2024_PWS_-_TRRP_New_Environmental_Contract_Draft_1.pdf

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS)

ENVIRONMENTAL AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES

May 2024

1.0 Background

The December 19, 2000 Record of Decision (ROD) for the Trinity River Mainstem Fishery Restoration Environmental Impact Statement/Impact Report (EIS/EIR) directed the Department of Interior to undertake an innovative and system-oriented approach to recovering the River’s anadromous fish populations. The Trinity River Restoration Program (TRRP) was established to restore the attributes found in natural alluvial river systems on a managed river downstream of a dam. A combination of mechanical rehabilitation, sediment management, a naturalized flow release schedule, and adaptive environmental assessment and management (AEAM) will be used to reverse the impacts caused by decades of flow diversion on one of California’s most significant rivers. In addition to recovery of naturally-spawning anadromous fish populations in the Trinity River, the TRRP also presents a unique opportunity to advance scientific understanding of managed river systems and the recovery processes of natural systems for broader application.

The Trinity River Restoration Program (TRRP) is required to meet all state, federal and county environmental requirements for implementation of river restoration projects on the Trinity River.

The TRRP requires 4 major permits for Channel Rehabilitation. These are: 1) Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) Nationwide Permit #27 (NWP#27) for restoration, 2) North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (NCRWQCB) - Notice of Applicability to be covered under our existing General Permit (Water Quality Certification) for Channel Rehabilitation, and 3) Trinity County Floodplain development permit. In addition, when the ACOE issues their NWP#27 permit, they require that Endangered Species Act protection measures (as specified in the TRRP’s Biological Opinions – considered here to be the 4th required permit) are in place.

When state funding is provided, the TRRP is also required to obtain California Department of Fish and Wildlife streambed alteration permits and to comply with California Endangered Species Act requirements. Long-term gravel augmentation and fine sediment management project activities require separate permits from the USACE and the NCRWQCB.

Requirements of these permits include but are not limited to: resource evaluations and impact analyses for all project implementation activities. Surveys and projects must reduce impacts to less than significant. Discrete areas of concentration include:

• National Environmental Policy Act and California Environmental Quality Act documents and analyses

• Surveys & Management to support native vegetation and reduce non-native vegetation impacts

• Revegetation design, implementation, and monitoring

• Surveys and management to reduce impacts to fish and wildlife and ensure long-term habitat utilization (e.g., modeling to estimate inundation and use during various flow regimes).

• Cultural surveys and management to ensure that impacts to historical properties are less than significant

• Evaluation of revegetation 3 years post project and wetland status 5 years post project to meet permit requirements and ensure that there is no net loss over a 10-year period.

Turbidity monitoring during and post project

• Surveys to evaluate long-term (and sometimes immediate) impacts to birds and wildlife species of concern (e.g., ESA and CESA candidate species).

2.0 Objective

The primary objectives of the Environmental and Technical Support Services are to provide CEQA/NEPA compliance and mitigation support services and revegetation support.

Activities may include but are not limited to surveys and development of environmental compliance documents, project site level plant material supply, revegetation design, and revegetation and wetland performance monitoring/reporting.

3.0 Tasks

Task 1. Project Management

The Contractor shall have a project manager who tracks the scope, schedule and budget that will serve as the single point of contact to the Government for the services required in this PWS.

The Contractor shall prepare and submit a quarterly status report that covers: all activities completed, all activities planned to be completed within six (6) months of the report date, financial status, schedule, and identification of any outstanding issues. The Contractor shall furnish one (1) electronic copy of the report in Word or PDF format with full editing privileges.

The Contractor shall conduct quarterly project management meetings with TRRP staff.

Additional meetings will be held as necessary to coordinate work included in Tasks 2 through 4.

Meetings may be through teleconference.

The Contractor shall attend up to three (3), one (1) day meetings per year as directed by TRRP to present findings or coordinate on-going work with other program partners. Attendance may be via teleconference. The Contractor shall furnish electronic copies of all material and presentations given at meetings (within two (2) days of the meeting).

Deliverables:

• Submit a written status report to TRRP on the tenth business day at the end of every quarter throughout the duration of the period of service.

