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Idaho Panhandle National Forests, Coeur d'Alene Forest Nursery.

Container Extract and Pack. Award from this solicitation will result in a Firm-Fixed Price, Indefinite Delivery Requirements contract to provide services for a base year and 3 option year periods.

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Schedule of Items

Container Extract and Pack

Solicitation# 12034318Q0054

Idaho Panhandle National Forests

Coeur d’Alene Nursery

Kootenai County, Idaho

All aspects of the work program shall be performed in an organized and systematic manner.

Award(s) will be based on the summation of the base year and all options included for each item.

All quantities provided are estimates and may change based on government needs and availability of funds. Exercise of option years and issuing of task orders will be based on contractor performance and availability of current and out year funds under clauses 52.232-18 and 52.232-19. This solicitation may result in a Firm-Fixed Price, Requirements contract. Task

Orders will be issued for specific work.

Base Year- April 1, 2018 through March 31, 2019

Item No.

Description

Unit

Unit Price

Total

1.1

BLOCKS

Move, sort, palletize, and clean container blocks.

Est. Qty. 5,000-35,000

Styrofoam or plastic container

20,000

1.2

SEEDLINGS

Extract, grade, bag, and box seedlings.

Est. Qty. 1400-3000M

M

2,000M

1.3

SEEDLINGS

WBP

Extract, grade, bag, and box

WBP seedlings.

Est. Qty. 200-500M

200M

1.4

NATIVE

SEEDLINGS

Extract, grade, bag, and box native plants.

Est. Qty. 1,000-8,000

4,000

1.5

LAYOUT

BENCH TOPS

Layout bench tops in emptied greenhouses and shelter houses

Est. Qty. 0-1,000

Benchtop

1.6

BOX

BANDING

Band packed boxes with 2 plastic bands prior to storage

Est. Qty. 0-500

Boxes

1.7

ROOT PLUG

PRUNING

Prune root plugs with pruning tables prior to packing.

Est. Qty. 0-500M

M’s

1.8

ROGUEING

(91s–160s)

Remove multiple germinates from cells (sizes 91-160) and leave 1 healthy growing seedling.

Est. Qty. 5,000-45,000

Styrofoam block

30,000

1.9

(240s)

Remove multiple germinates from cells (size 240) and leave 1 healthy growing seedling.

Est. Qty. 500-5,000

2,500

Idaho Panhandle National Forests

Container Extract and Pack

Solicitation# 12034318Q0054

Total 1.10

WEEDING

BLOCKS

Weeding seedling cells within container blocks.

Est. Qty. 500-2,000

Styrofoam

1,000

1.11

WEEDING

TRAYS

Weeding WBP seedling cells within container trays.

Est. Qty. 1,000-10,000

Plastic tray

5,000

1.12

FILLING TRAYS

WITH

MEDIA

Filling plastic trays with growing media.

Est. Qty. 3,000-10,000

Plastic

1.13

FILLING

BLOCKS WITH

MEDIA

Filling Styrofoam container blocks with growing media.

Est. Qty. 5,000-20,000

1.14

FILL POTS WITH

MEDIA

Fill pots with growing media for transplanting or sowing.

Est. Qty. 0-5,000

Plastic Pots

1.15

TRANSPLANT

SEEDLINGS

Transplant seedlings into larger containers.

Est. Qty. 100-5,000

Blocks, pots

1,500

1.16

CONSOLIDATE

SUPERCELL

TRAYS

Consolidate supercell tubes with seedlings into full trays

Est. Qty. 1,000-3,000

Trays

2,000

Option Year 1- April 1, 2019 through March 31, 2020

2.1

Move, sort, palletize, and clean container blocks.

Est. Qty. 5,000-35,000

Styrofoam or

2.2

Extract, grade, bag, and box

2.3

SEEDLINGS

WBP

Extract, grade, bag, and box

2.4

NATIVE

SEEDLINGS

Extract, grade, bag, and box

Total 2.5

LAYOUT

BENCH TOPS

Layout bench tops in emptied

2.6

BOX

BANDING

Band packed boxes with 2 plastic

2.7

ROOT PLUG

PRUNING

Prune root plugs with pruning

2.8

(91s–160s)

Remove multiple germinates from cells (sizes 91-160) and

2.9

(240s)

Remove multiple germinates from cells (size 240) and leave 1

2.10

WEEDING

BLOCKS

Weeding seedling cells within container blocks.

Est. Qty. 5000-2,000

Styrofoam

2.11

WEEDING

TRAYS

Weeding WBP seedling cells within container trays.

Est. Qty. 1,000-10,000

Plastic

2.12

FILLING TRAYS

WITH

MEDIA

Filling plastic trays with growing media.

Est. Qty. 3,000-10,000

Plastic

2.13

FILLING

2.14

FILL POTS WITH

MEDIA

Fill pots with growing media

Est. Qty. 3,000-27,000

13,000

2.15

TRANSPLANT

SEEDLINGS

Transplant seedlings into

Est. Qty. 1,000-12,000

6,000

2.16

CONSOLIDATE

SUPERCELL

TRAYS

Consolidate supercell tubes

Option Year 2- April 1, 2020 through March 31, 2021

3.1

Move, sort, palletize, and clean container blocks.

