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This document is a Statement of Work (SOW) for a federal contract opportunity to provide corn isolated crossing blocks and a breeding nursery. The USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Germplasm Enhancement of Maize (GEM) Project requires eight corn isolated crossing blocks and two hand-pollinated corn breeding nurseries to be grown between April and November 2024 in central Illinois or Iowa.
The contractor must provide land, field preparation, fertilization, weed/pest control, and harvesting services. The government will provide the female seed packets. The contractor must monitor male rows, detassel female rows, and harvest and ship the resulting seed back to the USDA in Ames, Iowa and Raleigh, North Carolina. The period of performance is April 20, 2024 through November 30, 2024. This is a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) procurement, with quotes due by April 19, 2024. The associated NAICS code is 111150 (Corn Farming) with a $2.5 million small business size standard.
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Statement of Work (SOW) Project: Corn Isolated Crossing Blocks and Breeding Nursery
GENERAL INFORMATION
1.0 Scope of Work: The USDA, ARS Germplasm Enhancement of Maize (GEM) Project of the Plant Introduction Research Unit (PIRU) has a requirement for eight corn isolated crossing blocks for production of topcross (hybrid) seed and two hand pollinated corn breeding nurseries for growing between April 20, 2024, and November 2024.
2.0 Background: Subject to local weather, soil moisture conditions, minimal disease, and low insect pressure, a central corn belt location is required. Central Illinois and central Iowa have been determined to be locations best suited for the requirement for the isolated crossing blocks and hand pollinated nursery planting required for this research. All isolations and nurseries shall be grown within a 6-month period beginning April 20, 2024, to be harvested and returned in approximately November 2024.
CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS
3.0 Technical Requirements/Tasks: Tasks and requirements that the contractor must provide are as listed below.
o Contractor will provide all field activities including Land for six isolated crossing fields Land for a hand pollinated corn breeding nursery Land located in either central Illinois or central Iowa Land preparation (tillage) Fertilization Weed and pest control Harvest o Field Isolation Requirements
Minimum of 500 feet separation of each isolation from other corn.
Female rows planted in 12-foot plot rows with 20-24 kernels per row.
Detassel female plot rows prior to pollen shed.
Isolated field to accommodate numbers of female entries as listed below.
- Isolation 1: 650 female rows
- Isolation 2: 1,000 female rows
- Isolation 3: 400 female rows
- Isolation 4: 800 female rows
- Isolation 5: 1,096 female rows
- Isolation 6: 1,280 female rows
Male:Female Planting Pattern and Delays
- Male:Female planting pattern of 6:4 for Isolation 1
- Male:Female planting pattern of 4:4 for all other Isolations
- First male row planted 100-150 growing degree units (GDU) before female entries are planted
- Second and third male rows planted at same time as female entries
- Fourth male row planted 100-150 GDU after females are planted
- Monitor male rows for off-type plants and remove before pollen shed
- Isolation crossing field must be bordered on each side by 4 rows of male
Male isolation seedstock and quantities Male Seedstock Quantity
MBS8731 30M
MBS3640GT 31M
PC2754 13M
MBS6717 26M
MBS8488 36M
PC6567 40M
o Hand Pollinated Selfing Nursery
Self-pollinated nursery planted in 12-ft plot rows with 18 kernels per row Nursery field to accommodate the number of plot rows listed below.
- 1,504 plot rows Shoot bag top ear shoot of each plant Self-pollinate all possible plants o Harvest Timing
Plot rows are harvested individually by row ID Plot rows are harvested when latest entries reach ¾ milk line seed development or 45 days after final pollination o Seed Drying Ears dried using forced air heat not to exceed 950 F Ears dried to 12-13% moisture o Shipping Preparation
Dried seed in harvest bags to be boxed and prepared for freight shipment Contractor will provide information on containers and weigh sufficient for
USDA to procure shipping services.
Seed generated on GEM-Ames plot rows will be shipped to:
USDA-ARS-NCRPIS
1305 State Ave.
Ames, IA 50014
Seed generated on GEM-Raleigh plot rows will be shipped to:
USDA-ARS
13223 US Business 70 West Clayton, NC 27520-2128
4.0 Government Furnished: The USDA, ARS GEM Project will furnish the items listed below.
o Packeted female seed in 2.5” wide packets. Each packet numbered and counted at 20k to 24k per packet for isolation female plot rows and 18k per packet for hand-pollinated nursery plot rows.
o Shipping to:
USDA-ARS-NCRPIS, 1305 State Ave., Ames, IA 50014 for GEM-Ames generated materials.
USDA-ARS, 13223 US Business 70 West, Clayton, NC 27520-2128 for
GEM-Raleigh generated materials.
5.0 Deliverables / Schedule:
o Fields to be planted as close to April 20, 2024 as conditions allow and no later than June 10, 2023.
o Written report of project status, crop development, and field condition for each isolation sent to adam.vanous@usda.gov every 2 weeks after planting.
o Male rows to be monitored for off-type plants and these plants removed every 10-14 days until pollination is completed.
o Tassel removal (detasseling) of female plot rows to start as soon as tassels are seen in these rows and before first plants silk.
o Harvested material are to be carefully boxed for commercial shipping back to Ames, Iowa and Raleigh, North Carolina with information communicated by email to adam.vanous@usda.gov by November 15.
6.0 Period of Performance: April 20, 2024, through November 30, 2024
7.0 Evaluation Factors: Technical acceptability and price, with technical acceptability more important than price.
8.0 Technical Point of Contact:
Adam Vanous 515-231-3517 adam.vanous@usda.gov mailto:adam.vanous@usda.gov mailto:adam.vanous@usda.gov mailto:adam.vanous@usda.gov
| CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS |
| 3.0 Technical Requirements/Tasks: Tasks and requirements that the contractor must provide are as listed below. |
| 6.0 Period of Performance: April 20, 2024, through November 30, 2024 |
| 8.0 Technical Point of Contact: |
| Adam Vanous |
| 515-231-3517 |
| adam.vanous@usda.gov |
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