A04_-_SoW.pdf

STATEMENT OF WORK

Purchase of Herbicide Sterilant for Refuge Use

1. GENERAL

1.1. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Central Washington National Wildlife Refuge

Complex has a requirement to purchase herbicide and adjuvant 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, Central Washington 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. 17.5 gallons of Plateau. Active ingredients: Ammonium salt of imazapic (23.6%).

Salient characteristics: Contains 2.0 lbs of active ingredient per gallon. Equivalent products must be suitable for use for pre-emergence and post-emergence and to maintain bare ground and perennial species in non-crop areas.

3.1.2. 12.5 gallons of Esplanade 200SC. Active ingredient: Indaziflam (19.05%). Salient characteristics: Contains 1.67 lbs. Indaziflam per gallon. Equivalent products must be suitable for pre-emergent long-lasting control and growth suppression of broadleaf and annual grass weeds in bare ground and non-crop areas.

3.1.3. 70 gallons of Cheetah Pro. Active ingredient: Glufosinate Ammonium (24.5%).

Salient characteristics: contains 2.34 lbs. per gallon. Equivalent products must be suitable for the prevention and control of bare ground and non-crop area annual and perennial weeds.

3.1.4. 22.5 gallons of MSO. Principal functioning Agent: Methylated seed oil (100%).

Equivalent products must be suitable to maximize the deposition and soil residual activity of most herbicides and nutritional products when used as a soil application.

3.1.5. 15 gallons of Efficax. Principal functioning agent: Esterified seed oil (94.79%).

Equivalent products must be suitable to maximize the deposition and soil residual activity of most herbicides and nutritional products when used as a soil application.

It can also be used with fungicides, biological nutrients and nutritional products as a foliar application.

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 and adjuvants 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. Trina Staloch Nicholas Rowe

Central Washington NWRC Central Washington NWRC 64 Maple St 64 Maple St Burbank, WA 99323 Burbank, WA 99323 Trina Phone: 320-241-6230 Nick Phone: 509-412-4082 trina_staloch@fws.gov nicolas_rowe@fws.gov

8. ADMIN POC

8.1. Melissa VanderVeen, Administrative Support Assistant

Central Washington NWRC 64 Maple St.

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