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a. The City's Contract Manager shall notify the Contractor of the desired delivery date(s) <br /> two weeks prior. <br /> b. Delivery of plants shall occur in multiple installments in numbers designated by the <br /> City's Contract Manager to allow ample time for the plants to be transplanted at the <br /> restoration site. <br /> c. The Contract includes delivery of all plants to a designated site at the Bureau of Land <br /> Management's wetland field office located at 751 S. Danebo Avenue, Eugene, OR, <br /> 97402. <br /> d. The City's Contract Manager or designee shall inspect the plants at delivery~to ensure <br /> quality and quantity. <br /> 1.2. Plugs <br /> 1.2.1. Material shall be delivered in seedling trays with cavities having a minimum volume of <br /> 7.0 cubic inches, a minimum depth of 4.5 inches, and a minimum top diameter of 1.7 <br /> inches. Approved seedling containers include Landmark seedling tray style 50-ST, <br /> Beaver Plastics Styroblock style 10S or equivalents approved by the Contract Manager. <br /> 1.2.2. in order to acclimatize the plant material to field conditions and to lessen the shock <br /> associated with transplanting, plants shall be "hardened-off "(i.e., tempered for field <br /> conditions) by gradually introducing them to an uncontrolled environment two weeks <br /> prior to delivery. Other preparations may be necessary to ensure that plants are <br /> prepared for the field upon delivery. <br /> 1.2.3. Acceptable plants shall be disease-free, vigorous, and have tops and roots of about the <br /> same density. Roots should extend to the bottom of the containers, but they should not <br /> be root bound. (wound around the inside of the container). <br /> 1.2.4. There will be two categories of species grown out: as plugs. The first category, <br /> designated for `year 1 delivery,' are those species that will germinate soon after sowing <br /> and be ready for planting the following fail. The second category, designated for `year 2 <br /> delivery,' tends to germinate the following year after sowing.. These species will be <br /> ready for planting the second fall after sowing. These two categories will be priced <br /> separately (see Attachment A), <br /> 1.2.5. Plug species and quantities for 2005: The following species and quantities shall be <br /> grown to specifications indicated using seed provided by the City of Eugene Parks and <br /> Open Space Division. The list below is representative of the types of species that will <br /> likely be grown in future years; however, future grow-out is not limited to these species. <br /> SPECIES COMMON NAME QUANTITY QUANTITY <br /> ear 1 delive ear 2 delive <br /> 1 AchiNea mil/efolium arrow 2 250 0 <br /> 2 Ascle ias s eciosa sho milkweed 2 150 0 <br /> 3 Aster hallii Hall's aster 1 600 0 <br /> 4 Danthonia califomica California oat rass 5100 0 <br /> 5 Eric h /lam lanatum var. lanatum wool sunflower 3 55p 0 <br /> 6 Pesfuca roemeri Roemer's fescue 4 250 0 <br /> 7 Gentians sce tram kin entian 60Q 0 <br /> 8 Lomatlum nudicaule estie arsni 0 1,000 <br /> 9 Lu inus / h l/us man -leaved lu ine. 600 0 <br /> 10 Lu /nus r/vularfs streamside lu ine 750 0 <br /> 11 Per/deridia s .orb anum/ a/rden am ah s ecies ~ 1 000 <br /> 12 Potentilla racllls var. racllis ' slender cin uefoil 2 450 0 <br /> 13 PruneHa vul aris var. lanceolate native self-heal 1 400 0 <br /> 14 Ranuncu/us occidentalis var. occldentalis western buttercu 2 480 0 <br /> 15 Rumex sallcifo/ius var. salfclfolius willow leaved dock 700 0 <br /> 16 Sidalcea vi ate rose checkermallow 1 080 0 <br /> 17 ethic an ustifolia narrow-leaf mules ears 2 350 0 <br /> TOTAL 31,310 2,000 <br /> <br /> RFB No. 2004-200054 Requirements and Speciflcatbns 2 <br /> <br />