MODIFICATION
F -- USDA NRCS Kentucky WRP Tree Planting - Amendment 1
- Notice Date
- 7/13/2012
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 115112
— Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Kentucky State Office, 771 Corporate Drive, Suite 210, Lexington, Kentucky, 40503-5479
- ZIP Code
- 40503-5479
- Solicitation Number
- AG-5C16-S-12-0019
- Archive Date
- 8/18/2012
- Point of Contact
- Bruce Lawrence, Phone: 859-224-7312
- E-Mail Address
-
bruce.lawrence@ky.usda.gov
(bruce.lawrence@ky.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Site Showing Attendees Site Showing Minutes Tree Planting Specifications AG-5C16-S-12-0019 amendment 000001 Amendment 000001 dated July 13, 2012 revises the original solicitation. The changes are reflected in the information below. In addition, this amendment incorporates the corrected NRCS specifications as attached. The previous version is obsolete and should NOT be used for bidding purposes. The site showing minutes and attendees are attached to this amendment. USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Kentucky is requesting services under a Firm-Fixed Price contract for wetland restoration consisting of planting bare root tree seedlings on 14 WRP sites and planting containerized tree seedlings on 2 sites located in the following counties of Kentucky: Ballard, Fulton, Graves, Marshall, and McCracken. The successful contractor will be required to perform site preparation work before planting, purchase the bare root and containerized seedlings, plant the seedlings according to NRCS contract specifications, and perform post planting site preparation. The contract calls for the purchase of 304,250 tree seedlings that will be planted on approximately 693.0 acres. The contract also calls for the purchase of 1,848 containerized tree seedlings that will be planted on approximately 66.0 acres. Types of site preparation will include the following: 1. 287.0 acres of mowing to a height of 8 inches, followed by a chemical application of 1.5 quarts of Glyphosate per acre before 10/1/2012 followed by a second chemical application of 1.0 Ounce of Oust at time of planting if seedlings are planted after March 1, 2013, or after planting and before the seedling buds break dormancy if the seedlings were planted before March 1, 2013; 2. 54.0 acres of mowing to a height of 8 inches, followed by a chemical application of 2.0 quarts of Glyphosate per acre before 10/1/2012 followed by a second chemical application of 1.0 Ounce of Oust at time of planting if seedlings are planted after March 1, 2013, or after planting and before the seedling buds break dormancy if the seedlings were planted before March 1, 2013; 3. 26.0 acres of strip mowing 10 foot wide strips to a height of 8 inches; 4. 40.0 acres of mowing to a height of 8" 7 days after contract award, immediately followed by a chemical application of 1.5 quarts of Glyphosate per acre; 5. 352.0 acres of no site preparation needed do to planting into agricultural crop stubble or sparse fallow ground; This solicitation is restricted and has been set-aside for small business concerns. The solicitation, specifications, maps, wage determination and experience questionnaire are listed with this announcement. One site showing will be held. The site showing will be held on Tuesday, July 10, 2012 starting at the Ballard County NRCS Service Center, 1156 Kentucky Avenue, Kevil, KY 42053 at 8:00 A.M. Central Time. The phone number for the Ballard County Service Center is 270-462-8980. Attendance is not mandatory, but highly encouraged. The planting sites shown will consist of the following: A. Bid Item 1 - Larry Drummond WRP site in Ballard County D. Bid Item 4 - Swan Lake Farm WRP site in Ballard County J. Bid Item 10 - James Hawkins WRP site in McCracken County P. Bid Item 16 - Ed Anthony WRP site in McCracken County G. Bid Item 7 - Donald Chapman WRP site in Marshall County
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/NRCS/KYSO/AG-5C16-S-12-0019/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: As listed in Schedule B of the solicitation package., Kentucky, United States
- Record
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