Est. Qty. 5,000-35,000

Styrofoam or

3.2

Extract, grade, bag, and box

3.3

SEEDLINGS

WBP

Extract, grade, bag, and box

3.4

NATIVE

SEEDLINGS

Extract, grade, bag, and box

3.5

LAYOUT

BENCH TOPS

Layout bench tops in emptied

3.6

BOX

BANDING

Band packed boxes with 2 plastic

3.7

ROOT PLUG

PRUNING

Prune root plugs with pruning

3.8

(91s–160s)

Remove multiple germinates from cells (sizes 91-160) and

3.9

(240s)

Remove multiple germinates from cells (size 240) and leave 1

Est. Qty. 500-2,000

3.10

WEEDING

BLOCKS

Weeding seedling cells within container blocks.

Est. Qty. 500-2,000

Styrofoam

3.11

WEEDING

TRAYS

Weeding WBP seedling cells within container trays.

Est. Qty. 1,000-10,000

Plastic

3.12

FILLING TRAYS

WITH

MEDIA

Filling plastic trays with growing media.

Est. Qty. 3,000-10,000

Plastic

Total 3.13

FILLING

3.14

FILL POTS WITH

MEDIA

Fill pots with growing media

Est. Qty. 3,000-8,200

3.15

TRANSPLANT

SEEDLINGS

Transplant seedlings into

Est. Qty. 1,000-6,500

3.16

CONSOLIDATE

SUPERCELL

TRAYS

Consolidate supercell tubes

Option Year 3- April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022

4.1

Move, sort, palletize, and clean container blocks.

Est. Qty. 5,000-35,000

Styrofoam or

4.2

Extract, grade, bag, and box

4.3

SEEDLINGS

WBP

Extract, grade, bag, and box

4.4

NATIVE

SEEDLINGS

Extract, grade, bag, and box

4.5

LAYOUT

BENCH TOPS

Layout bench tops in emptied

4.6

BOX

BANDING

Band packed boxes with 2 plastic

4.7

ROOT PLUG

PRUNING

Prune root plugs with pruning

4.8

(91s–160s)

Remove multiple germinates from cells (sizes 91-160) and

4.9

(240s)

Remove multiple germinates from cells (size 240) and leave 1

4.10

WEEDING

BLOCKS

Weeding seedling cells within container blocks.

Est. Qty. 500-2,000

Styrofoam

4.11

WEEDING

TRAYS

Weeding WBP seedling cells within container trays.

Est. Qty. 1,000-10,000

Plastic

4.12

FILLING TRAYS

WITH

MEDIA

Filling plastic trays with growing media.

Est. Qty. 3,000-10,000

Plastic

4.13

FILLING

4.14

FILL POTS WITH

MEDIA

Fill pots with growing media

Est. Qty. 0-5,000

4.15

TRANSPLANT

SEEDLINGS

Transplant seedlings into

Est. Qty. 100-5,000

1,500

4.16

CONSOLIDATE

SUPERCELL

TRAYS

Consolidate supercell tubes

*Estimated Quantities are for the purpose of evaluation of prices. Quantities are not guaranteed.

*M – Price per Thousand.

CONTRACT CLAUSES

FAR 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference (FEB 1998)

This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

Federal Acquisition Regulations - http://www.acquisition.gov/far and the Agriculture

Acquisition Regulations - https://www.dm.usda.gov/procurement/policy/agar.html

52.203-3 Gratuities (APR 1984)

52.203-12 Limitation on Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions (OCT 2010)

52.204-4 Printed or Copied Double-Sided on Postconsumer Fiber Content Paper (MAY

2011)

52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items (JAN 2017)

FAR 52.212-5- Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or

Executive Orders- Commercial Items (Jan 2017)

(b) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (b) that the contracting officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items:

X (4) 52.204-10, Reporting Executive compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards

(Oct 2016) (Pub. L. 109-282) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).

X (8) 52.209-6, Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with

Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (Oct 2015) (31 U.S.C.

6101 note).

X (14) (i) 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Aside (Nov 2011) (15 U.S.C. 644).

X (19) 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting (Jan 2017) (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(14)).

X (22) 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation (Jul 2013) (15

U.S.C. 632(a)(2)).

X (25) 52.222-3, Convict Labor (June 2003) (E.O. 11755).

X (26) 52.222-19, Child Labor—Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Oct 2016)

(E.O. 13126).

X (27) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 2015).

X (28) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Sep 2016) (E.O. 11246).

http://www.acquisition.gov/far https://www.dm.usda.gov/procurement/policy/agar.html

X (30) 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jul 2014) (29 U.S.C.

793).

X (33) (i) 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Mar 2015) (22 U.S.C. chapter

78 and E.O. 13627).

X (44) 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging while Driving

(Aug 2011) (E.O. 13513).

X (51) 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (Jun 2008) (E.O.’s, proclamations and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the

Department of the Treasury).

X (57) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer— System for Award

Management (Jul 2013) (31 U.S.C. 3332).

(c) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (c), applicable to commercial services, that the Contracting Officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial items:

X (2) 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards (May 2014) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67.).

X (3) 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (May 2014) (29 U.S.C.

206 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 67).

