A04_-_SoW.pdf

STATEMENT OF WORK

Purchase of Herbicide Sterilant for Refuge Use

1. GENERAL

1.1. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Mid-Columbia River National Wildlife Refuge

Complex has a requirement to purchase herbicide to maintain ground of selected roads, work sites, parking lots and non-crop areas within our Complex refuges.

2. DEFINITIONS

2.1. USFWS: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Mid-Columbia River National Wildlife Refuge

Complex.

3. SCOPE

3.1. The vendor shall supply the requested amounts of the following herbicides and sterilant

OR EQUAL PRODUCTS; to be considered equal, products must have the identified “SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS” and be suitable for the specific application uses.

3.1.1. 7.5 gallons of Esplanade 200 SC. Active ingredients: Indaziflam 19.05%. Salient characteristics: Esplanade 200 SC is a suspension concentrate herbicide containing

1.67 lb of indaziflam per gallon. Equivalent products must be suitable for long-lasting pre-emergence control of annual grasses and broadleaf weeds in non-crop areas.

3.1.2. 15 gallons of Plateau Herbicide. Active ingredient: Imazapic (as the ammonium salt) 23.6% Salient characteristics: Plateau® is a suspension concentrate herbicide containing 2.0 lb of imazapic acid equivalent per gallon. Equivalent products must be suitable for pre-emergence and early post-emergence control of annual and perennial grasses and broadleaf weeds to maintain bare ground and annual grasses in non-crop areas.

3.1.3. 150 gallons of Cheetah Pro herbicide. Active ingredient: Glufosinate Ammonium (24.5%). Salient characteristics: contains 2.34 lbs. per one gallon. Equivalent products must be suitable for the prevention and control of bare ground and non-crop area annual and perennial weeds.

3.2. All proposed “equal products” will be reviewed by USFWS personnel to ensure product equivalency, (i.e., active ingredient(s), concentration of active ingredient(s)) are met.

3.3. All herbicides must be registered for use in Washington and Oregon by the respective state regulatory agency.

4. PLACE AND PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

4.1. Vendor shall arrange delivery to:

McNary National Wildlife Refuge 497 Gallant Road Burbank, WA 99323

4.2. Products shall be delivered within 30 days of contract award.

4.3. The vendor shall notify and confirm a delivery time at least 24 hours prior to delivery.

5. INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

5.1. USFWS shall inspect products upon arrival to ensure undamaged condition.

5.2. Evaluation and acceptance will be determined by the Technical Coordinator and/or

Refuge staff (names given upon contract award)

6. AVAILABILITY

6.1. Normal duty hours are Monday through Thursday, 6:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

USFWS normal non-duty hours include nights, weekends, and government holidays (including Columbus Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Day, and Martin Luther King Jr. Day). In the event of emergencies, the vendor shall provide contact information.

7. TECHNICAL COORDINATORS

7.1. Katie Maikis Luke Roser

Mid-Columbia River NWRC Mid-Columbia River NWRC 64 Maple St 64 Maple St Burbank, WA 99323 Burbank, WA 99323 Phone: 509-380-4927 Phone: 240-727-2565 katherine_maikis@fws.gov luke_roser@fws.gov

8. ADMIN POC

8.1. Melissa VanderVeen, Administrative Support Assistant

Mid-Columbia River NWRC 64 Maple St.

Burbank, WA 99323 Phone: 509-492-1048 melissa_vanderveen@fws.gov http://?

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