Attachment 001 Specifications Pesticide and Application .pdf

Attachment 001 Specifications Pesticide and Application – Clay Center NE

****SPECIFICATIONS ONLY DO NOT USE AS PRICE SHEET*******

1.0 Background and Purpose:

Scientists at the Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (USMARC) are developing scientific information and new technology to solve high priority problems for the U.S. beef, sheep, and swine industries. Pesticides are a crop production product is required for the crops grown to feed the research animals.

CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS

2.0 Technical Requirements/Tasks:

The following items will need to be applied as stated below and according to label. Any

Brand Name or Equal (noted as “Alternate” below) require pdf labels included with offer.

The applied price per acre will consist of the following: amount of chemical applied times the exact number of acres applied. The contractor will not bill for acres that are not successfully sprayed.

These applications will need to be timely and as field/weather conditions warrant. The contractor must provide written spray logs stating acres applied, time, weather conditions, and amount of pesticide applied, every month.

USMARC personnel will provide a map containing the legal descriptions of the fields and will call 24-48 hours in advance of which fields can be sprayed.

3.0 Schedule and CLIN Structure

CLIN SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES QTY UNIT

250 acres sprayed to kill an existing alfalfa stand and kill an established grazing pasture per specifications. Period of Performance: 03/01/2023 to

04/30/2023

250 AC

Specifications: Acres applied at 15 Gallons/Acre. March through April

2023 time frame of application as scheduled by USMARC personnel. A total of approximately 250 acres will be sprayed to kill an existing alfalfa stand and kill an established grazing pasture.

Existing Alfalfa Stand Burndown:

2 4/D- 20 oz/Acre

Sharpen- 2oz/Acre

Roundup Powermax- 20 oz/Acre

Non-Ionic Surfactant, AMS/Adjuvant as Needed

2500 corn acres sprayed with pre-emergent chemicals and 2500 corn acres sprayed with post emergent chemicals per specifications. Period of

Performance: 03/01/2023 to 07/31/2023

5000 AC

Specifications: Corn Acres applied at 15 Gallons/Acre. March through July

2023 time frame of application as scheduled by USMARC personnel. A total of approximately 2500 corn acres will be sprayed with pre-emergent chemicals and those same 2500 corn acres will be sprayed with post emergent chemicals.

Pre-Emerge:

Resicore XL- 1.25 Qts./Acre

Atrazine- 1 Qt/Acre

Roundup Powermax- 20 oz/Acre

Non-Ionic Surfactant, AMS/Adjuvant as Needed

Post-Emerge:

Resicore XL- 1.25 Qts./Acre

Atrazine- 1 Qt/Acre

Roundup Powermax- 20oz/acre

Status 5 oz/Acre

800 soybean acres sprayed with pre-emergent chemicals and 800 soybean acres sprayed with post emergent chemicals per specifications. Period of

Performance: 03/01/2023 to 07/31/2023

1600 AC

Specifications: Soybean Xtend Acres applied at 15 Gallons/Acre. March through July 2023 time frame of application as scheduled by USMARC personnel. A total of approximately 800 soybean acres will be sprayed with pre-emergent chemicals and those same 800 soybean acres will be sprayed with post emergent chemicals.

Pre-Emerge:

Zidua Pro- 6 oz/Acre

2 4/D LV#6- 12 oz/Acre

Roundup Powermax- 20 oz/Acre

Non-Ionic Surfactant, AMS/Adjuvant as Needed

Post-Emerge:

Zidua SC- 2.75 oz/Acre

Engenia- 12.8 oz/Acre

Roundup Powermax- 20oz/acre

Volunteer- 16 oz/Acre

600 acres sprayed to kill an existing alfalfa stand/annual forage per specifications. Period of Performance: 03/01/2023 to 09/30/2023

600 AC

Specifications: Annual forage acres applied at 15 Gallons/Acre. March through September 2023 time frame of application as scheduled by

USMARC personnel. A total of approximately 600 acres will be sprayed to kill an existing alfalfa stand/annual forage.

Existing Grass/Forage Crop:

2 4/D -20 oz/Acre

Roundup Powermax-32 oz/Acre

700 acres sprayed to kill broadleaf weeds going into annual forage per specifications. Period of Performance: 03/01/2023 to 09/30/2023

700 AC

Specifications: Annual forage acres applied at 15 Gallons/Acre. March through September 2023 time frame of application as scheduled by

USMARC personnel. A total of approximately 700 acres will be sprayed to kill broadleaf weeds going into annual forage.

Existing Grass/Forage Crop:

Dual II Magnum- 1.67pt/Acre

Roundup Powermax-32 oz/Acre

CLINs 0006 and 0007 are funded only as needed options and may or may not be required according to weather, crop rotation, and growing season challenges.

450 soybean acres will be sprayed on an as needed basis per specifications.

450 AC

Specifications: Soybean Xtendflex acres applied at 25 Gallons/Acre. June through July 2023 time frame of application as scheduled by USMARC personnel. A total of approximately 450 soybean acres will be sprayed in addition to the Item#3 on this sheet. This item is on an as needed basis and the decision to spray won’t be made until May/June 2023.

Post-Emerge:

Liberty-43 oz/Acre

2000 acres sprayed to kill broadleaf weeds going 2000 AC into annual forage and/or burndown of cereal rye on an as needed basis per specifications.

2000 AC

Specifications: Optional and extra acres if needed for respray. March through September 2023 time frame of application as scheduled by

USMARC personnel. A total of approximately 2000 acres will be sprayed to kill broadleaf weeds going into annual forage and/or burndown of cereal rye.

Optional Spray Acres:

Roundup Powermax-20 oz/Acre

4.0 Deliverable / Schedule/ Address:

To be as described in the Technical Requirements. Facility address is listed below:

USMARC

844 Road 313

Clay Center NE 68933

5.0 Government Furnished:

Shipping address and a map with legal description for each field that will be sprayed.

6.0 Performance Requirement Measures:

Pesticides in the quantities and applied as specified in the technical requirements.

7.0 Invoicing Schedule:

Invoicing to be submitted upon completion of field application.