ATTACHMENT_1_UFO_SOIL_RESTORATION_PELLETS_SPECIFICATIONS.pdf
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- BLM-CO Soil Restoration Pellets
- Solicitation number
- 140L1724Q0042
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This document is an attachment containing specifications for custom soil amendment pellets required under a federal contract opportunity. The key details are:
The solicitation is for the supply and delivery of 72 yards of custom soil amendment pellets to be used for soil restoration on a project site. The pellets must meet specific organic content, mineral, and soil biota requirements based on site soil analysis. The pellets must be in a cubed or pelletized form suitable for application using a rangeland spreader. All ingredients must be 100% organic as certified by a reputable third-party agent. The pellets should have a carbon to nitrogen ratio of 25% organic matter and consist of various organic materials like coconut husk peat, compost, guano, and kelp meal.
The federal contract opportunity is a Request for Quote (RFQ) for BLM-CO Soil Restoration Pellets, Solicitation Number 140L1724Q0042. The period of performance is September 1, 2024 to November 30, 2024. This is a supply and delivery only contract, with no application of pellets required. The pellets will be unloaded and stored at the UFO office. The contract is a total small business set-aside under NAICS code 325314 - Fertilizer (Mixing Only) Manufacturing. Award will be based on price and other factors, with low price being the deciding factor among technically acceptable offers with satisfactory past performance.
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UFO PELLETIZING SOIL RESTORATION SPECIFICATIONS
Custom Soil Amendment
Requirements:
• 72 Yards of Custom Soil Amendment with appropriate organic content, traces minerals amendment, and soil biota tailored to address deficiencies in project site soils
• Vendor will perform (or will contract to be performed) soil sample analysis to determine composition of tailored amendment blend
• Conditioner/Amendment will be delivered in a cubed or pelletized form to allow for flow through a typical rangeland spreader fitted on a low-impact tractor
• Vendor must ensure that microbial amendment remain viable during the pelletizing process
• Application rate will be approximately 4 yards of raw product per acre
• All ingredients will be 100% organic as certified by Colorado Department of Agriculture, One
Cert, CCOF or any other reputable 3rd Party Certification Agent.
• Pellet Size and Shape: Pellet size and shape may vary, but should be no greater than 1” in the largest dimension with the goal to be as small as possible if other structural limits are not exceeded
• Carbon to Nitrogen Ratio: <20:1 with >25% organic matter
• Soil amendment should include the following ingredients:
Coconut Husk Peat Sphagum Peat Dynamic Dressing Chicken Litter Compost Oyster Shell Flower Dolomite Lime Gypsum Feather Meal Worm Castings Azomite Fossilized Seabird Guano Inland Icelandic Kelp Meal Molasses Humate Citric Acid Greensand
• Additionally, the following ingredients may be included if soils tests indicate deficiency:
Fishbone Meal Wheat Berries Cracked Corn Mycorrhizal Inoculant Sterilized Organic Non-GMO Rice Hulls
Sawdust Manganese Sulfate Zinc Sulfate Natural Potash Borate Natural Bitterants Saponin
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