua curtipendula - 0.4800 PLS, 100 lbs;Blue Grama Grass, Hachita or Alma, Bouteloua gracilis - 0.4800 PLS, 125 lbs;Threadleaf Sedge, Carex filifolia - PLS TBD, 150 lbs;Muttongrass, Poa fendleriana - PLS TBD, 100 lbs;Mountain Muhly, Muhlenbergia Montana - PLS TBD, 100 lbs;FORBS:Alfalfa, Ladak, Nomad, or Ranger, Medicago sativa - 0.8100 PLS, 6,000 lbs;Small Burnet, Delar Sanguisorba minor - 0.7600 PLS, 9,650 lbs;Sainfoin, Eski, Onobrychis viciifolia - 0.8075 PLS, 6,050 lbs;Penstemon, Palmer's, Penstemon palmeri - 0.7200 PLS, 50 lbs;Purple Prairie Clover, Bismark, Dalea purpurea - PLS TBD, 50 lbs;Blue Flax, Appar, Linum perenne - 0.7600 PLS, 800 lbs;Lewis Flax, Maple Grove, Linum lewisii - 0.7600 PLS, 2,100 lbs;Globemallow, Scarlet, Sphaeralcea coccinea - 0.6750 PLS, 80 lbs;Globemallow, Munroe's, Sphaeralcea munroana - 0.6750 PLS, 100 lbs;White Western Yarrow, Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis - 0.8100 PLS, 2,050 lbs;Tapertip Hawksbeard, Crepis accuminata - 0.7650 PLS, 100 lbs;SHRUBS:Big Sagebrush, Wyoming, Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis - 0.1600 PLS, 8,040 lbs;Big Sagebrush, Basin, Artemisia tridentata tridentata - 0.1600 PLS, 1,600 lbs;Low Sagebrush, Artemisia arbuscula - 0.1600 PLS, 760 lbs;Silver Sagebrush, Artemisia cana - 0.1600 PLS, 25 lbs;Fourwing Saltbush, Atriplex canescens - 0.3150 PLS, 1,500 lbs;Gardners Saltbush, Atriplex gardneri - 0.3150 PLS, 5,100 lbs;Shadscale, Atriplex confertifolia - 0.3150 PLS, 2,550 lbs;Bitterbrush, Antelope, Purshia tridentate - 0.7650 PLS, 100 lbs;Cliffrose, Purshia stansburiana - 0.5400 PLS, 100 lbs;Forage Kochia, Immigrant, Kochia prostrate - 0.5100 PLS, 11,400 lbs;Winterfat, Krascheninnikovia lanata - 0.300 PLS, 100 lbs;Green Ephedra, Ephedra viridis - 0.3600 PLS, 100 lbs

Offers are due on Friday, August 22, 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 Tuesday, August 12, 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.

Contracting Office Address:

BLM-BC NATIONAL BUSINESS CENTER* BC663 BLDG 50, DFC, PO BOX 25047 DENVER CO 80225

Point of Contact(s):

Sara Oletski Contracting Officer 3032366498 Sara_Oletski@blm.gov;

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