Attachment 7 PLS_MFR_2 CH 1.pdf
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- HERBICIDE TREATMENT OF INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES
- Solicitation number
- FA6703-24-Q-0010
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This document is a combined synopsis and solicitation for a Request for Quote (RFQ) under Simplified Acquisition Procedures to perform invasive species management services for the Department of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Georgia.
The solicitation is a 100% Small Business set-aside for environmental consulting services under NAICS code 541620 with a $19 million size standard. The contractor is required to provide labor, materials, equipment, transportation, reports, and other documentation to perform foliar spray application and cut stump/vine application of herbicide, and submit findings and data to Dobbins personnel. The period of performance includes a base year plus four one-year option periods. Quotes are due by 2:00 pm on September 4, 2024, and award will be made to the responsive/responsible offeror whose quote is most advantageous to the government based on price and technical/past performance factors. A mandatory site visit is scheduled for August 16, 2024.
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MFR
Survey of Pink Lady’s Slipper (Cypripedium acaule)
On April 16, 2024, and April 22, 2024, Dobbins Natural Resource Program Manager conducted a survey to gain information about the location and number of the state protected species, Pink Lady’s Slipper.
Pink Lady's Slipper is a large, showy wildflower belonging to the orchid family. It has two opposite basal leaves with conspicuous parallel veins and a large flower at the end of an upright stalk. Pink Lady’s Slippers grows in shade to partial shade; moist, rich, acidic soil, mulch with compost, near pine trees and in partially rotted pine straw. They rely on a particular fungus present in the soil for their growth. Pink Lady’s Slipper (PLS) are listed among the 103 plants protected in Georgia by the provisions of the Georgia Wildflower Preservation Act of 1973.
Staff inspected 4 areas on base and noted the following number of PLS:
1. SPA 11 - Near the cemetery – approximately 16 PLS plants (not in contracted work zone)
2. SPA-8 area – approximately 7,620 PLS plants
3. SPA – 9 area – approximately 784 PLS plants
4. SPA-10 area – approximately 301 PLS plants
Highlighted = south side of air base
**When using herbicides, the applicator must be vigilant not to spray them and must maintain a 10-foot buffer around them. They typically bloom late March/early April and are in bloom until the end of May/Early June.
SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Cypripedium acaule
COMMON NAME:
Pink Ladyslipper
SCIENTIFIC NAME PRONOUNCIATION:
sip-rih-PEE-dee-um a-KAW-lee
PLANT TYPE:
Perennial
PLANT HARDINESS ZONES:
3-8
PLANT HARDINESS ZONE(S):
USUAL SIZE:
6-12 in. H X 9-12 in. W
FLOWER:
Solitary; pouch-shaped with petals flairing to the sides above pouch; pouch magenta to whitish-pink to rarely white.
BLOOM TIME NOTES:
Spring
LEAF:
1-2 elliptical leaves; pubescent (hairy); basal leaves only; prominent veins.
FRUIT:
A capsule
WILDLIFE:
Attracts bumblebees; dependent on native bees for pollination and has low pollination rate.
NATURAL HABITAT:
Dry, acidic woods; typically on slopes or steep hillsides.
CULTURAL NOTES:
Pink Ladyslipper (Cypripedium acaule) grows in shade to partial shade; moist, rich, acidic soil; mulch with compost, partially rotted pine straw is best;
INTEGRATED NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PLAN
Dobbins ARB pink lady's slipper orchid locations
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