Seed and Weed Services for Lucky Peak Nursery

Closed Solicitation Posted

Solicitation number
1240LR24Q0048
Agency
Responses due
Set-aside
Total Small Business

Opportunity facts

Place of performance
Boise, Idaho 83716, United States

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

Paragraph 1:

The USDA Forest Service is seeking to procure seed and weed services for the Lucky Peak Nursery located near Boise, Idaho. The purpose of this solicitation is to secure services to maintain one-year old shrub seedling beds, two-year old shrub and conifer beds, and long-term seed increase beds in a weed-free condition between the months of May to August. The contractor will be responsible for removing weeds without damaging seedlings, maintaining the seed beds with no weeds, and disposing of all extracted vegetation. The government will evaluate offers based on a best value trade-off between past performance and price, and proposals are due by May 3, 2024 at 2:00 PM MT via email to the Contracting Officer.

Paragraph 2:

This solicitation is designated as a 100% small business set-aside with a NAICS code of 115310 and a size standard of $10 million. The government has not provided any details on potential incumbents or current contractors. While the exact award value is not specified, the contractor will be responsible for providing all labor, supplies, equipment, and transportation required to perform the services, while the government will provide receptacles/dumpsters for the weeds. The services are to be performed at the USDA Forest Service's Lucky Peak Nursery, located approximately 17 miles east of Boise, Idaho on Highway 21.

Notice text

The purpose of this solicitation is to secure services to maintain one-year old shrub seedling beds, 2 year old shrub and conifer beds and long-term seed increase beds in a weed-free condition between the months of May to August at the Lucky Peak Nursery.  These services shall consist of removing the weeds without damaging seedlings or forbs, maintaining the seed beds in a condition so that there are no weeds of any size, remove and dispose of all extracted vegetative material to an agreed disposal site.  The weeding may require multiple entries per field during the contract period. Services are to be performed at the USDA Forest Service, Lucky Peak Nursery, located approximately 17 miles east of Boise, ID on Highway 21.  The Contractor will provide all supervision, labor, supplies, drinking water and sanitation facilities for the weeding operation, and incidental items that may be required in the performance of the contract.  The Contractor will provide weeding tools, hoes and buckets or sacks for weeds.  Provisions can be made to store contractor-provided equipment at the Nursery between scheduled weeding services.  The Contractor will provide equipment for transportation of unwanted vegetation to dump station.  Such equipment must be approved by the Government’s Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR).  The Government will furnish the following property:  receptacles/dump stations (dumpsters) into which the Contractor will dispose of the extracted weeds.

POC is Pamela Brande, Contracting Officer at pamela.brande@usda.gov

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