In compliance with the Service Contract Labor Standards statute and the regulations of the

Secretary of Labor (29 CFR part 4), this clause identifies the classes of service employees expected to be employed under the contract and states the wages and fringe benefits payable to each if they were employed by the contracting agency subject to the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5341 or 5332.

X (8) 52.222-55, Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 (Dec 2015) (E.O.

13658).

X (9) 52.222-62, Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706 (JAN 2017) (E.O.

13706).

FAR 52.216-18 Ordering (OCT 1995)

(a) Any supplies and services to be furnished under this contract shall be ordered by issuance of delivery orders or task orders by the individuals or activities designated in the Schedule.

Such orders may be issued from date of award through 3/31/2018. If option year 1 is exercised orders may be issued through 3/31/2019. If Option Year 2 is exercised orders may be issued through 3/31/2020.

(b) All delivery orders or task orders are subject to the terms and conditions of this contract. In the event of conflict between a delivery order or task order and this contract, the contract shall control.

(c) If mailed, a delivery order or task order is considered "issued" when the Government deposits the order in the mail. Orders may be issued orally, by facsimile, or by electronic commerce methods only if authorized in the Schedule.

FAR 52.216-21 Requirements (OCT 1995)

(a) This is a requirements contract for the supplies or services specified, and effective for the period stated, in the Schedule. The quantities of supplies or services specified in the

Schedule are estimates only and are not purchased by this contract. Except as this contract may otherwise provide, if the Government's requirements do not result in orders in the quantities described as "estimated" or "maximum" in the Schedule, that fact shall not constitute the basis for an equitable price adjustment.

(b) Delivery or performance shall be made only as authorized by orders issued in accordance with the Ordering clause. Subject to any limitations in the Order Limitations clause or elsewhere in this contract, the Contractor shall furnish to the Government all supplies or services specified in the Schedule and called for by orders issued in accordance with the

Ordering clause. The Government may issue orders requiring delivery to multiple destinations or performance at multiple locations.

(c) Except as this contract otherwise provides, the Government shall order from the

Contractor all the supplies or services specified in the Schedule that are required to be purchased by the Government activity or activities specified in the Schedule.

(d) The Government is not required to purchase from the Contractor requirements in excess of any limit on total orders under this contract.

(e) If the Government urgently requires delivery of any quantity of an item before the earliest date that delivery may be specified under this contract, and if the Contractor will not accept an order providing for the accelerated delivery, the Government may acquire the urgently required goods or services from another source.

(f) Any order issued during the effective period of this contract and not completed within that period shall be completed by the Contractor within the time specified in the order. The contract shall govern the Contractor's and Government's rights and obligations with respect to that order to the same extent as if the order were completed during the contract's effective period; provided, that the Contractor shall not be required to make any deliveries under this contract after 3/31/2022.

FAR 52.217-8 - Option to Extend Services (NOV 1999)

The Government may require continued performance of any services within the limits and at the rates specified in the contract. These rates may be adjusted only as a result of revisions to prevailing labor rates provided by the Secretary of Labor. The option provision may be exercised more than once, but the total extension of performance hereunder shall not exceed 6 months. The

Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor within 30 days.

FAR 52.217-9- Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (MAR 2000)

(a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor prior to the expiration of the contract period, provided that the Government gives the

Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 30 days before the contract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension.

(b) If the Government exercises this option, the extended contract shall be considered to include this option clause.

(c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed 3 years.

FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting (JAN 2017)

(a) This clause does not apply to the unrestricted portion of a pai1ial set-aside.

(b) Applicability. This clause applies only to--

(1) Contracts that have been set aside or reserved for small business concerns or 8(a) concerns;

(2) Part or parts of a multiple-award contract that have been set-aside for small business concerns or 8(a) concerns; and

(3) Orders set aside for small business or 8(a) concerns under multiple-award contracts as described in 8.405-5 and l 6.505(b)(2)(i)(F).

(c) By submission of an offer and execution of a contract, the Offeror/Contractor agrees that in performance of the contract in the case of a contract for--

(1) Services (except construction). At least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the concern.

(2) Supplies (other than procurement from a nonmanufacturer of such supplies). The concern shall perform, work for at least 50 percent of the cost of manufacturing the supplies, not including the cost of materials.

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(3) General construction. The concern will perform at least 15 percent of the cost of the contract, not including the cost of materials, with its own employees.

(4) Construction by special trade contractors. The concern will perform at least 25 percent of the cost of the contract, not including the cost of materials, with its own employees.

FAR 52.232-19 Availability of Funds for the Next Fiscal Year (APR 1984)

Funds are not presently available for performance under this contract beyond March 31, 2019.

The Government's obligation for performance of this contract beyond that date is contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds from which payment for contract purposes can be made. No legal liability on the part of the Government for any payment may arise for performance under this contract beyond March 31, 2019, until funds are made available to the

Contracting Officer for performance and until the Contractor receives notice of availability, to be confirmed in writing by the Contracting Officer.

FAR 52.237-1 Site Visit. (APR 1984)

Quoter is urged and expected to inspect the site where services are to be performed and to satisfy themselves regarding all general and local conditions that may affect the cost of contract performance, to the extent that the information is reasonably obtainable.

