Description
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking a contractor to provide seed extraction and processing services for the Walter Horning Seed Orchard and Travis Tyrrell Seed Orchard in Oregon. The contractor will be responsible for transporting cones from the government facility to their own facility, organizing bulk and clonal lots, extracting, processing, cleaning, packaging, and delivering seed to the seed orchards. The contractor must also perform germination tests on the seed lots. The contract is for a firm fixed price and the period of performance is from September 1, 2026, to May 31, 2027.
Key aspects of the job include:
• Transporting cones from the government facility to the contractor's facility
• Organizing bulk and clonal lots
• Extracting, processing, cleaning, packaging, and delivering seed to the seed orchards
• Performing germination tests on the seed lots
• Meeting specific quality standards for extracted seed, purity, and filled seed
• Complying with environmental and safety regulations