Task 2. Environmental Support Services

Task 2.1. Environmental compliance activities shall include preparation of CEQA and NEPA environmental review documents that are consistent in format and content with the existing Master EIR/EA and recent TRRP EA/IS’, and serve both federal and state agencies, as needed, for one stream restoration or flow related project per year. Developed documents may include initial studies, negative declarations, mitigated negative declarations, environmental assessments, and findings of no significant impact (FONSI). If necessary, EA development may transition to an EIS. Environmental review documentation will be produced for the remaining channel rehabilitation, riparian revegetation, tributary restoration, and sediment management projects. For each resource category presented in the impact analysis sections of the draft environmental documents the Contractor shall: 1) identify the potentially significant adverse environmental impacts, identify which mitigation strategies apply to each potentially significant adverse impact, and assess the level of significance of each impact before and after mitigation; 2) review, analyze, and revise NEPA review documents to meet U.S. Bureau of Reclamation NEPA requirements; and 3) meet CEQA lead agency requirements so that the CEQA lead agency may certify that CEQA guidelines have been met.

The Contractor shall provide resource specialists for complex environmental issues, if needed (i.e. – wetlands delineations, bird surveys, vegetation monitoring, water turbidity analyses, noise, water quality, cultural surveys, etc.).

Optional Task 2.1.1: Prepare up to one additional CEQA Initial Studies and NEPA Environmental Assessments for restoration or flow related projects per year, along with the associated FONSI, Negative Declarations, or Mitigated Negative Declarations.

Optional Task 2.1.2: Prepare up to one additional CEQA Initial Studies and NEPA Environmental Assessments for restoration or flow related projects per year, along with the associated FONSI, Negative Declarations, or Mitigated Negative Declarations.

Task 2.2. Contractor shall prepare permit applications to obtain all necessary and required local, County, State, and Federal permits required to implement one stream restoration project per year. Permit applications require certified wetland delineations on the current project sites along with project sites completed five years prior. The contractor shall research which permits are required to implement projects and shall communicate this information to the TRRP to ensure that the environmental documents are incorporated into the scope as required by the various agencies. At a minimum, Section 401, Section 404, and county flood plain development permit applications shall be prepared annually. Wetland delineations are also required for previous projects 5 years post construction.

Optional Task 2.2.1: Prepare application packages for Section 401, Section 404, County

Flood Plain Development, and other applicable permits for up to one restoration or flow related projects per year.

Optional Task 2.2.2: Prepare application packages for Section 401, Section 404, County

Flood Plain Development, and other applicable permits for up to one restoration or flow related projects per year.

Task 2.3. Contractor shall provide a trained moderator to lead one public meeting per year. Moderator should be skilled in facilitation of contentious natural resource topics. Meeting format may be either open house, presentation with question and answer, or formal hearing, and would be up to 3 hours in length.

2.3.1 Optional Task: Additional public meeting: Up to one additional public meeting would be supported under Task 2.3.

2.3.2 Optional Task: Additional public meeting: Up to one additional public meeting would be supported under Task 2.3.

2.3.3 Optional Task: Facilitation of TMC meeting: Facilitation of up to one additional full day meeting of the Trinity Management council would be supported under Task 2.3.

Deliverables:

• Prepare CEQA Initial Study and NEPA Environmental Assessment for one restoration or flow related project per year, along with the associated FONSI, Negative Declaration, and/or Mitigated Negative Declaration

• Prepare application packages for Section 401, Section 404, County Flood Plain Development, and other applicable permits for one restoration or flow related project per year.

Provide wetland delineations, in accordance with US Army Corps of Engineer’s standards, for one (1) past project and one (1) current projects per year

Task 3. Compliance and Revegetation Support Services

Task 3.1 Annual Revegetation Performance/Compliance Monitoring Status Report Environmental mitigation activities include specific measures required in applicable CEQA- NEPA documents and environmental permits to minimize impacts from TRRP channel rehabilitation, and coarse sediment augmentation activities. For example, during the course of TRRP’s channel rehabilitation projects riparian and wetland vegetation is removed.

Environmental permits require vegetation monitoring and compliance with the Riparian Revegetation and Monitoring Plan to ensure 1:1 areal replacement of impacted riparian vegetation. In addition, permits require that wetland acreages are the same or more 5 years after construction of a rehabilitation site than existed prior to construction activities.