AGAR 452.211-74 Period of Performance (FEB 1988)

The period of performance if the Government exercises all options of this contract will be from

04/01/2018 through 03/31/2022.

The period of performance of this contract is from the date of award through the last option period. A Task Order's period of performance may extend past the expiration of this contract with all the terms and conditions of this contract remaining in full force until the Task Order expires.

Contract Year Start of Contract/Option Date Last Date A Task Order may be executed

Base Year 04/01/2018 03/31/2019

Option Year 1 04/01/2019 03/31/2020

Option Year 2 04/01/2020 03/31/2021

Option Year 3 04/01/2021 03/31/2022

AGAR 452.216-73 Minimum and Maximum Contract Amounts (FEB 1988)

During the period specified in FAR clause 52.216-18, ORDERING, the Government shall place orders totaling a minimum of $2,500, but not in excess of $200,000.

ADDENDUM TO FAR 52.212-4:

A. PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

This solicitation is for (1.1) moving container blocks from growing areas (greenhouses and shelter houses) to the packing area, sorting, palletizing and cleaning (dipping) of the blocks, (1.2-

1.3) the extraction, grading and packing of seedlings into boxes, (1.4) the extraction, grading and packing of native plant species into boxes (1.5) the layout of benchtops in emptied greenhouse and shelter house areas, (1.6) banding packed boxes with plastic banding to increase box holding strength prior to storage (1.7) root pruning plugs prior to boxing for transplanting the next field season, (1.8) removing multiple germinates from cells (sizes 91-160) to leave one live, healthy seedling (rogueing), (1.9) removing multiple germinates from cells (size 240) to leave one live, healthy seedling (rogueing). (1.10) removing weeds from container blocks (1.11) removing weeds from WBP container trays, (1.12) filling plastic trays with growing media in preparation for sowing seeds (1.13) filling container styro-foam blocks with growing media in preparation for sowing seeds (1.14) filling plastic pots with growing media for transplanting or sowing seeds

(1.15) transplant seedlings into larger containers to promote seedling growth. (1.16) consolidating supercell tubes of seedlings into full trays of live seedlings.

Items 1.1–1.7 are typically performed November through January, however, there could be some late summer extraction/packing involved in this contract. Items 1.8-1.16 are typically performed

January through October. Successful bidder will be notified of dates and amounts. Daily working time frames will be between the hours of 7:00 AM and 4:00 PM Monday through Friday or times mutually agreed upon between the government and contractor.

Location

The project is located at the Idaho Panhandle National Forests, Coeur d‘Alene Nursery, 3600

Nursery Road, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and Kootenai County.

B. DEFINITIONS

a. Container: Styrofoam block (generally 1 foot by 2 feet) in which trees are grown (See Table 2)

b. Tray: polyethylene plastic tray in which seedlings are grown.

c. Bin: A plastic tub to hold dirt or cull trees.

d. Bag: A thirty-gallon size plastic bag used to line the seedling boxes for shipping.

e. Baggie: A 10”x10” size bag used for packaging seedlings for shipping in boxes.

f. Box: A cardboard container used to store or ship trees.

g. Extracting stand: used to aid in manually pulling seedlings from blocks.

h. Ore cart: A large metal cart moved by government forklift to store dirt and culled trees.

i. Plugs: Seedling root system.

j. Belt: Conveyor for moving plugs in baggies during the packing process.

k. Grading: Evaluating each plug for quality.

i. Height: length of seedling

ii. Caliper: the diameter of the stem of the seedling measured at the cotyledon needles or scar.

iii. Damage: a cut greater than ¼ inch in length and/or greater than ¼ the circumference of the stem, broken top, dead top, stripped needles or roots.

iv. Disease: any fungus, blistering or abnormal growth in the tree.

v. Color: brown or yellow foliage in the upper two thirds of the tree.

vi. Adequate roots: see specifications (Table 3)

vii. Fork or bottlebrush top: more than 1 leader of equal or similar lengths.

viii. Doubles: more than 1 healthy seedling per cell.

l. Collapsible conveyors: transport system for moving blocks from growing areas to the packing area.

m. Trailers: flat-bed wheeled units moved by hand or machine for loading, unloading and moving blocks.

n. Media: planting mix in which the trees are growing in the blocks/trays.

o. Stapler: pneumatic or hand operated staple gun for constructing and closing boxes.

C. GOVERNMENT –FURNISHED PROPERTY

a. Packing Boxes

b. Large Plastic Bags

c. Small Plastic Bags (baggies)

d. Pneumatic and Hand operated Staplers and Staples

e. Baggers (blowers for baggies)

f. Box labels (preprinted)

g. Pin extractors and/or hand-pulling racks

h. Conveyor rollers

i. Plastic pallets and/or wooden pallets.

j. Ore carts and plastic bins for disposing culls, media and grit.

k. Pallet jacks

l. Trailers and prime movers for transporting blocks and boxes.

m. Block sterilizer-dip tank

n. Calipers.

o. Brooms and blowers.

p. Mop, cleaner, trash bags, paper towels, toilet paper for lunchroom and restroom.

q. ‘Gleason’ dirt filling machine.

