F--Collect, Propagate & Transplant - IDIQview on SAM.gov

This is a Sources Sought announcement for acquisition planning purposes and no formal solicitation for this requirement exists at this time. This is NOT a request for proposals and is NOT to be construed as a commitment by the Government. This information presented in this announcement will not obligate the Bureau of Reclamation in any manner. All businesses, regardless of size, capable of and interested in performing the proposed project may submit capability statements for consideration. Based upon response to this announcement and capability statements, the Government may determine to set this acquisition aside, proceed with an unrestricted solicitation or decide on an alternate procurement strategy. Information provided in response to this announcement is voluntary. The Government will not pay for any information submitted in response to these sources sought notice. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 111421, Nursery and Tree Production, and the Small Business Size Standard of $3.25M. The government is looking to award a five-year Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) with a ceiling estimated to be $6M. The Proposed Project The Bureau of Reclamation, Interior Region 8: Lower Colorado Basin (LCB), has a requirement to obtain services for the collection, propagation, and planting of native vegetation on LCB Multi-Species Conservation Program (MSCP) Conservation Areas. The contractor shall be able to perform transplanting services at all locations. General Requirements The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision and any other items and non-personal services necessary to carry to collect, propagate, and perform large-scale transplanting of native vegetation. The Contractor's unique qualifications shall include the ability to: Propagate from seed or cutting the following species: Anemopsis californicus (yerba mansa), Atriplex canescens (fourwing saltbush), Atriplex lentiformis (quailbush), Atriplex polycarpa (cattle saltbush), Baccharis salicifolia (mule fat), Baccharis sarothroides (desert broom), Bouteloua gracilis (blue grama), Distichlis spicata (saltgrass), Distichlis sticata (Inland saltgrass), Eleocharis palustris (common spikerush), Festuca arizonica (Arizona fescue), Muhlenbergia asperifolia (scratchgrass), Paspalum distichum(knot grass), Pluches odorata (marsh fleabane), Populus fremontii (Fremont cottonwood), Prosopis glandulosa v. torreyanna (honey mesquite), Salicornia spp. (pickleweed), Salix exigua (coyote willow), Salix gooddingii (Goodding¿s willow), Schoenoplectus californicus (California bulrush), Schoenoplectus americanus (Scirpus olneyi) (Chairmaker's bulrush), Scirpus tabernaemontani (softstem bulrush), Sporobolus aeroides (alkali sacaton) for the establishment of up to 200,000 plants. The Contractor shall maintain greenhouse facilities capable of housing up to 1,000,000 plugs and 50,000 potted pl…