The contractor shall perform revegetation performance/compliance monitoring activities for recent rehabilitation sites following the emphasis in Table 1. After 3 growing seasons are complete at a rehabilitation site, the contractor shall prepare a detailed revegetation performance/compliance monitoring report in accordance with the RRMP following the format in 2018 examples (e.g., Upper Douglas City Riparian Revegetation Monitoring report).

Performance/compliance monitoring activities shall include, but not be limited to, using pre and post construction aerial imagery (provided by TRRP) to determine pre and post project riparian revegetation areas and impacts, detailed site visits to classify riparian vegetation as remnant, regrowth/recruitment, or revegetation and quantify past revegetation plant survival and health for years 1, 2, & 3. The use of GIS information and files (provided by TRRP) to show where original revegetation plantings were performed, and the contractors GIS information collected by site visits, shall be used to show actual survival of revegetation at planted locations. In years 5 and 10 the contractor shall use aerial imagery (provided by TRRP) to determine remnant, regrowth/recruitment, and revegetation areas, and assess project sites ability to meet regulatory requirements of “no net loss” of riparian vegetation by year 10.

Table 1. Mitigation and Regulatory Compliance Monitoring and Reporting with Associated Decisions and Actions Related to Planting Performance and Riparian Vegetation Recovery Requirements

Years since construction

Monitoring Activity Analysis Decision Point Action Report

3 Planting performance and riparian vegetation recovery areal assessment

Quantify native woody plant density in potential recovery areas;

quantify areal extent of observed recovery areas;

planting survival, vigor, and browse (i.e., planting performance)

Do native woody plant density, planting survival, and health/vigor indicate recovery of impacted area (1:1 areal extent) by year 10?

If density, survival, vigor, and browse surveys indicate impact will not be mitigated, propose remedial actions

Section in annual report to regulatory agencies describing potential and observed recovery areas and make prognosis for whether areas are on track to meet recovery goals. Propose remedial actions if necessary.

Optional Task 3.2 Annual Revegetation Design

Based upon government-furnished digital terrain models, the contractor shall provide riparian revegetation designs for channel rehabilitation sites (up to 1 per year). Designs will be conceived to exceed 1:1 replacement of riparian and wetland vegetation after 5 years. Existing designs from previous projects will be provided by the government as a template.

3.2.1 Optional Task: Additional annual revegetation designs: Provide up to one additional riparian revegetation design for channel rehabilitation sites per year.

3.2.2 Optional Task: Additional annual revegetation designs: Provide up to one additional riparian revegetation design for channel rehabilitation sites per year.

Optional Task 3.3 Plant Material Supply (Time and Materials) Contractor will also procure plant materials and/or revegetation supplies for implementation projects. Plant materials shall be from a certified nursery for container stock, seeds from sources within the state of CA as near to the revegetation site as practicable, or dormant cuttings harvested and maintained during dormant season. Container stock vs. Dormant Cuttings and species list with quantities shall be determined by the TRRP office on an annual basis and could consist of a combination of material sources and types.

Deliverables:

• Prepare annual Revegetation Performance/Compliance Monitoring Status Report with

GIS figures

• Provide annual Revegetation performance/compliance presentation at the TRRP office in Weaverville, CA. Presentation may be virtual.

• Optional Task 3.2 Implementation-ready revegetation design(s) for riparian planting of up to three project sites per year

• Optional Task 3.3. Coordinate, grow/harvest/procure, and deliver plant materials based on TRRP program annual needs for implementation.

4.0 Type of Contract

The government will award a hybrid Time-and-Materials and Firm-Fixed Price Contract.

5.0 Period of Performance

The period of performance shall be from September 24, 2024 through September 23, 2025 with four (4), one-year options extending through September 23, 202

6.0 Administrative Information

6.1 Recognized Holidays

The Contractor is not required to perform services as recognized on the following holidays:

New Year’s Day Labor Day Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday Columbus Day President’s Day Veteran’s Day Memorial Day Thanksgiving Day

Independence Day Christmas Day

6.2 Hours of Operations

The contractor is responsible for conducting business, between the hours of 8AM to 5PM, Monday through Friday except Federal holidays or when the Government facility is closed due to local or national emergencies, administrative closings, or similar Government directed facility closings. For other than firm fixed price contracts, the contractor will not be reimbursed when the government facility is closed for the above reasons. The Contractor must at all times maintain an adequate workforce for the uninterrupted performance of all tasks defined within this PWS when the Government facility is not closed for the above reasons. When hiring personnel, the Contractor shall keep in mind that the stability and continuity of the workforce are essential.