D. CONTRACTOR FURNISHED ITEMS

a. Contractor will furnish all labor, equipment, supervision, transportation, supplies, first aid kit, and incidentals to perform all work necessary. Contractor will come prepared with any personal protection equipment and special tools approved by the government to accomplish all tasks.

E. CONTRACTOR WORK REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS

General Requirements

(1) THE CONTRACTOR WILL HAVE A MINIMUM OF 9 WORKERS ON SITE

DAILY FOR THE DURATION OF ITEMS 1.1-1.7. - SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER PACK

EACH YEAR. THE CONTRACTOR WILL HAVE A MINIMUM OF 16 WORKERS ON

SITE DAILY FOR ITEM 1.1-1.7 - NOVEMBER/DECEMBER PACK EACH YEAR.

(2) The contractor’s employees will park their vehicles in the designated parking area located to the west of the packing area. CONTRACTOR WILL NOT EXCEED 25 MPH MAXIMUM

SPEED LIMIT (while on nursery property).

(3) The contractor will be permitted to use the restrooms adjacent to the container packing area.

The contractor will be required to clean and restock the restrooms daily.

(4) The contractor’s employees will perform the work in a safe manner. Failure by the contractor to work in a safe manner may result in a stop work order.

(5) No smoking will be permitted in the container packing shed or restrooms of the facility.

Smoking is permitted outside the building to the west of the container packing shed.

(6) No firearms, alcohol, or controlled substances are permitted on the nursery site. No warming or cooking fires will be permitted on the nursery site.

(7) Only the contractor and their employees will be permitted in the designated work areas. Non-working family members and acquaintances of the contractor or their employees are not permitted to loiter anywhere on the nursery site.

(8) The Forest Service telephone will not be available for use by the contractor or his/her employees. The receptionist will not take phone messages for contract employees.

(9) The contractor will provide a first aid kit for their employees to use in the case of an injury.

The contractor will also be responsible for administering first aid to injured employees or providing someone who is trained to administer first aid.

(10) Government furnished property will not be misused or abused by contractor or employees.

(11) The COR may require dismissal of any contract employees whom he/she deems incompetent, insubordinate, or otherwise objectionable.

(12) The contractor’s employees working in container cleaning-hot water dipping area will use restrooms located at the seed extractory adjacent to the dipping area.

(13) There will be at least one (1) English speaking representative for each task.

(14) In the event of a mechanical breakdown in all phases of this contract, downtime will begin when all seedlings have been placed in a box. A maximum of fifteen (15) minutes will be allowed, at no cost to the government, for downtime to fix the mechanical problem or replace the equipment. The contractor will be required to keep their crews available for up to a maximum of 2 hours or until it has been determined by the COR that repairs cannot be made within the two (2) hour period.

Primary Tasks (ITEMS)

PRIMARY TASKS

ITEM 1.1 BLOCKS

A- Blocks of seedlings will be moved to the grading area or from one greenhouse to another on conveyors/trailers provided by the government. The government will designate the order in which the seed lots will be moved. Blocks of seedlings will be handled using the following criteria: blocks of seedlings will be loaded on the conveyors or trailers to insure seed lot integrity, blocks of seedlings will be handled with care to insure no damage to roots or tops of seedlings occur, blocks of seedlings will not be thrown, blocks of seedlings will be removed from trailers immediately upon reaching the unloading area, no blocks will be left on trailers during breaks. Blocks of seedlings will not be moved to the grading area until they are needed, a backlog of trees to be processed will not be allowed. No materials will be placed on top of the blocks of seedlings nor will blocks of seedlings be stacked (unless approved by COR or government inspector).

B- The contractor will remove any remaining soil and/or culled seedlings to insure the blocks are free from old media before palletizing. Tubs and ore carts will be available for collecting media and culls. The contractor will sort empty blocks by container size on each pallet. Contractor will tie stacked, empty blocks to the pallet in the packing area for government transport to dipping area. The contractor will conduct periodic and daily cleaning and removal of empty containers and debris from the packing and grading areas.

C- Cleaning (dipping) of empty blocks is for sanitation and reuse. An English-speaking contract foreman will remain with the container sorting and dipping crew. At the cleaning/dipping area, the contractor will place blocks into the dipping basket for dunking in the hot water tank. After the blocks have soaked for the specified period of time they will be removed from the tank, stacked by the contractor onto clean pallets and secured for removal to storage area. When water temperature falls below the minimum required to kill pathogens, see Table 1, or block numbers are below efficient tank dipping, this work will be stopped.

ITEM 1.2-1.3-1.4 EXTRACT, GRADE, BAG AND BOX SEEDLINGS AND NATIVE

PLANTS

CONTRACTOR WILL HANDLE SEEDLINGS AS QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY AS

POSSIBLE.

A- Seedlings or native plants will be extracted from blocks using hand pulling stands.

Government inspectors will visually inspect extracted blocks and measure discarded seedlings.

B- Seedlings will be individually graded for height, diameter, damage, disease, color, fork top, doubles and adequate root systems (see Tables 3 and 4). Native plants will be individually graded for disease, insect damage, color, and adequate root systems (adequate root systems will be defined at the time of packing). The unacceptable seedlings and/or native plants will be placed in tubs and/or ore carts provided. Government inspectors will visually inspect ore carts and measure discarded seedlings and native plants.

