SOLICITATION NOTICE
F -- Collection, cultivation and production of Southern Appalachian Ecotype native grasses and forbs
- Notice Date
- 7/23/2012
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 111421
— Nursery and Tree Production
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, R-8 Cherokee National Forest, 2800 N. Ocoee Street, Cleveland, Tennessee, 37312
- ZIP Code
- 37312
- Solicitation Number
- AG-4756-S-12-0033
- Point of Contact
- Jane M. Adler, Phone: 423-476-9713, Nina B Barrow, Phone: 423-476-9706
- E-Mail Address
-
jadler@fs.fed.us, nbarrow@fs.fed.us
(jadler@fs.fed.us, nbarrow@fs.fed.us)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Cherokee National Forest has a long term requirement (5 years) for the collection, cultivation and commercial production of Southern Appalachian Ecotype native grasses and forbs. Contractor shall collect seed from eleven native plant species located at an existing 1-acre production bed at the Warren Wilson College near Asheville, NC. The contractor shall work in conjunction with the Warren Wilson staff to maintain the existing one acre production beds and also increase the capacity to at least three to five acres in production, either on the Warren Wilson campus or on suitable lands in the Asheville area to produce viable seed for the Forest Service over a five year period. Deliverables will be due on January 1 and July 1 of each calendar year, beginning January 1, 2013, and will consist of reports and cleaned seed. Contract time: date of award through January 1, 2016. ESTIMATED PRICE RANGE: $25,000 - $150,000. PROJECT LOCATION: Warren Wilson College, 701 Warren Wilson Road, Swannanoa, NC 28778 (mailing address P.O. Box 9000, Asheville NC 28815). SET-ASIDE: 100% Small Business SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS: This solicitation, AG-4756-S-12-0033, and related documents will be issued via FedBizOpps as an Request for Quotation and will be available for downloading on or about August 1, 2012 at the website address: http://www.fedbizopps.gov/. PRE-BID TELECONFERENCE: A pre-bid teleconference (not mandatory) will be scheduled; time and date will be included in the solicitation.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/FS/4756/AG-4756-S-12-0033/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Warren Wilson College, 701 Warren Wilson Road, Swannanoa, North Carolina, 28778, United States
- Zip Code: 28778
- Zip Code: 28778
- Record
- SN02811730-W 20120725/120723235234-37d093988e77183d9e053d15ef7235a8 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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