6.3 Place of Performance

Work to be performed in accordance with this requirement will occur along the Trinity River and/or surrounding landscapes. Coordination with stakeholders and agencies will occur primarily within the Trinity and Humboldt Counties. Meetings and/or presentations may need to take place at the TRRP office in Weaverville, CA.

6.4 Security

The following FAR Clause 52.204-21 and WBR 1452.237-80 applies to all security standards for this project.

The contractor shall be responsible for coordinating landowner access permission with TRRP prior to accessing private property or approaching landowners for access permission.

The contractor shall be responsible for safeguarding all government equipment, information and property provided for contractor use, if furnished. At the close of each work period, government facilities, equipment, and materials shall be secured.

6.5 Special Considerations

Note that revegetation activities will require coordination with other TRRP contractors including a civil construction contractor and may be restricted by Section 401, Section 404, County Flood Plain Development, and other applicable permits.

Property Access Permission and Permits Trinity River Restoration Program shall obtain any necessary landowner permission and/or access agreements. The Contractor shall not access any property without prior landowner permission. TRRP maintains access agreements with several landowners along the Trinity River that cover Contractor access. The Contractor shall coordinate landowner access permission with TRRP prior to accessing private property or approaching landowners for access permission. A minimal level of coordination with landowners may be required by the Contractor.

Independent Publication by the Contractor If the Contractor independently pursues publication (journals, conference proceeding, trade publications, marketing materials, etc.) using any data or information developed under this contract, the Contractor shall cite the contract number and provide full acknowledgements to TRRP. Additionally, TRRP shall be informed of the publication and provided the opportunity to review and comment on a final draft of the publication. TRRP shall not be responsible for any costs incurred by the Contractor.

7.0 Data Requirements

General Data Requirements Data include any quantitative or qualitative information deliverables gathered for monitoring or analysis of the Trinity River or surrounding landscape, including baseline information to assist with monitoring or analysis. Data requirements set forth here are to enable the Weaverville TRRP office to comply with the Data Quality Act (Section 515 of the Consolidated

Appropriations Act, 2001). Data received from the Contractor shall, at USBR discretion, be subject to inspection prior to acceptance. USBR will notify the Contractor of any rejected geospatial databases and/or metadata within 60 days, to be returned to the Contractor for correction and returned to USBR within 90 days from the rejection notification date. USBR will make payment to the Contractor upon final acceptance of the metadata. Metadata received from the Contractor shall be delivered in the same delivered package as the data.

Format All data deliverables shall be submitted to TRRP in formats accessible by the Weaverville TRRP office staff with standard computers and software (Windows based PC with Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, ArcGIS, or AutoCAD). Unless otherwise specifically agreed upon by Weaverville TRRP office staff, these include:

o XLS (MS Excel spreadsheets) o CSV (Comma Separated Value tables) o MDB (MS Access database) o JPEG or TIFF (for photos and other images) o Geospatial formats given below under “Additional Requirements for Geospatial Data”

Documentation Data deliverables shall be documented as to:

1. data collection protocol, methods, or standard operating procedure;

2. sampling strategy and design;

3. data storage and formatting structure including fieldname definitions and other necessary information for reasonable interpretation of the data;

4. units and accuracy;

5. linkage structure for relational databases except for automatically generated structure within spatial components of geodatabases.

Security/Privacy The contractor shall provide full disclosure regarding any security/privacy concerns of all data that is delivered to BOR.

7.1 Additional Requirements for Geospatial Data

All geospatial data deliverables shall comply with applicable international, national and Federal information technology and geographic information standards, particularly those determined by the Federal Geographic Data Committee as supporting the National Spatial Data Infrastructure.

Failure to comply with the official policy on spatial data as set forth in three Office of Management and Budget Circulars (OMB A-16, OMB A-119, and OMB A-130) and by presidential Executive Order 12906 will not be acceptable and payment for work incurred will not be forth coming until these requirements are met.

