2009 Native Grass Seed Production

Added: Apr 17, 2009 9:45 am Synopsis

Solicitation Number AG-04R3-S-09-0002

Response Date: 05/27/2009

Solicitation Issue Date: 05/04/2009

Partial Set-Aside: 50% small business set-aside

NAICS: 111998 Other Miscellaneous Farm Crops, $0.75 million





The work consists of producing native grass and forb seed species (and straw) for the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management in the States of Oregon and Washington and the Forest Service in the State of Idaho. Purity, germination, noxious weed tested seed shall be provided by the government for field establishment. The Contractors growing facility must be located within the Columbia River Basin of eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, or western Idaho. This is an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity, commercial item, performance-based service contract spanning multiple years (5 years). Contract award will be based on the criteria stated under INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS COMMERCIAL ITEMS in the Solicitation. A number of contracts will be awarded as a result of this solicitation. The actual number of awards will be dependent on offers received and the best value analysis process, but the intent is to have a sufficient number of awardees to provide a pool for competition of task orders. An order will be placed with each contractor at time of award. The Government anticipates at least one-half of the awards will be made to Small Business concerns. Over the duration of the contract, individual task orders with actual quantities will be issued and competed. When placing Task Orders, Small Business concerns will be given first consideration. The Bureau of Land Management located in the States of Oregon and Washington are authorized to issue task orders against this contract.



Estimated start work date is June 1, 2009 and ending December 31, 2014.