C- Once graded, the seedlings and/or native plants will be placed on the conveyor in groups of 5, 10 or 15 (as determined by the COR or government inspector) in 10”x10” baggies.

D- Boxes for packing seedlings and native plants will be pre-assembled by the contractor. Due to minimal space, an overabundance of boxes will not be assembled ahead of needs. Three (3) staples will be placed in the bottom of the box. Each box will be lined with a large plastic bag for seedling protection. Baggies of seedlings and/or native plants will be placed in the lined boxes in the quantity and arrangement specified by the government. Three (3) staples will be placed in the top of the box at closing. Closed boxes will be placed on a pallet and trailer for government labeling and transport to the freezer storage area. Four (4) wooden stickers (boards) will be placed between boxes of every row. The empty blocks will be removed from the belt area and transported to the block cleaning area.

ITEM 1.5 LAYOUT BENCHTOPS

The contractor will layout benchtops in greenhouse/shelterhouse areas after blocks of seedlings have been removed and houses have been emptied.

ITEM 1.6 BOX BANDING

Clients occasionally require newly packed boxes to be banded prior to storage for extra strength during shipping. This process will be done in the packing area prior to placement on trailers for transport to storage. A strapping machine with banding material will be provided by the government. The contractor will be required to run the machine, band the boxes and place the banded boxes on the trailer.

ITEM 1.7 ROOT PLUG PRUNING

Clients occasionally require that seedlings be transplanted in the bare root fields at the Nursery.

This requires pruning of root plugs to a specific length; generally four (4) inches. Government will provide root-pruning tables, numbers of seedlings to prune and exact pruning specifications.

Contractors will provide workers to prune root plugs prior to bagging and placing in boxes for storage.

ITEM 1.8 ROGUEING (SIZES 91-160) & ITEM 1.9 ROGUEING (SIZE 240)

The Contracting Officer’s Representative will determine the exact start and stop time. This determination will be based on container crop sowing dates and the rate of germination of seedlings. Containers are growing areas for seedlings. An individual container is approximately 2 feet by 1 foot and can have (ITEM 1.8 - 91 to 160 cells per styro-foam block or plastic tray) or

(ITEM 1.9 – 240 cells per styro-foam block). The number of containers and the densities will vary with crops and seed lots throughout the greenhouses.

A- Contractor is required to rogue multiple seedlings from each cell to leave one (1) single healthy growing seedling in each cell.

B- There will be no method used that will disrupt the root or top growth of the single healthy remaining seedling.

C- There are no circumstances in which transplanting will be allowed.

D- Containers will not be removed from bench tops during any operation or task.

E- Any observation of insect or disease damage to seedlings is to be brought to the governments’ attention immediately.

F- Protection of government seedlings, irrigation system and greenhouse equipment and structures are paramount.

G- Rogueing must be coordinated with the routine irrigation schedule.

ITEM 1.10 WEEDING BLOCKS & ITEM 1.11 WEEDING TRAYS

A- All weeds will be manually removed from containers of growing seedlings without displacing or damaging seedlings.

B- All portions of weeds including liverwort, leaves, stems, flowers and roots will be removed.

Contractor's employees will remove any missed multiple seedlings in cells to insure one (1) healthy growing seedling is left in each cell.

C- Labels, flagging, other identifying markers and irrigation equipment will not be disturbed by

Contractor's employees during weeding operations.

D- Any observation of insect or disease damage to seedlings will be brought to the governments’ attention immediately.

E- Upon completion of work for the day, Contractor's employees will remove from greenhouses any tools, bags of weeds and other implements or debris.

F- Contractor and their employees will not move any containers from benches.

G- Contractor may use any receptacle to transport weeds. However, no garbage or debris items will be placed in the Government-furnished receptacles. Receptacles used for holding weeds and rogued seedlings will be taken to the dumpster at the end of the day. Dumpsters are located north of the greenhouses.

H- Weeding must be coordinated with the routine irrigation schedule.

ITEM 1.12 FILLING TRAYS WITH MEDIA & 1.13 FILLING BLOCKS WITH MEDIA

Contract employees will use the ‘Gleason’ dirt filling machine to fill plastic trays and/or styro-foam blocks with media in preparation for sowing seeds. 95% of the cells within each tray and/or block will be filled to no less than 1 inch from the top. There will be no voids (air pockets) within the cell. Light tamping of blocks with the addition of more media may be required to close voids within cells.

ITEM 1.14 FILLING POTS WITH MEDIA

Contract employees will fill plastic pots with growing media by hand in preparation for transplanting or sowing seeds. 95% of the pots will be filled to no less than 1 inch from the top.

There will be no voids (air pockets) within the pot. Light tamping of pots with the addition of more media may be required to close voids within pots.

ITEM 1.15 TRANSPLANT SEEDLINGS

Contract employees will transplant seedlings from a styro-foam block cell or a plastic super cell to a larger container (D16, D25, and D40, 1-gallon pot) to promote seedling growth.

ITEM 1.16 CONSOLIDATE SUPERCELL TRAYS

Contract employees will consolidate supercell tubes with live seedlings into full trays. The trays with no live seedlings will be removed for cleaning and palletizing.