Geospatial data deliverables include any of the following: geographic information system (GIS) data, Remote Sensing, Aerial Photography, computer aided drafting (CAD), imagery, global positioning system (GPS) data, etc. in the form of databases (tabular or geospatial) or map products. Geospatial data submitted to TRRP shall meet specific spatial requirements and federal regulations in addition to the general Data Requirements (above).

Format Unless otherwise specifically agreed upon by Weaverville TRRP office staff, data shall be submitted in one or more of the following formats:

o ESRI Shapefile o ArcGIS File Geodatabase (may include vector and raster formats) o ArcGIS Personal Geodatabase o GeoTIFF o XYZ (space delimited text format for LiDAR data) o AutoCAD DWG, include as appropriate o breaklines within DWG files o points additionally as CSV or NEZD file (northing, easting, elevation, and description) Media Unless otherwise specifically agreed upon by Weaverville TRRP office staff, data shall be submitted on one or more of the following media, readable by a standard, contemporary Microsoft Windows based computer:

o CD o DVD o external hard drive with USB connectivity

Metadata In accordance with OMB A-16, the U.S. Government Requires metadata compliant with standards set by the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC;

www.fgdc.gov/nsdi/nsdi.html). Metadata tools provided within ArcGIS indicate minimum requirements of FGDC compliant metadata by marking fields as “Required”. For sake of maintaining connections between data, documentation, and data origins, TRRP requires that the Abstract, Purpose, or Supplemental Information fields provide reference to the collection agency or organization, data collection and sampling documents, and resulting reports.

Datum and Projection Geospatial data shall be submitted in the following datums and projections, unless otherwise specifically agreed upon by TRRP personnel:

o Horizontal Datum:

o North American Datum 1983 (NAD83) o Vertical Datum:

o North American Vertical Datum (NAVD88), o or Geoid 2009 o Horizontal projection:

o Geographic Coordinate System (unprojected latitude and longitude in decimal degrees) o or California State Plane, zone 1 (units in U.S. Survey Feet).

http://www.fgdc.gov/nsdi/nsdi.html

Accuracy Geospatial accuracy shall be specified in supporting documents including FGDC compliant metadata. Accuracy documentation must include both the source of geospatial measurements (e.g. GPS receiver with processing level) and a clear measure of accuracy (for 95% of measurements, if possible). Be aware that Root-Mean-Square-Error (RMSE) statistics indicate an average accuracy not appropriate for a 95% certainty. Typical levels of GPS processing and corresponding accuracy are provided in the following table; accuracy statistics such as Garmin’s “Estimated Positional Error” provided by cheaper GPS units are often inappropriate for the accuracy measurements required here. GPS receivers must be properly configured to provide output in the correct projection and datum.

GPS &

processing level

Accuracy (95% of measures are within...)

Recreational grade GPS (e.g. Garmin)

15 meters

Recreational grade GPS with WAAS correction

5 meters

Mapping grade GPS with differential correction

1-3 meters

Survey Grade GPS with differential correction

< 1 meter

Real-Time ~ 2.5 cm

Kinnematic GPS with proper base station support and processing

The U.S. National Map Accuracy Standards (http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/nmpstds/nmas.html) provide guidance for converting accuracy to map scale. These may be interpreted to the following table:

Accuracy (90% of points are within...)

Map Scale

0.85 meters 1:1000

4.23 meters 1:5000

10.2 meters 1:12,000

12.2 meters 1:24,000

50.8 meters 1:100,000 127 meters 1:250,000 254 meters 1:500,000

Security/Privacy http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/nmpstds/nmas.html

The Recipient/Contractor shall provide full disclosure regarding any security/privacy concerns of all data that is delivered to BOR. This will be fully documented in the metadata in accordance with the Federal Geographic Data Committee Standard Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata, FGDC-STD-001-1998.

8.0 Performance Assessment Plan

(a) Monitoring Performance. During the course of the evaluation period, the COR will track Contractor performance. Interim (mid-term) evaluations may be provided to identify strengths and weaknesses in the Contractor's performance during the period being evaluated. At the end of the period, the COR will assess the Contractor's performance in accordance with the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) and report to the Contracting Officer. The BOR has the right to inspect and test all services called for by the contract, to the extent practicable at all times and places during the term of the contract.

