FY07 SPRING 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 MUST BE TESTED BLM PRIOR TO ACCEPTANCE. 4) Other evaluation factors include past performance. 5) Delivery dates will be stated in the solicitation. 6) THE TOTAL ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF SEED IS 549,260 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. 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 = BOI, Regional Seed Warehouse (in Boise, ID) = RSW, Shoshone, ID = SHO, Idaho Falls, ID = IDF, Las Vegas, NV = LVFO, Moab, UT, = MOAB, Richfield, UT = RICHF. Prices shall be based on delivery to any of these locations (F.O.B. destination). Delivery dates vary by location with deliveries to RICHF by 09/07/2007, SHO by 08/30/2007, and all other offices by no later than 05/24/2007. 13) Award cannot be made for an item that does not conform to our minimum requirements, including PLS rating. 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 both certified and non-certified unless otherwise noted): Siberian wheatgrass, Vavilov (I) 97,900 Bottlebrush squirreltail, SI (N) 8,900 Basin wildrye, Magnar (N) 10,700 Basin wildrye, Trailhead (N) 4,850 Russian wildrye, Bozoisky (I) 33,600 Crested wheatgrass, Hycrest (I) 38,900 Crested wheatgrass, Nordan (I) 2,600 Indian ricegrass, Nezpar (N) 36,900 Indian ricegrass, Rimrock (N) 8,000 Covar sheep fescue (I) 1,800 Sandberg's bluegrass SI (N) 9,800 Sandberg's bluegrass, Mtn. Home SI (N) 11,800 Big bluegrass, Sherman (N) 8,300 Six Weeks fescue SI (N) 150 Streambank wheatgrass, Sodar (N) 1,300 Thickspike wtgr, Bannock (N) 10,000 Bluebunch wheatgrass, Anatone SI (N) 52,000 Bluebunch wheatgrass, P7 (N) 800 Snake River whtgr, Secar (N) 66,400 Tall wheatgrass, Alkar (I) 18,000 Pubescent whtgr, Luna (I) 1,800 Western whtgr, Arriba (N) 10,000 Galleta grass (N) 1,400 Needle&thread grass SI (N) 500 Thurber's needlegrass SI (N) 100 Desert Needlegrass SI (N) 150 Alfalfa, Ladak, Ranger, Nomad (I) 11,350 Sainfoin, Eski (I) 17,100 Small burnet, Delar (I) 16,050 Blue flax, Appar (I) 2,700 Lewis flax, Maple Grove SI (N) 550 Lewis flax or Appar 4,050 Western peppergrass SI (N) 250 Chia SI (N) 150 Golden suncups SI (N) 50 Globemallow, Gooseberryleaf SI (N) 500 Globemallow, Scarlet SI (N) 100 Palmer penstemon SI (N) 50 Yellow sweetclover, VNS (I) 900 Western yarrow, Eagle SI (N) 2,100 Arrowleaf balsamroot SI (N) 200 Common sunflower SI (N) 1,800 Creosote bush SI (N) 500 Bitterbrush SI (N) 2,000 White bursage SI (N) 150 Shadscale (N) 5,000 Fourwing saltbush SI (N) 9,300 Quailbush SI (N) 2,100 Desert saltbush SI (N) 700 Bush encelia SI (N) 100 Cheesebush SI (N) 100 Winterfat SI (N) 1,450 Mohave rubber rabbitbrush SI (N) 250 Big sagebrush, basin SI (N) 6,480 Big sagebrush, Wyoming SI (N) 18,880 Big sagebrush, Wyoming SI (N) 7,000 Iodine bush SI (N) 700 Offers will be due in this office on Monday, April 2, 2007 at 10:00 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 Friday, March 16, 2007. 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. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE SPECIFICATION TO BE POSTED WITH THE SOLICITATION HAS CHANGED. EVERY OFFEROR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR KNOWING THE REQUIREMENTS AND WILL BE HELD TO THEM UPON SUCCESSFUL CONTRACT AWARD. If you desire to submit the Schedule of Items electronically via the Excel spreadsheet please email the Excel Schedule of Items Spreadsheet no later than 10:00 a.m. MST, Monday, April 2, 2007 to
[email protected]. Contact Elaine Flick at (303)236-3528 with any questions.