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Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie Quote# 12-52B1-20-Q-0005

Furnish quote by 11:00a.m. e.s.t., Nov 21, 2019. Email to roger.manning@usda.gov

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Furnish and deliver to Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie, 30239 S. SR53, Wilmington, IL 60481, Native Seed according to the specifications. Seed will be delivered ASAP after contract award, but no seed will be accepted after January 24, 2020. Jennifer Durkin is the POC at 815-423-2129.

ITEM/COMMON NAME COMMON NAME

QUANTI

TY/LBS

UNIT

PRICE

TOTAL

PRICE

Allium cernuum Nodding Wild Onion 2 Anemone canadensis Meadow Anemone 3 Asclepias incarnata Swamp Milkweed 10 Asclepias sullivantii Prairie Milkweed 0.25 Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly Weed 0.5 Bouteloua curtipendula Side Oats Grama 50 Arnoglossum plantaginea Prairie Indian Plantain 1 Calamagrostis canadensis Blue Joint Grass 10 Caltha palustris Marsh Marigold 0.5 Camassia scilloides Wild Hyacinth 0.5 Cardamine bulbosa Bulbous Cress 0.5 Carex annectens Large-Seeded Fox Sedge 4 Carex bicknelli Copper-shouldered Oval sedge

Carex buxbaumii Dark-scaled Sedge 0.25 Carex emoryi Riverbank Sedge 0.5 Carex granularis Pale Sedge 1 Carex haydenii Long-scaled Tussock

Sedge

Carex hystericina Porcupine Sedge 6 Carex lacustris Lake Sedge 1 Carex pellita Prairie Woolly Sedge 0.5 Carex sartwellii Running Marsh Sedge 0.5 Carex scoparia Broom Oval Sedge 3 Carex stricta Common Tussock Sedge 3 Carex stipata Common Fox Sedge 5 Carex suberecta Wedge-fruited Oval Sedge 2 Carex vulpinoidea Brown Fox Sedge 6 mailto:roger.manning@usda.gov http://www.sam.gov/

Chelone glabra Turtlehead 1 Cirsium muticum Swamp Thistle 0.25 Cicuta maculata Water Hemlock 5 Dodecatheon meadia Shooting Star 0.25 Eleocharis acicularis Needle Spikerush 0.5 Eleocharis erythropoda Red-rooted Spikerush 1 Elymus canadensis Canada Wild Rye 50 Elymus virginicus Virginia Wild Rye 125 Eutrochium maculatum Spotted Joe Pye Weed 4 Galium boreale Northern Bedstraw 0.5 Gentiana andrewsii Bottle Gentian 0.5 Glyceria striata Fowl Manna Grass 1 Helenium autumnale Sneezeweed 5 Heuchera richardsonii Alum Root 1 Hierochloe odorata Vanilla Grass/Sweet Grass 1 Impatiens capensis Spotted Touch-me-not 0.25 Iris virginica shrevei Blue Flag Iris 5 Juncus dudleyi Dudley's Rush 1 Juncus effusus Common Rush/Soft Rush 1 Lathyrus palustris Marsh Vetchling 0.5 Liatris spicata Marsh Blazing Star 10 Lobelia cardinalis Cardinal Flower 1 Lobelia siphilitica Great Blue Lobelia 2 Lobelia spicata Pale Spiked Lobelia 0.25 Ludwigia alternifolia Seedbox 2 Lycopus americana Common Water

Horehound

Lycopus uniflorus Northern Bugleweed 0.5 Lycopus virginicus Riverbank Bugleweed 0.5 Lysimachia quadriflora Narrow-leaved Loosestrife 1 Lythrum alatum Winged Loosestrife 4 Mentha arvensis Wild Mint 1 Mimulus ringens Monkey Flower 5 Monarda fistulosa Wild Bergamot 2 Oenothera pilosella Prairie Sundrops 0.5 Oxypolis rigidior Cowbane 0.5 Muhlenbergia glomerata Marsh Wild Timothy 0.25 Muhlenbergia mexicana Wood Satin Grass 0.5 Penthorum sedoides Ditch Stonecrop 4 Phlox glaberrima var. interior Marsh Phlox 0.25 Physostegia virginiana Obedient Plant 4 Pycanthemum virginianum Common Mountain Mint 1 Rosa blanda Early Wild Rose 1 Schizachyrium scoparium Little Bluestem 1000 Schoenoplactus pungens Chair-Maker's Rush 2 Schoenoplectus acutus Hard-Stemmed Bulrush 1

Scirpus pendulus Red Bulrush 2 Silphium integrifolium Rosinweed 2 Silphium terebinthinaceum Prairie Dock 6 Sium suave Tall Water Parsnip 0.5 Solidago gigantea Late Goldenrod 0.5 Solidago juncea Early Goldenrod 1 Spartina pectinata Cord Grass 12 Sphenopholis intermedia Slender Wedge Grass 0.25 Sporobolus heterolepsis Prairie Dropseed 4 Stachys palustris Marsh Hedge Nettle 0.25 Symphyotrichum laeve Smooth Blue Aster 1.5 Symphyotrichum lanceolatum Panicled Aster 2 Synphyotrichum oolentangiense

Sky Blue Aster 2

Symphyotrichum praeltum Willow Aster 0.5 Symphyotrichum puniceus Bristly Aster 0.5 Teucrium canadense Germander 3 Tradescania ohioenis Common Spiderwort 3 Verbena hastata Blue Vervain 4 Vernonia fasciculata Common Ironweed 3 Veronicastrum virginicum Culver's Root 3 Total Requested (lbs.) 1412.25

Total delivered price $__________________

Purpose of Order: The Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie is a unit of the USDA Forest Service located in Wilmington, Illinois, approximately 45 miles southwest of Chicago, Illinois. Midewin staff are restoring prairie on a large scale. This seed order is for native seed that will be broadcast during the dormant season. Planting will take place in December 2019 and January 2020. The seed is needed as early as possible but no later than January 24, 2020, if possible, to achieve the desired planting dates, stratification periods and anticipated results.

