Procurement & Installation of a new Processing/Potting Machine
Closed Solicitation Posted
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- Solicitation number
- 12445021Q0059
- Agency
- Forest Service Department of Agriculture
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 333111 Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing
- PSC
- 3750 Gardening Implements And Tools
- Place of performance
- Arecibo, Puerto Rico, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
This solicitation requests proposals for the procurement and installation of a new soil mixing and potting machine for the El Vivero Central Cambalache tree nursery in Puerto Rico. The International Institute of Tropical Forestry is procuring a tip table, incline conveyor, power buster, screener, hoppers, agitator, potting machine, portable conveyor, and electrical control panel to replace aging equipment damaged by hurricanes and earthquakes. Contractors must deliver and install the new equipment, relocate and upgrade the electrical system to current safety standards, and provide training along with operational and preventive maintenance plans, as outlined in a nine-page Statement of Work. Proposals are due by September 18, 2021 with award anticipated by September 30, 2021 and project completion by February 28, 2022.
The solicitation is set aside for total small businesses and issued by the Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The work involves NAICS code 238990 with a PSC code R499 and will be performed at the Cambalache Tree Nursery facility located at 10 Ave San Patricio, Arecibo 00612, Puerto Rico. The replacement equipment must be procured and installed by February 2022 to support the nursery's reforestation efforts supplying trees to seven regional nurseries across the island.
Notice text
The International Institute of Tropical Forestry (IITF) is requesting the procurement and installation of a new processing potting machine needed to support reforestation projects developed by the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (PR DNER). Relocate and upgrade, as needed, existing electrical system related to the safe operation of the machine and supply a comprehensive operational plan and a preventive maintenance schedule all in accordance with the attached Statement of Work (SOW, 9 pages). Removal and disposal of existing potting machine will not be required.
The El Vivero Central Cambalache owned by the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, a state agency, is the primary tree nursery in Puerto Rico. It supplies most trees for all 7 regional nurseries on the island. The site is composed of an administrative building, irrigation and power systems, green houses, shade houses, open dry areas, a seed germination laboratory, and a soil mixing and pot filling equipment in the machinery shed. The purpose of this contract is to replace the soil mixing and pot filling equipment which was originally acquired by the state agency in February 1999. It was in service since that date, providing plants to several state-owned nurseries and other agencies.
Due to Hurricane Maria and subsequent earthquakes incidents, the equipment is no longer in operation and damaged beyond repair. New proposed work includes the upgrading of the electrical system that will power the units. This upgrade is needed to bring it to meet NEC and OSHA standards, and not contemplated on the original installation.
Due to structural improvements on this site, contracted by FEMA funds, the unit will be relocated on a sounder space reducing environmental impact to the units.
Attachments
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 12445021Q0059-Potting Machine.pdf | ||
| Cambalache Old Potting Machine.zip | ZIP file |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Procurement & Installation of a new Processing/Potting Machine | Award Notice | |
| Procurement & Installation of a new Processing/Potting Machine | Solicitation |
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