Statement of Need Grass Seed Riverside National Cemetery.pdf

Statement of Need Grass Seed- Riverside National Cemetery

The Contractor shall provide all necessary expertise, supervision, labor, equipment, and supplies to accomplish the delivery of Grass Seed to the Riverside National Cemetery, located at 22495 Van Buren Boulevard, Riverside, CA 92518.

Delivery to be accomplished within the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday thru Friday. No work will be allowed to be performed on weekends and official government Holidays, without advance written consent of the Contracting Officer Representative (COR).

A. Salient Characteristics:

Grass Seed: Fresh, clean, dry, new-crop seed complying with "Association of Official Seed Analysts (AOSA), Rules for Testing Seed" for purity and germination tolerances. Seed shall be labeled in conformance with U. S. Department of Agriculture rules and regulations under the Federal Seed Act and applicable state seed laws. Wet, moldy, or otherwise damaged seed will not be acceptable.

2. Seed Species: Festuca arundinacea (Turf Type Tall Fescue); not less than 85 percent germination, not less than 98 percent pure live seed, and not more than 0.15 percent weed seed.

3. Seed Characteristics: The selected seed must exhibit an early expression of strong, aggressively spreading rhizomes under mown turf conditions. The seed must exhibit high wear tolerance under sports and high use pressure as turf. It must also produce active growth in cool weather conditions when soil and air temperatures cool off in late fall, winter and early spring.

The turf must feature high brown patch and crown rust resistance, high turf density, with fine leaf texture and a dark green color, strong seedling vigor for quick establishment, high drought tolerance with good persistence, good cool weather active growth with early spring green-up, reduced fungicide requirements, a fast establishment, high endophyte levels for insect control and stress tolerance, increased wear tolerance and persistence, improved summer turf quality.

4. Turfgrass Seed Mix 100% Festuca arundinacea (Turf Type Tall Fescue) with a minimum of five regionally adapted cultivars, three of which must exhibit strong expression of spreading by rhizomes; Available Product: ‘Water Saver w/ RTF Turf Type Tall Fescue’, or approved equal.

Percent Seed Germination Origin

24.55% Barmesh (RTF) Tall Fescue 85% OR

19.79% Rhambler II Tall Fescue 85% OR

19.72% 2nd Millennium Tall Fescue 85% OR

19.04% Barlexas II (RTF) Tall Fescue 85% OR

14.95% Barrepair (RTF) Tall Fescue 85% OR

Statement of Need Grass Seed- Riverside National Cemetery

a) Seed shall have minimum NTEP trial ratings as described in Table 1.

Table 1: Seed Description Characteristic Rating (1-9) 9=Highest

Rating

Mean Turf Quality 6.2 Leaf Texture Mean 6.0 Spring Density Mean 6.3 Relative Growth Rate 2.7 Seedling Vigor Mean 6.5

b) Seed shall have minimum Rutgers University Trial ra ngs as described in Table 2.

Table 2 Seed Description Characteristic Rating (1-9) 9=Highest Rating Speed of Establishment

7.0

Disease Rating 7.0

Turfgrass Quality Rating

6.9

End of Statement of Need