This is an attachment document from the Nebraska Game & Parks Commission (NGPC) detailing pheasant release locations and quantities for the State of Nebraska's Fall 2025 procurement. The solicitation, issued by the Department of Administrative Services Materiel Division State Purchasing Bureau, seeks 14,780 adult pen-reared rooster pheasants to be delivered to 19 Wildlife Management Areas across Nebraska. The procurement requires 8,470 birds for release in late October prior to the Youth Season and 6,310 birds for release in late November before Thanksgiving Weekend. Pheasants must be at least 18 weeks old, fully feathered with adult plumage, and marked with either a leg band or deformed nares. The specific release sites are distributed across counties including Morrill, Gage, Dawes, Lancaster, Nance, Johnson, York, Lincoln, Nemaha, Dixon, Custer, Cass, Sherman, Platte, and Stanton, with each location receiving designated quantities for both release periods. The bid opening was scheduled for November 14, 2024, at 2:00 PM Central Time, with an anticipated contract award on December 5, 2024. The contract term is one year with options to renew for four additional one-year periods upon mutual agreement.
Pricing must be submitted on a net basis, inclusive of all transportation and delivery charges to the specified release sites, with no minimum order requirements permitted. Vendors are not subject to specific set-aside designations, and the State reserves the right to contract with single or multiple vendors as well as procure similar goods from other sources. The Notice of Intent to Award indicates BRC Farms as the intended awardee. Required insurance includes workers' compensation coverage, commercial general liability insurance of $2 million aggregate, and commercial automobile liability insurance of $1 million combined single limit. Pheasants must be packaged in suitable crates marked with destination location and quantity, with all transportation costs prepaid by the vendor. No specific budget ranges are explicitly stated in the solicitation; however, per-bird pricing across different release sites forms the cost evaluation framework.