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, unrestricted acquisition. Pertinent terms and conditions for this buy are: The BLM shall evaluate the seed for each item number based on seed certification and the lowest PLS price per pound. Awards may be made on higher PLS price certified seed versus a non-certified PLS priced seed. When a variety is not specified (VNS), the offeror must specify the variety being offered, the government may award on a higher PLS price based on a preferred variety. Other evaluation factors include past performance. Delivery is required on or before June 27, 2003 Offers may be made in ANY amount for the varieties specified. The total estimated amount of seed is 428,240 lbs., however, BLM reserves the right to award up to 449,740 pounds of seed in total against any of the items listed in the schedule. Based on seed availability and considerations given to seed certification, seed preference, and price, the BLM will make award in any amount for each item number, adhering as closely as possible to the estimated quantities shown below for each item number. Offers may be submitted for either certified seed, or non-certified seed-items as identified in the schedule govern. The Government reserves the right to award on any item offered for the given categories. Awarded dollar amount will be based on the bulk price per pound. All seed shall be in 50 lb. bags, unless otherwise specified in the solicitation. All bags of any one lot shall be bagged in the same size bag. Germination for all seed will be determined by tetrazolium tests (TZ), moisture content of all seed shall be less than 11% by weight (except for Sagebrush, Fourwing Saltbush, Gardner Saltbush and Shadscale which shall be 12% by weight), seed is to be delivered to the following locations: as follows (IDAHO: BOI=Boise, SHO=Shoshone); (UTAH: RCH=Richfield, FIL=Fillmore, SLC=Salt Lake City). Prices shall be based on possible delivery to any of these locations. (F.O.B. destination). Award cannot be made for an item that does not conform to our minimum requirements, including PLS rating. Offers for both certified and non-certified seed will be accepted unless otherwise specified. For wildland collected seed the term Certified denotes Source Identified, the term Non-certified denotes Specified Origin. VNS denotes Variety Not Specified. Estimated quantities for BLM's seed requirements (items are for both certified and non-certified unless otherwise noted): 1-Crested Wheatgrass-Hycrest-30,300 lbs; 2-Crested Wheatgrass-Nordon-9,500 lbs; 3-Crested Wheatgrass-Fairway-1,000 lbs; 4-Crested Wheatgrass-Douglas-1,000 lbs; 5-Crested Wheatgrass-Ephraim-7,000 lbs; 6-Crested Wheatgrass-CDII-500 lbs; 7-Siberian Wheatgrass-P27-7,000 lbs; 8-Siberian Wheatgrass-Vavilov(Cert.only)-49,500 lbs; 9-Intermediate Wheatgrass-Oahe-5,000 lbs; 10-Pubescent Wheatgrass-Luna-11,050 lbs; 11-Tall Wheatgrass-Alkar-25,200 lbs; 12-Thickspike Wheatgrass-Critana-2,000 lbs; 13-Thickspike Wheatgrass-Schwendimar-2,000 lbs; 14-Western Wheatgrass-Arriba-7,000 lbs; 15-Snake River Wheatgrass-Secar-37,000 lbs; 16-Bluebunch Wheatgrass-Goldar-5,000 lbs;17-Bluebunch Wheatgrass-Anatone Germ Plasam(Cert. only)-20,000 lbs; 18-Great Basin Wildrye-Magnar-8,000 lbs; 19-Great Basin Wildrye-Trailhead-5,250 lbs; 20-Russian Wildrye-Bozoisky-5,000 lbs; 21-Smooth Brome-Lincoln-5,800 lbs; 22-Smooth Brome-Manchar-3,000 lbs; 23-Sheep Fescue-Covar-3,850 lbs; 24-Idaho Fescue-1,750 lbs; 25-Orchardgrass-Paiute-3,000 lbs; 26-Sandberg Bluegrass(Source ID/VNS)-10,000 lbs; 27-Big Bluegrass-Sherman-5,750 lbs; 28-Bottlebrush Squirreltail-Sand Hollow (Germ Plasm)(Cert only)-500 lbs; 29-Bottlebrush Squirreltail (Cert/Source ID)3,800 lbs; 30-Indian Ricegrass-Nezpar (Cert/Non-Cert/Source ID-15,150 lbs; 31-Indian Ricegrass-Rimrock (Cert/Non-Cert/Source ID)-1,000 lbs; 32-Sand Dropseed-VNS(Non-Cert only)-1,250 lbs; 33-Needle and Thread(Source ID/VNS)-250 lbs; 34-Thurbers Needlegrass(Source ID/VNS)-2,150 lbs; 35-Alfalfa-Inoculated-Ladak+,Ladak65 or Ladak-13,500 lbs; 36-Sainfoin-Eski-41,500 lbs; 37-Yellow Sweetclover-Madrid-7,000 lbs; 38-Blue Flax-Appar-6,500 lbs; 39-Small Burnett-Delar-3,000 lbs; 40-Gooseberryleaf-Globemallow(Source ID)-50 lbs; 41-Sagebrush Penstemon-100 lbs; 42-Fourwing Saltbush-6,500 lbs; 43-Shadscale-400 lbs; 44-Wyoming Big Sagebrush-19,640 lbs; 45-Basin Big Sagebrush-10,000 lbs; 46-Antelope Bitterbrush-10,000 lbs; 47-Forage Kochia (Cert/Non-cert/Source ID)-11,650 lbs; 48-Western Yarrow-2,050 lbs; 49-Rubber Rabbitbrush-300 lbs; 50-Spiny Hopsage-100 lbs; 51-Winterfat-250 lbs; 52-Timothy-150 lbs. Offers will be due in this office on Friday, May 30, 2003 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 May 19, 2003. The solicitation may be downloaded from the IDEASEC website: http://ideasec.nbc.gov. Please print the RFP form (SF-1449) and print all clauses and attachments. To receive an Excel file (Schedule of Items) via email please provide us with your email address. Contact Barb Bellio at (303)236-9438 - email address [email protected] or Marty Coffey at (303)236-9439 - email address [email protected] An Excel file named NAR030073EXCELOFRFORM will be sent to you.

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