Reports and Documentation. Contractor shall provide a Quality Control Plan (QCP) as part of their response with their quote. The general QCP must demonstrate how the Contractor will assure quality meets the requirements and specifications of the contract. It will specify how quality will be monitored to assure the performance standards are met; the supervision of crew and work; and the personnel that will be performing the quality control.

Communication. The Contractor shall keep the Contracting Officer advised as to where the

Contractor or Contractor's representative may be reached by phone during periods of work suspension and periods of time without work.

Key Personnel

The Contractor’s on-site representative shall be fully conversant and literate in the English language and shall be in the work area whenever work is in progress. The Contractor shall assign the key personnel identified in their Experience Questionnaire:

▪ CONTRACTOR REPRESENTATIVE/FOREMAN:

The Contractor shall make no substitutions of key personnel without notifying the Contracting

Officer within a reasonable timeframe and in advance, and shall submit justification (including proposed substitutions) in sufficient detail to permit evaluation of the impact on the contract.

Proposed substitutes should have comparable qualifications to those of the persons being replaced. The Contractor shall make no diversion of personnel without the written consent of the

Contracting Officer. The contract will be modified to reflect any approved changes of key personnel. The Contractor or the Contractor's designated representative shall remain on the

Nursery work site while seedling packing is in progress. Crew supervisors shall remain with their designated crews at all times.

F. INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

Government Inspections. The Contracting Officer's Representative or designated inspectors will conduct all inspections. The Contractor (or designated representative) is encouraged to be present to observe inspections. Summaries of results will be made available upon request.

Government inspections are for the purpose of satisfying the Government that the services are acceptable and do not relieve the Contractor of the responsibility for maintaining quality control.

ITEM 1.1 Requirements for moving blocks of seedlings, sorting and cleaning block containers.

A- Government will determine and record the contractor’s daily accomplishment by number of containers moved with specific accuracy of seed lots and quality of handling.

B- Quality Inspection Requirements: Moving containers will be measured by visual means to determine if the work is being done properly and is within compliance of the technical provisions of the contract. Unacceptable actions by the contractor’s crew include: dropping containers, allowing containers to slide off conveyors or trailers, stacking containers with seedlings more than 1 layer deep, handling containers by grabbing seedlings, handling or transporting filled or empty containers in a manner that would cause damage to the containers or seedlings.

ITEMS 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 Requirements of Grading and Packing Seedlings/Natives

Inspection of the sorted and graded seedlings/native plants will be done by designated government inspectors. A 2-5% sample will be taken from each seed lot. The root system plug, stem and foliage of the seedlings/native plants will be visually inspected for compliance with the nursery grading standards. The root plugs will be measured for compliance with the specified plug length and percentage. Stem caliper and top height will also be measured for compliance within the grading standards for the product age and species. The number of seedlings in packed boxes will be counted to ensure contractor box counts are accurate, if the counts are more or less than the amount posted on the label, that amount will also be recorded as a defect for the seed lot. Seedlings that have defects will be counted and recorded by defect type. The number of defective seedlings will be divided by the total number of seedlings packed to determine the percentage of acceptable seedlings in the seed lot. Payment will be based on the percentage of acceptable seedlings in each seed lot, as displayed in the following table:

Percent Acceptable

Seedlings

Payment

95% - 100% Full Pay

93% - 94.9% Partial Payment **

<93% No Pay ++

**The partial payment will be calculated using the following formula:

Total seedlings sorted in the seed lot X (price X actual percentage acceptable seedlings) = payment.

++ The Contractor or his/her representative will be immediately notified of the seed lots found to be below 95% acceptable. Work deemed unacceptable will be reworked to the standard established in the specifications before payment will be made. The cost of re-inspection will be borne by the contractor.

ITEM 1.5 Requirements for Layout of Benchtops.

The government will notify the contractor when the layout of benchtops is ready to be worked in the greenhouse and shelter house areas. The contractor will notify the government inspector when layout is complete, the area will be visually inspected by the government inspector to determine acceptability. The total number of benchtops moved will be recorded. The Contractor or his/her representative will receive inspection summaries upon request.

ITEM 1.6 Requirements for Box Banding

Government will visually inspect banded boxes for two (2) plastic straps. Straps must be in proper position on the box and tight enough to hold the box for extra strength during shipping.

ITEM 1.7 Requirements for Root Plug Pruning

Government will inspect a 2-5% sample of pruned root plugs for length (usually 4”). Seedlings will be bagged and boxed for storage until transplanting occurs.

ITEMS 1.8 & 1.9 Requirements for Rogueing

Government inspectors will take a random pre-rogueing inventory of lots to be rogued. After contractor has completed either a lot or a greenhouse the government will be notified by the contractor to inspect. No transplanting of seedlings is allowed. Areas not passing inspection requirements will be reworked by the contractor. Transplanted or damaged seedlings found will be recorded and deducted from invoice. Written inspection summaries will be available to the contractor upon request.

ITEMS 1.10 & 1.11 Requirements for weeding blocks/trays

Government inspectors will make a visual inspection of weeded blocks/trays. Areas not weeded to acceptance standard will be reworked by the contractor.

