Solicitation819.pdf

United States Department of the Interior

FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

Region 6, Acquisition Goods and Services

Joint Administrative Operations 134 Union Boulevard

Lakewood, CO 80228-1807

NOTICE TO OFFERORS

Solicitation Number: 140F0621Q0185

Description: BIG MUDDY NFWR - SEED ORDER FOR MISSOURI RIVER FLOODPLAIN

Location: USFW Big Muddy National Fish & Wildlife Refuge, 18500 Brady Lane, Boonville, MO 65233

Instruction to Offerors:

Before submitting an offer, please read the entire solicitation package carefully. Return the following items with your response:

SF18

Signed SF30s or Acknowledgment of any/all Amendments to Solicitation

Interested contractors must be registered and active in SAM (System for Award Management, www.sam.gov) and complete online representations and certifications before the solicitation response due date.

RFQ Response: Email Subject Line: 140F0621Q0185 – Quotation Due Date: Monday, August 30, 2021 at 3:00 PM EST

Basis for Award: Best Value to include the acceptance conference room furniture compatible with upgraded AV conference room equipment, delivery timeframe, and price.

Questions/Clarification: Email Subject Line: 140F0621Q0171 – Question/Clarification Due Date: COB, Tuesday August 24, 2021.

Contracting Point of Contact, Lee Ann Riley can be reached at lee_riley@fws.gov All questions should be submitted via email only.

When submitting questions or quotes, please be sure to include the solicitation number in the subject line of your email.

mailto:lee_riley@fws.gov

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Big Muddy National Fish & Wildlife Refuge

18500 Brady Lane Boonville, MO 65233

Statement of Work

Native Wet and Mesic Prairie Habitat Seed for Missouri River Floodplain

Overview and Site Condition:

The USFWS Big Muddy NFWR is Seeking quotes from qualified contractors for a native wet and mesic prairie seed mix for central Missouri. The area to be seeded is 80 acres of formerly agricultural farmland in the Missouri River floodplain broken out into the following habitat types: approximately 65 acres native grass and forb dry mesic planting and 15 acres of wet mesic grass and forb planting. Seed mix ratios should follow the attached “Seed Mix 2021 Quote Sheet Big Muddy NFWR 8-17-2021.” Planting will be completed by USFWS staff, so quote is only for seed and delivery to Big Muddy NFWR Headquarters.

Location:

Cooper County, Missouri. Latitude: 38.954899°, Longitude: -92.611368°.

Contract Contact Information:

Lee Ann Riley, Contract Specialist, lee_riley@fws.gov

Project Manager:

(after award of contract)

Corey Lee Deputy Refuge Manager

Big Muddy National Fish &Wildlife Refuge

Jason Wilson Project Leader

Big Muddy National Fish &Wildlife Refuge

Contractor Responsibilities:

• Seed must be delivered to Big Muddy NFWR Headquarters by December 1,

• Seed must follow attached “Seed Mix 2021 Quote Sheet BIG MUDDY NFWR 8- 17-2021” document.

• Any substitutions must be approved by Corey Lee, Big Muddy NFWR Deputy Refuge Manager.

mailto:lee_riley@fws.gov

BIG MUDDY NFWF Mesic Prairie Restoration NFWF $

Date of Delivery: 1-Dec-21 Species list compiled by Chris Woodson Total Acres: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Delivery Location: Boonville, MO Seed Origin:

Planting Name: Dry Mix (forbs only needed) Planting Size (acres): 189

FORBS % of mix by Common Name Botanical Name seeds/oz lbs/acre oz/acre seeds/sqft seeds/sqft total lbs needed price/lb price/acre total $ Genetic Origin Leadplant Amorpha canescens 12208 0.1115 1.784 0.500 6.18 21.0735 $0.00 $0.00 Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa 4375 0.062 0.992 0.100 1.24 11.718 $0.00 $0.00 Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca 4031 0.205 3.28 0.304 3.76 38.745 $0.00 $0.00 White Wild Indigo Baptisia alba 1700 0.032 0.512 0.020 0.25 6.048 $0.00 $0.00 Cream Wild Indigo Baptisia bracteata 1400 0.0194 0.3104 0.010 0.12 3.6666 $0.00 $0.00 Partridge Pea (A) Chamaecrista fasciculata 4063 0.3 4.8 0.448 5.53 56.7 $0.00 $0.00 Tickseed Coreopsis Coreopsis tripteris 12500 0.07 1.12 0.321 3.97 13.23 $0.00 $0.00 White Prairie Clover Dalea candida 17375 0.08 1.28 0.511 6.31 15.12 $0.00 $0.00 Purple Prairie Clover Dalea purpurea 17438 0.1 1.6 0.640 7.91 18.9 $0.00 $0.00 Showy Ticktrefoil Desmodium canadense 5250 0.08 1.28 0.154 1.90 15.12 $0.00 $0.00 Sessile-Leaf Ticktrefoil Desmodium sessilifolium 5000 0.08 1.28 0.150 1.85 15.12 $0.00 $0.00 Pale Purple Coneflower Echinacea pallida 6625 0.15 2.4 0.365 4.51 28.35 $0.00 $0.00 Rattlesnake Master Eryngium yuccifolium 11106 0.042 0.672 0.171 2.11 7.938 $0.00 $0.00 Ashy Sunflower Helianthus mollis 7000 0.05 0.8 0.129 1.59 9.45 $0.00 $0.00 Roundhead Lespedeza Lespedeza capitata 10875 0.0376 0.6016 0.150 1.85 7.1064 $0.00 $0.00 Prairie Blazing Star Liatris pycnostachya 7500 0.0182 0.2912 0.050 0.62 3.4398 $0.00 $0.00 Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa 74766 0.02 0.32 0.549 6.78 3.78 $0.00 $0.00 Stiff Goldenrod Oligoneuron rigidum, Solidago rigida 63063 0.03 0.48 0.695 8.59 5.67 $0.00 $0.00 Wild Quinine Parthenium integrifolium 7000 0.039 0.624 0.100 1.24 7.371 $0.00 $0.00 Slender Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium 378000 0.005 0.08 0.694 8.57 0.945 $0.00 $0.00 Gray-headed Coneflower Ratibida pinnata 26356 0.07 1.12 0.678 8.38 13.23 $0.00 $0.00 Rosinweed Silphium integrifolium 2563 0.08 1.28 0.075 0.93 15.12 $0.00 $0.00 Compass Plant Silphium laciniatum 1150 0.12 1.92 0.051 0.63 22.68 $0.00 $0.00 New England Aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 68750 0.0059 0.0944 0.150 1.85 1.1151 $0.00 $0.00 Western Ironweed Vernonia baldwinii 24000 0.0284 0.4544 0.250 3.09 5.3676 $0.00 $0.00 White Crownbeard Verbesina virginica 16250 0.0419 0.6704 0.250 3.09 7.9191 $0.00 $0.00 Yellow Crownbeard Verbesina helianthoides 9000 0.0303 0.4848 0.100 1.24 5.7267 $0.00 $0.00 Golden Alexanders Zizia aurea 10750 0.0962 1.5392 0.380 4.69 18.1818 $0.00 $0.00 Sawtooth Sunflower Helianthus grosseserratus 39375 0.0069 0.1104 0.100 1.24 0.552 $0.00 $0.00 Total Forbs 2.0113 32.1808 8.095 100.00 379.3836 $0.00 $0.00

Planting Name: Existing Stand (forbs only needed) Planting Size (acres): 43

FORBS % of mix by Common Name Botanical Name seeds/oz lbs/acre oz/acre seeds/sqft seeds/sqft total lbs needed price/lb price/acre total $ Genetic Origin Leadplant Amorpha canescens 12208 0.1115 1.784 0.500 5.31 4.7945 $0.00 $0.00 Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa 4375 0.073 1.168 0.117 1.24 3.139 $0.00 $0.00

Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca 4031 0.239 3.824 0.354 3.76 10.277 $0.00 $0.00 White Wild Indigo Baptisia alba 1700 0.032 0.512 0.020 0.21 1.376 $0.00 $0.00 Cream Wild Indigo Baptisia bracteata 1400 0.0199 0.3184 0.010 0.11 0.8557 $0.00 $0.00 Partridge Pea (A) Chamaecrista fasciculata 4063 0.3 4.8 0.448 4.76 12.9 $0.00 $0.00 Tickseed Coreopsis Coreopsis tripteris 12500 0.08 1.28 0.367 3.90 3.44 $0.00 $0.00 White Prairie Clover Dalea candida 17375 0.085 1.36 0.542 5.75 3.655 $0.00 $0.00 Purple Prairie Clover Dalea purpurea 17438 0.105 1.68 0.673 7.15 4.515 $0.00 $0.00 Showy Ticktrefoil Desmodium canadense 5250 0.09 1.44 0.174 1.85 3.87 $0.00 $0.00 Sessile-Leaf Ticktrefoil Desmodium sessilifolium 5000 0.08 1.28 0.150 1.59 3.44 $0.00 $0.00 Pale Purple Coneflower Echinacea pallida 6625 0.16 2.56 0.389 4.13 6.88 $0.00 $0.00 Rattlesnake Master Eryngium yuccifolium 11106 0.05 0.8 0.204 2.17 2.15 $0.00 $0.00 Ashy Sunflower Helianthus mollis 7000 0.06 0.96 0.154 1.64 2.58 $0.00 $0.00 Roundhead Lespedeza Lespedeza capitata 10875 0.05 0.8 0.200 2.12 2.15 $0.00 $0.00 Prairie Blazing Star Liatris pycnostachya 7500 0.02 0.32 0.055 0.58 0.86 $0.00 $0.00 Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa 74766 0.03 0.48 0.824 8.75 1.29 $0.00 $0.00 Stiff Goldenrod Oligoneuron rigidum, Solidago rigida 63063 0.035 0.56 0.811 8.61 1.505 $0.00 $0.00 Wild Quinine Parthenium integrifolium 7000 0.039 0.624 0.100 1.06 1.677 $0.00 $0.00 Slender Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium 378000 0.005 0.08 0.694 7.37 0.215 $0.00 $0.00 Gray-headed Coneflower Ratibida pinnata 26356 0.08 1.28 0.774 8.22 3.44 $0.00 $0.00 Rosinweed Silphium integrifolium 2563 0.08 1.28 0.075 0.80 3.44 $0.00 $0.00 Compass Plant Silphium laciniatum 1150 0.14 2.24 0.059 0.63 6.02 $0.00 $0.00 New England Aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 68750 0.02 0.32 0.505 5.36 0.86 $0.00 $0.00 Western Ironweed Vernonia baldwinii 24000 0.0284 0.4544 0.250 2.65 1.2212 $0.00 $0.00 White Crownbeard Verbesina virginica 16250 0.0419 0.6704 0.250 2.65 1.8017 $0.00 $0.00 Yellow Crownbeard Verbesina helianthoides 9000 0.0303 0.4848 0.100 1.06 1.3029 $0.00 $0.00 Golden Alexanders Zizia aurea 10750 0.12 1.92 0.474 5.03 5.16 $0.00 $0.00 Sawtooth Sunflower Helianthus grosseserratus 39375 0.01 0.16 0.145 1.54 0.8 $0.00 $0.00 Total Forbs 2.215 35.44 9.418 100.00 95.615 $0.00 $0.00

