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This is a specifications document for a federal procurement by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) U.S. Vegetable Laboratory in Charleston, SC. The procurement seeks a two-row sweet potato transplanter with ground drive system, adjustable wheels, and plant spacing transmission to replace manual planting methods that currently require significant personnel to annually plant approximately 25,000 individual sweet potato plants by hand. The modernization effort aims to reduce labor requirements, improve efficiency, lower costs, and align with industry standard practices.
The transplanter must be compatible with 10-12 inch sweet potato vine cuttings and include specific technical requirements: two-row configuration, central drive, fit and finished machining, roller chain with positive sprocket engagement for bare root slips, gripper planting chains, high accuracy plant spacing and depth control, rigid toolbar, irrigation tanks, disc kit for each opening shoe, and Category II 3-point hitch capability. The equipment must be delivered within 90 days of contract award to the USDA U.S. Vegetable Laboratory at 2700 Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC 29414. No pricing information, set-aside designations, or response deadlines are specified in this document.
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Specifications
Two-row sweet potato transplanter with ground drive system, adjustable wheels, and plant spacing transmission
1.0
Requirement. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) U.S. Vegetable Laboratory in Charleston, SC has a need for a two-row sweet potato specific transplanter with ground drive system, adjustable wheels, and plant spacing transmission.
The contractor shall be required to deliver the transplanter in accordance with the technical requirements in Section 3 below.
2.0 Background. The U.S. Vegetable Laboratory has depended on significant personnel to annually plant ~25,000 individual sweet potato plants, by hand, for many decades.
Modernizing our planting methods by utilizing a transplanter would significantly reduce personnel labor requirements, improve efficiency, reduce labor costs, and bring our research program up to date with industry standard practices and with other sweet potato research programs.
CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS
Technical Requirements/Tasks. This project requires the purchase of a transplanter compatible with 10-12” sweet potato vine cuttings (slips), with ground drive system, adjustable wheels, and plant spacing transmission to ensure proper alignment and spacing within rows and must have the following specifications:
2.1 Two row
2.2 Central drive
2.3 Fit and finished machining
2.4 Roller chain, positive sprocket engagement, grips bare root slip
2.5 Gripper planting chains
2.6 High accuracy for plant spacing, depth control
2.7 Rigid toolbar
2.8 Includes irrigation tank(s)
2.9 Disc kit in front of each opening shoe
2.10 Category II 3-point hitch
2.11 The transplanter shall be deliverable onsite to the address listed below no later than 90 days from the date of award.
3.0 Place of Delivery: The transplanter must be delivered within 90 days of award to USDA, U.S. Vegetable Laboratory 2700 Savannah Hwy, Charleston, SC 29414.
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