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BLM FY21-2 Fall Consolidated Seed Buy. Amendment 1 issued to address Questions and Answer from the Pre-bid conference call.

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THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE ONLY. The Bureau of Land Management, National Interagency Fire Center, intends to issue a solicitation for the Fall 21-2 Consolidated Seed Buy under SOLICITATION NUMB... THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE ONLY. The Bureau of Land Management, National Interagency Fire Center, intends to issue a solicitation for the Fall 21-2 Consolidated Seed Buy under SOLICITATION NUMBER 140L3721R0010. The seed requirement will be for various quantities and varieties of seed to be delivered to multiple locations. Requirement Specifications will be provided with the solicitation documents. This procurement will be Full and Open Competition. The NAICS code is 113210 Forest Nurseries and Gathering of Forest Products, size standard is $12M. Multiple awards and multiple delivery locations will be awarded as firm-fixed price contracts on a best value basis. TYPE OF CONTRACTS: The government expects to make awards on or before August 11, 2021. The Government will award one or more contracts resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror(s) whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government. The evaluation criteria will be conducted under a Best Value basis. The solicitation documents including specifications and bid sheet will be issued on or about June 30, 2021 and will be posted on the sam.gov/content/opportunities website. This date is subject to change. Hard copy documents will not be available - all documents will be posted at the website for download. Offers will be due about 3 weeks after issuance of the solicitation. This notice is for informational purposes only and is not a request for submission of offers. The Government is not obligated to issue a solicitation as a result of this notice. No other information is available until issuance of the solicitation. No phone calls please related to this announcement. No bidder list is maintained. In order to be awarded a contract an offeror must have a DUNS number, be registered and active in the System for Award Management (SAM), http://www.sam.gov Pre-Qualified Seed specifications have changed. Certified blue tag seed is the only seed category that is eligible to be bid. We are only accepting Pre-Qualified seed that is Annual Brome Free. A Germ test is required on the original test. Any new test requested must be pulled by a State Agency Certified Sampler. If the original test is older than 6 months of the Solicitation issue date, a new full test (purity, noxious, and TZ) must be completed. Test results that are supplied as Pre-Qualified Seed shall be a true representation of the seed, an average test that is repeatable by multiple labs. The test results shall not be the best test received, that is not repeatable (erroneous). Mark your calendars, A Pre-bid Conference Call will be held July 12, 2021 at 10 AM MT (Boise local time). Details will be provided in Solicitation Package. The Point of Contact is Diane Barker, Contract Specialist, dbarker@blm.gov.