The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspections Service (APHIS), Plant and Protection Quarantine (PPQ), Edinburg, TX, intends to procure 19,150 packages (25 per package) of Gypsy Moth (+) Disparlure String Type Design Dispensers. This will be a FIRM-FIXED price award. Delivery shall be FOB Destination to Edinburg, TX. Award is subject to First Article Approval-Government Testing, and inspection and acceptance testing at destination. First article samples and production quantities shall be produced at the same facility. Specifications and statement work are listed below. NAICS Code: 325414. Simplified procurement procedures will be used as well as commercial item acquisition regulations per FAR 12. THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. Applicable FAR clauses are incorporated by reference: Prompt Payment 52.232-25 (10/03); Changes--Fixed price 52.243-1 (8/87); Instruction to Offerers - Commercial Items 52.212-1 (01/04); Evaluation-Commercial items 52.212-2 (01/99); Offerer Representations and Certifications 52.212-3 (01/04) the contractor shall return a completed copy of provision 52.212-3 with its quotation, a copy of the provision may ber attained from http://.arnet.gov/far; Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items 52.212-4 (10/03); Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items 52.212-5(03/04); and First Article Approval-Government Testing (Sept 1989) Alt (Sept 1989) 52.209-4. ALL RESPONSIBLE SOURCES MAY SUBMIT A QUOTATION FOR CONSIDERATION. Award will be made on past performance and to the lowest technically acceptable priced responsive responsible offerer. Quotations are due by Tuesday, January 17, 2006 10:00 AM CST. Submit faxed quotations to 612-370-2136, Attn: Jayne Frommes with signed original forwarded by mail to: USDA APHIS MRPBS Attn: Jayne Frommes 100 North 6th Street, Butler Square 5th Floor, MPLS., MN 55403. Referenced FAR clauses can be accessed for review on the Internet at the following web site: http://www.arnet.gov/far. All offers must be signed. Offers should include tax payer identification number, DUNS number and business size. Effective October 1, 2003 the FAR requires that all contractors be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) databases before they can be awarded contracts. Statement of Work for the Gypsy Moth (+) Disparlure String Dispense Background Gypsy moth pheromone dispensers are used in traps to detect infestation outside of generally infested areas. Once an infestation has been detected, a grid of traps (from 16 to 49 traps per square mile) is used to delimit the area of infestation. Although the number of the traps used in detection survey can be fairly well predicted from year-to-year, the use for delimiting will vary. Pheromone dispensers are also used for mass trapping as a control measure. This technique uses nine traps per acre, usage rates for this purpose varies. In addition pheromone dispensers are used to monitor populations in and along the edge of the generally infested area. Specifications — Standard Life (+) Disparlure PVC String Dispensers The PVC string dispensers are constructed of twisted nylon twine, coated with a mixture of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and (+) disparlure (0.6 % by weight). Dispensers provided under this contract are subject to first article approval — Government testing using laboratory and field bioassays before effecting delivery. The dispensers shall fully satisfy specifications; and specifically, the following criteria in USDA conducted aging tests. Standard life dispensers shall provide an initial release rate of 100-200 ng/hr and after 4, 8, and 12 weeks of aging in a greenhouse (average temperature of 32 degrees centigrade), they will have a release rate of> 30 ng/hr. The method describe by Leonhardt et al 1990 shall be used to measure release rates in the laboratory at a constant temperature of 35 degrees centigrade. The average residual (+) disparlure content of dispensers shall be at least 100 ug of (+) disparlure after 12 weeks of greenhouse aging. Data for emission rates and residual contents shall be developed on at least 10 replicate dispensers produced using the same process and equipment the manufacturer intend to use for the production run. Standard life PVC string design dispensers shall be constructed of multi-stranded nylon twine (1.5 mm diam X 14 to 16 cm long) coated with a mixture of PVC (+) disparlure (6.9 ul or (+) disparlure per gram of liquid PVC by weight). The total loading (+) disparlure concentration on the coated twine will be approximately 33 ug/cm of string length. Pages will contain the date of manufacture. Construction should be such that previously describe release rate and residual content specification are met Specification for (+) disparlure (cis-7, 8-epoxy-2 methyloctadecane) General Purity Government furnished (+) Disparlure Disparlure approved for use will be provided to the Contractor by the Government. The general purity shall be as follow: 1. Colorless clear liquid a (slight straw discoloration may be tolerated) 2. Completely distillable at 110 degrees C 99% (+) disparlure la. Based on measurements using USDA analysis (Oliver and Vadee J. Chem. Ecology 21(2)1995) contains less than 0.3% of the (-) disparlure isomer. 2. The proposed method of synthesis shall be submitted with offers submitted in response to this solicitation along with the intended procedure for predicting the optical purity of the final product based on measured purity of the intermediates in the synthesis. 3. Published synthesis are listed below: Iwaki, ct al, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., A6, 3742 (1974) Mori, et al, Tetrahedron Letters, 3955, (1976) Famum, et al, Tetrahedron Letters, 46, 4009 (1977) Mon & Ebata, Tetrahedron Letters, 42,347 1 (1986) Satoh, et al, Tetrahedron Letters, 29, 313 (1988) Brevet & Mori, Synthesis, 1007 (1992) Keinan, et al, Tetrahedron Letters, 33, 6411 (1992) BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY The (÷) disparlure produces a male trap catch of Lymatria dispar equal to or greater than that produced by a USDA standard (÷) disparlure at 4 concentrations (10 ug, 100 ug, 1000 ug, and 5000 ug/trap). The test procedure utilizes replicates in a complete randomized block design. Test compounds will be dispensed in 1000 ul of hexane onto cotton wicks. These dispensers are then placed in gypsy moth traps. FIRST ARTICLE APPROVAL GOVERNMENT TESTING (a) The Contractor shall deliver 100 formulated dispensers, using the Government furnished (÷) disparlure, within 10 calendar days from the date of receipt of the Contractor’s receipt of the Government furnished (÷) disparlure for the first article testing. Samples shall be delivered to the Government at: (b) USDA APHIS PPQ Attn: Natalie Leva OTIS Plant Protection Center Building 1398 OTIS ANGB, MA 02540 (508) 563-9303 (b) Within 14 Calendar days after the Government receives the first article, the Contracting Officer shall notify the Contractor, in writing of the conditional approval, approval, or disapproval of the first article. The notice of conditional approval, approval or disapproval shall not relive the Contractor from complying with all requirements of the specification and all other terms and conditions of this contract. A notice of conditional approval shall state any further action required of the Contractor. A notice of disapproval shall cite reason for the disapproval. (c) If the first article is disapproved the Contractor, upon Government request, shall submit an additional first article for testing. All costs related to these tests are to be borne by the Contractor, including any and all costs for additional first article to the Government under the terms and conditions and within the time specified by the Government. The Government shall act on this first article within the time limit specified in paragraph (b) above. The Government reserves the right to require an equitable adjustment of the contract price for any extension of the delivery schedule or for any additional cost to the Government related to these test. (d) (d)If the Contractor fails to deliver any first article on time, or the Contracting Officer disapproves any first article, the Contractor shall be deemed to have failed to make delivery within the meaning of the Default clause of this contract. (e)Unless otherwise provided in the contract, the Contractor (1)May deliver the approved first article as part of the contract quantity, provided it meets all contract requirements for acceptance Any questions relating to this solicitation shall be submitted in writing only to:
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