Planting Name: Wet Mix (grasses and forbs) Planting Size (acres): 80

GRASSES % of mix by Common Name Botanical Name seeds/oz lbs/acre oz/acre seeds/sqft seeds/sqft total lbs needed price/lb price/acre total $ Genetic Origin Big bluestem Andropogon gerardii 10313 0.3 4.8 1.000 13.07189542 24 $0.00 $0.00 Indiangrass Sorghastrum nutans 10313 0.25 4 1.000 13.07189542 20 $0.00 $0.00 Switchgrass Panicum virgatum 16250 0.21 3.36 1.250 16.33986928 16.8 $0.00 $0.00 Prairie Cordgrass Spartina pectinata 12313 0.27 4.32 1.200 15.68627451 21.6 $0.00 $0.00 Fox Sedge Carex vulpinoidea 81063 0.0403 0.6448 1.200 15.68627451 3.224 $0.00 $0.00 Canada Wildrye Elymus canadensis 7125 0.7642 12.2272 2.000 26.14379085 61.136 $0.00 $0.00 Total Grasses 1.8345 29.352 7.650 100.00 146.76 $0.00 $0.00

FORBS % of mix by Common Name Botanical Name seeds/oz lbs/acre oz/acre seeds/sqft seeds/sqft total lbs needed price/lb price/acre total $ Genetic Origin Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata 9610 0.08 1.28 0.282 3.51 6.4 $0.00 $0.00 Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca 4031 0.081 1.296 0.120 1.49 6.48 $0.00 $0.00 False Aster Boltonia asteroides 128938 0.015 0.24 0.710 8.84 1.2 $0.00 $0.00 White Wild Indigo Baptisia alba 1700 0.048 0.768 0.030 0.37 3.84 $0.00 $0.00 Tickseed Sunflower (A/B) Bidens aristosa 8125 0.09 1.44 0.270 3.36 7.2 $0.00 $0.00 Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa 74766 0.02 0.32 0.550 6.85 1.6 $0.00 $0.00 Sawtooth Sunflower Helianthus grosseserratus 39375 0.01 0.16 0.145 1.81 0.8 $0.00 $0.00

Heath Aster Symphyotrichum ericoides 200000 0.001 0.016 0.073 0.91 0.08 $0.00 $0.00 New England Aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 68750 0.02 0.32 0.505 6.29 1.6 $0.00 $0.00 Willowleaf Aster Symphyotrichum praealtum 130000 0.002 0.032 0.096 1.20 0.16 $0.00 $0.00 Prairie Ironweed Vernonia fasciculata 24000 0.0227 0.3632 0.200 2.49 1.816 $0.00 $0.00 Obedient Plant (virginiana) Physostegia virginiana 11000 0.04 0.64 0.162 2.02 3.2 $0.00 $0.00 Sweet Black-Eyed Susan Rudbeckia subtomentosa 44500 0.0306 0.4896 0.500 6.23 2.448 $0.00 $0.00 Virginia Bunchflower Melanthium virginicum 9000 0.0151 0.2416 0.050 0.62 1.208 $0.00 $0.00 Stiff Goldenrod Oligoneuron rigidum, Solidago rigida 63063 0.03 0.48 0.700 8.72 2.4 $0.00 $0.00 Wild Goldenglow Rudbeckia laciniata 10000 0.0408 0.6528 0.150 1.87 3.264 $0.00 $0.00 Giant St. Johnswort Hypericum ascyron 112500 0.015 0.24 0.620 7.72 1.2 $0.00 $0.00 Blue Vervain Verbena hastata 93750 0.02 0.32 0.689 8.58 1.6 $0.00 $0.00 Foxglove Beardtongue Penstemon digitalis 100164 0.015 0.24 0.552 6.88 1.2 $0.00 $0.00 Cup Plant Silphium perfoliatum 1400 0.3 4.8 0.154 1.92 24 $0.00 $0.00 Oxeye or Falser Sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides 6563 0.13 2.08 0.375 4.67 10.4 $0.00 $0.00 Pale Purple Coneflower Echinacea pallida 6625 0.15 2.4 0.370 4.61 12 $0.00 $0.00 Gray-headed Coneflower Ratibida pinnata 26356 0.075 1.2 0.726 9.04 6 $0.00 $0.00 Total Forbs 1.2512 20.0192 8.029 100.00 100.096 $0.00 $0.00

Grand Total $0.00