(b) Contractor Self-Assessment. Following each evaluation period, the Contractor may provide a written self-assessment of its performance to the COR to be considered in its report to the Contracting Officer. The self-assessment shall be submitted not later than 5 working days after the end of each evaluation period. The self-evaluation shall not exceed 1 page per PRS element.

The self-assessment shall address both the strengths and weaknesses of the Contractor's performance during the evaluation period. Where deficiencies in performance are noted, the Contractor shall describe the actions planned or taken to correct such deficiencies and avoid their recurrence. The self-assessment itself will NOT be the basis for the Disincentives determination.

(c) COR Recommendation. The COR will consider all evaluations and any other pertinent information, including Contractor self-assessment, and will prepare a report to the Contracting Officer with findings and recommendations. The Contractor will be provided a copy of the draft findings and recommendations of the COR and will be afforded the opportunity to identify factual errors. The COR's draft recommendation is not subject to negotiation and the COR will not engage in discussions with the Contractor. Any errors identified by the Contractor will be addressed by the COR in its final report. The Contractor will be provided a copy of the final COR report at the same time the report is submitted to the Contracting Officer.

(d) Invoicing. The Contractor shall submit one copy of all payment invoices, with the appropriate backup documents to the COR. The COR will determine if the invoice is complete and proper as submitted. The COR also will determine if billed services have been satisfactorily performed and if expenses billed are correct. If it is determined that the amount billed is incorrect, the COR will, within seven days, request the Contractor to submit a revised invoice. The Contractor shall specifically identify his invoice “Final Invoice.” The Final invoice shall include the remaining payment claimed to be due under the basic contract and all modifications issued, if any. The final invoice shall also have the Contractor’s Release of Claims Certificate attached.

(e) The Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan is one evaluation method the government uses to surveil performance to determine whether the Contractor meets the standards of performance as defined in the PWS. The absence of a QASP for any contract requirement, however, shall not detract from its enforceability or limit the rights or remedies of the government under any other provision of the contract in determining the quality of the Contractor performance.

9.0 Technical Exhibits

Technical Exhibit 1: Performance Requirement Summary Description: Identifies the performance indicator, standards, and acceptable quality level the Contractor must meet to successfully perform each service identified in the contract. The PWS includes the intended method of determining performance against the standard.

PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY AND

QUALITY ASSURANCE SURVIELLANCE PLAN (QASP)

Products Performance Indicator Performance Standard

Task 1 Project Management Prompt receipt of updates including scope, schedule, budget, and risks Modifications received by the first business day of each month unless otherwise agreed to by the COR.

Schedule changes for performance milestones and deliverables should be less than one month and less than 10% without an agreed upon change in scope.

Quarterly status report Schedule Report received within two weeks of due date.

Task 2 NEPA/CEQA documents Regulatory and policy compliance Documents meet standards of each action agency which is required to review and sign.

Permit application packages

Regulatory and policy compliance Documents meet standards of each regulatory agency which is required to review and issue permits.

Wetland delineations Regulatory and policy compliance Wetland delineations are accurate and accepted by state and federal regulatory agencies.

Facilitation Management of contentious meeting Facilitator/moderator will have skill in facilitating contentious natural resources meetings and will maintain a professional atmosphere.

Meetings will stay on agenda and within ground rules.

Task 3 Revegetation monitoring status report

Complete and accurate characterization of natural and program-funded revegetation

Annual reports are prepared in accordance with requirements listed in the program’s Riparian Revegetation and Monitoring Program document in the format of the example Upper Douglas City Riparian Revegetation Monitoring Report.

Revegetation designs Complete and feasible designs for revegetation of channel rehabilitations sites

Sufficient detail is provided to enable the government or a contractor to implement the design. Design will result in a minimum of 1:1 replacement of wetland and riparian plant aerial cover within 5 years.

Plant material supply Timely delivery of viable plants All nursery stock certified to be free of Phytopthera and bears no signs of pests or pathogens.

Container stock and other live plants delivered on schedule with no less than 100% of plants alive and viable at time of delivery. Plants have sufficient root mass to support above ground biomass but are not root bound.

Procured pure live seed has at least 85% germination rate.