Game_Bird_PWS-1.docx

Gamebird Delivery PWS The contractor shall provide up to 350, but no less than 200, ring-necked pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) to a single rally point at the USAG West Point Army Garrison on no less than two, and up to four stocking events annually between 20 September and 1 December for the length of the contract. The government may also request up to 100 chukar (Alectoris chukar) annually for an experimental stocking. Specific dates each year will be agreed upon by the contractor and installation contract officer representative (COR). The contractor may substitute Phasianus colchicus subspecies, i.e Japanese green pheasant, with COR approval.

Birds shall be handled humanely, arrive in good health, full-grown and mature, with mature plumage and tail feathers. The contractor shall supply an approximately equal sex ratio of 50% males and 50% females. Birds shall not be delivered with blinders.

State permits for wildlife release are the responsibility of the installation. Any additional permits, etc. are the responsibility of the contractor.

Birds shall be transported in poultry crates, 10 to a crate mixed by sex, for easy handling and transport. Stocking shall be accomplished by West Point staff and volunteers who will receive crates at a single road-side rally point and distribute birds throughout the reservation. This process may take up to 4 hours total. Empty crates shall be returned to the agreed upon rally point and retrieved by the contractor following stocking. Crates lost or irreparably damaged by West Point staff or volunteers may be charged to the installation at an agreed upon price.

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Birds shall arrive in the number ordered.

Birds shall arrive in good health. Sick birds shall not be accepted.

Mature birds shall be delivered. Immature, small, underweight birds shall not be accepted.