127EAU26Q0079 Schedule of Items.xlsx

This is a Schedule of Items pricing document for a firm-fixed-price commercial services contract for maize nursery field production in Chile. The USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) requires establishment and operation of a maize nursery consisting of approximately 1,500 nursery rows over a single line item with a lump-sum pricing structure. The nursery composition includes approximately 920 self-pollinated rows with individually packaged shelled ears, 80 sib-pollinated rows with ears shelled and packaged by row, and 250 paired rows (approximately 500 male/female rows for cross-pollination) with bulk-shelled ears from paired rows. Each row is approximately 4 meters long containing 22 kernels per row.

The contractor is responsible for all field activities and associated costs including labor, supervision, land acquisition and preparation, planting, monitoring, irrigation, weed and pest control, fertilization, pollination services, harvesting, drying, shelling, inspections, fumigation required for import/shipping, progress reporting, packaging, preparation for shipment, and provision of container and weight information. The period of performance extends from October 1, 2026 through April 30, 2027, with work to be performed in Chile. Offers must be submitted electronically to veronica.beck@usda.gov and shall include all costs necessary to perform the requirement using the attached Schedule of Items format.