Performance Work Statement.pdf

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT of AGRICULTURE

AGRICULTURE RESEARCH SERVICE

CONSERVATION and RESEARCH LABORATORY 2300 Experiment Station Road

Bushland, Texas, 79012

6 January 2022

Summary of Procurement Request for a Supply Purchase

Requirement Name: Supply Purchase of a One Planter Upgrades

Suggested Method of Procurement: Sole Source

POC: Patricia Roark, AO Email: Patricia.roark@usda.gov Cell: 806-336-7685

Prior Contract: N/A

Required Delivery Date: 1 April 2022

Performance Work Statement / Statement of Work:

General Information:

Background and Purpose: The USDA, Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) requires the basic need for supply purchase of Cone Planter Upgrades. The Soil and Water Management Research unit (SWMRU) at the ARS laboratory in Bushland Texas does extensive research on dryland and irrigated production systems. Cotton is routinely a subject of investigation. In collaboration with Kansas State University, Texas A&M AgriLife, Texas Tech University and West Texas A&M University, a major effort is being launched in which research results are needed to better understand the interaction between cotton genetics and environment (different locations on a north-south gradient from Lubbock, Texas to Colby, Kansas. This research requires a large number of plots per experiment/location. Typically cropping research at Bushland utilizes six row pots. However, for this study, 4 row plots will work better.

The location has an under-used 4 row John Deere (JD) planter (MaxEmerge XP planter). However, the seed boxes on this planter does not facilitate planting small plants with different cotton varieties/ germplasm. The desired outcome from this procurement action is the purchase of after-market equipment that will facilitate the precise planting of small plots. The Cone Planter Upgrades is a necessity to preserve the required research studies located at the Conservation and Production Research Laboratory (CPRL), 2300 Experiment Station Road, Bushland, Texas 79012.

1. Definitions:

1. USDA: Unites States Department of Agriculture

2. ARS: Agricultural Research Service

3. CPRL: Conservation and Production Research Laboratory

4. SOW: Statement of Work

5. SWMRU: Soil and Water Management Research Unit

6. JD: John Deere

CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS:

2. Technical Requirements/Tasks:

Specifications for the Cone Planer Upgrades:

a) Four seed boxes with cone shaped inserts (wide part of the cone at the bottom of the pseed box where seeds are delivered to the planting mechanism)

b) Electrical and other hardware components to control seed delivery from the planter box to the planting mechanism c)Assembly components for attaching the seed boxes and associated tool bar to the planter frame

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT of AGRICULTURE

AGRICULTURE RESEARCH SERVICE

CONSERVATION and RESEARCH LABORATORY 2300 Experiment Station Road

Bushland, Texas, 79012

3. Deliverable / Schedule:

Key Deliverables

Item No. Deliverable Objective Due

1 Cone Planter Upgrades

Per Above Technical Requirements / Task

1 April 2022

5. Government Furnished:

N/A

6. Travel:

N/A

7. Contractor’s Key Personnel:

N/A

8. Security Requirements:

N/A

9. Data Rights:

N/A

10. Section 508 – Electronic and Information Technology Standards:

N/A

11. Performance Requirement Measures N/A

12. Market Research Quotes (if any): N/A