ITEMS 1.12 & 1.13 Requirements for Filling Plastic trays/Styrofoam blocks with Growing

Media

Government inspectors will make a visual inspection of filled trays. Trays/blocks will be filled to within 1 inch of the top of the cells with media. Trays/blocks will be inspected for proper media depth and voids (air pockets). Trays/blocks not meeting acceptance standard will be reworked by the contractor.

ITEM 1.14 Requirements for Filling Pots with Growing Media

Government inspectors will make a visual inspection of filled pots. Pots will be filled to within 1 inch of the top of the cells with media. Pots will be inspected for proper media depth and voids

(air pockets). Pots not meeting acceptance standard will be reworked by the contractor.

ITEM 1.15 Requirements for Transplanting Seedlings into larger plastic tubes or pots

Government inspectors will make a visual inspection of transplanted seedlings and containers.

Containers will be filled to within 1 inch of the top of the cells with media. Containers will be checked for proper media depth and voids (air pockets). Containers not meeting acceptance standard will be reworked by the contractor.

ITEM 1.16 Requirements for consolidating supercell tubes with live seedlings.

Government inspectors will take a pre-inventory of all blocks to be consolidated before work begins.

Government inspectors will count trays that were consolidated and check to make sure all seedlings were moved. Any work not meeting 95% standard will be reworked by the contractor.

G. DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

Estimated Performance:

Items 1.1–1.7 are typically performed November through January, however, there could be some late summer extraction/packing involved in this contract. Items 1.8-1.16 are typically performed

January through October.

Employment of Eligible Workers

1. Labor standards for contracts involving H-2B workers or migrant and seasonal agricultural workers

1. General

This contract is subject to the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act

(MSPA), 29 United States Code (U.S.C) 1801-1872, and to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) regulations implementing MSPA 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 500. MSPA eliminates activities detrimental to migrant and seasonal agricultural workers, requires registration of Farm Labor Contractors, and ensures necessary protection for the workers.

Information regarding MSPA can be found at http://www.dol.gov/whd/mspa/index.htm.

If workers are hired under the H-2B program, (8 CFR Section 274A provisions of the

Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) for the admission of nonimmigrants to the U.S. to perform temporary labor or services) a Temporary Employment Certification issued by the

Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) in the Department of Labor Employment and

Training Administration is required. For further information on the requirements of the H-2B program, visit OFLC's website at http://www.foreignlaborcert.doleta.gov/ or Wage and Hour's website at http://www.dol.gov/whd/immigration/H2BFinalRule/index.htm.

Compliance with MSPA and the INA is a material condition of this contract. If the contractor employs any unauthorized worker(s) during the performance of this contract that violates section

274A of the INA, the Government may terminate the contract, in addition to other remedies or penalties prescribed by law.

2. Definitions

1. H-2B worker: as used in this part means a nonimmigrant holding a visa authorizing the individual to legally work in the US to perform temporary labor or services. A worker with an H-2B visa (H-2B worker) may also be considered a migrant agricultural worker under MSPA depending on the type and nature of work performed.

http://www.dol.gov/whd/mspa/index.htm http://www.dol.gov/whd/mspa/index.htm http://www.dol.gov/whd/immigration/H2BFinalRule/index.htm

2. Migrant Agricultural Worker and Seasonal Agricultural Worker: as used in this part means individuals employed for agricultural (including forestry) work on a seasonal or temporary basis.

1. A worker, moving from one seasonal activity to another, is employed on a seasonal basis even though the worker may continue to be employed during a major portion of the year.

2. An overnight absence from the migrant workers permanent place of residence is required.

3. Members of the contractor's immediate family are not considered migrant or seasonal workers. Immediate family includes:

Spouse

Children, stepchildren, or foster children

Parents, stepparents, or foster parents, or

Brothers and sisters

3. Farm Labor Contractor (FLC). As used in this part means a person including an individual, partnership, association, joint stock company or a corporation, who, for any money or other valuable consideration, paid or promised to be paid, performs any recruiting, soliciting, hiring, employing, furnishing, or transporting of any migrant or seasonal agricultural worker.

3. Registration Requirements

1. Any contractor providing or hiring H-2B nonimmigrants for work under this contract shall provide a copy of their Temporary Employment

Certificate. General information about the H-2B program can be found on

Fact Sheet # 78 at http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs78.htm.

Contractors can apply for the certificate through the US DOL Employment

& Training Administration's on line iCERT Visa Portal System at https://icert.doleta.gov/ or by paper application.

2. Any contractor who meets the definition in (2.c.) above providing or hiring migrant or seasonal workers to perform agricultural or manual forestry work shall first obtain a Federal DOL Farm Labor Contractor

Certificate of Registration

(http://www.dol.gov/whd/forms/fts_wh530.htm). The contractor shall carry the certificate at all times while engaged in contract performance and shall display it upon request. Any of the contractor's employees who perform any one or more of the activities defined as an FLC in paragraph

(2.c.) must have their own FLC Employee Certificate. General information http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs78.htm https://icert.doleta.gov/ http://www.dol.gov/whd/forms/fts_wh530.htm about MSPA can be found on Fact Sheet #49 at DOL Wage and Hour

Divisions webpage http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs49.htm.

4. Certifications

The Contractor shall provide applicable H-2B Temporary Employment…