S E E D SP E C I F I C A T I O NS

All seed materials shall conform to the following requirements:

Any seed received by the Forest Service Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie that does not meet these specifications will be rejected and returned at the Vendor's expense.

All seed shall be guaranteed by the Vendor to be true to species name and variety.

Seed must be of 2019 (or current) crop. Crop year 2018 seed may be acceptable by agreement with CO/Midewin COR and adequate PLS documentation but must be approved in advance.

Seeds must be of appropriate provenance; wild origin of source must be from:

Central or northern Illinois (north and east of a line connecting Adams, Sangamon, and Edgar counties);

Northwestern quarter of Indiana (north and west of a line connecting St. Joseph, Marion, and Vigo counties); Southwestern Wisconsin (southeast of a line connecting between Milwaukee, Dane, and Green counties – Dane, Green, Kenosha, Jefferson, Racine, Rock, Walworth or Waukesha counties).

The Forest Service will consider seed slightly outside of this area on a case by case basis.

Vendor must receive prior approval of seed source if outside of the above described seed provenance.

All seed shall meet the following PLS and quality requirements:

All species are being requested on a PLS basis. PLS shall be defined as (purity) x (total germination). Total germination is defined as (germination + hard seeds + dormant seeds). TZ can be substituted in lieu of germination if necessary. Vendors must indicate in their response if their seed is not available on a PLS basis. Copies of original seed tests from independent seed testing laboratories must be attached to the exterior of seed packaging when received by the Forest Service. Preference will be given to PLS seed over "bulk" seed. Thus, the Forest Service highly encourages all Vendors to submit bids for PLS seed.

Any seed that is not available by Vendors as PLS must still be tested for purity. The pure weight must total the amount ordered, with additional seed being supplied to meet 100% purity by bulk weight (e.g.:

1.11 bulk pounds at 90% purity equals 1.00 pure pounds).

All "bearded" or "fluffy" species, such as Asclepias, Aster, Liatris, Solidago etc. are requested on a de-fluffed/de-bearded basis. Vendor must indicate in their response if their seed is not available on a de-fluffed/de-bearded basis. Preference will be given to de-fluffed/de-bearded seed rather than bulk seed.

Seed should be de-fluffed/de-bearded as to be flowable through a seed drill designed for planting native prairie seed.

All "hulled" species, such as Desmodium, Lespedeza, Dalea, etc. are requested on a de-hulled basis.

Vendor must indicate in their response if their seed is not available on a de-hulled basis. Preference will be given to de-hulled seed rather than bulk seed.

Carex stricta and other species with seed that lose viability rapidly after ripening should be stored at appropriate temperatures (at approximately 40 degrees Farenheit) prior to delivery.

No substitution of species will be accepted except through prior written agreement by project manager.

Packaging for all species shall be clearly labeled on the outside of the bag with the following information:

Scientific name of species;

PLS value, PLS weight, and bulk weight;

Pure weight and bulk weight if seed is not available as PLS;

Proper documentation of seed tests must be attached to the packaging for all species at time of delivery;

Year of seed production and date of seed tests.

All legume species shall have the appropriate inoculants supplied with seed.

All seed and accompanying seed test documentation as outlined above are requested as early as possible, but due no later than January 24, 2020. Deliveries after January 24, 2020, will only be allowed with prior approval by the Project Manager, Jennifer Durkin. There shall be no seed delivered to or received by the Forest Service on weekends or holidays. Delivery of seed shall be arranged with Jennifer Durkin at 815/423-2144 or jennifer.durkin@usda.gov.

Potential providers may bid on all or a portion of the items, Breakdown costs by individual species at a cost per pound of seed species.

All deliveries of seeds shall be packaged and delivered to ensure the viability of the seed material upon delivery to the Forest Service. All seed shall be packed and covered in such manner as to insure adequate protection against leakage, damage and to maintain dormancy while in transit.

All delivery/shipping costs shall be integrated into the seed per /lb. and the itemized cost. Separate shipping/delivery cost shall NOT be given.

Delivery/shipping of all seed, seed tests, and invoices shall be to the attention of the Project Manager at the following address.

Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie 30239 South State Route 53 Wilmington, IL 60481

ATTN: Jennifer Durkin

All seed materials shall conform to the requirements attached to this RFQ.

The Government is aware that one provider may not be able to provide all the required seed, so multiple contracts may be awarded from this solicitation. Notify Midewin staff at least 3 weekdays before delivery. Providers may offer a price on all or a portion of the items. Breakdown costs by species.

Seed deliveries will be accepted after contract award.

Providers must include a certification of seed origin with their submission.

Payment will be made by Government credit card. Federal Government is tax exempt.

If you do not accept a credit card, you MUST be enrolled is SAM in order to receive a Purchase Order and be paid electronically via ipp.gov.

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Please fill in above information and email to: roger.manning@usda.gov mailto:roger.manning@usda.gov

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