For those who manage weeds ...
The FY12 Uplands Program Herbicide Bank is now open. Due to funding constraints, the Herbicide Bank continues as a maintenance program for public land managers who have previously received BIPM/IPMS-funded uplands contractual operations. However, we will also accept requests for initial control of Lygodium spp. and cogon grass, only, and will fill these if funding allows. All requests are subject to approval by IPMS. Approved requests will be filled in the order they are received, as funding allows. The attached Annual Summary Report must be submitted for chemicals used in previous fiscal years, before requesting additional chemicals.
Attached to this memo is the pricing sheet for chemicals awarded under ITB FWC 11/12-04, effective July 14, 2011 through June 30, 2012. Not all products on the "FWC FY12 ITB Chemical Award Price List" are available through the Herbicide Bank (see instead "Herbicide Bank Product List"). The ITB FWC 11/12-04 is a statewide agency term contract that covers most common herbicides and some adjuvants. All FWC employees are required to use this contract; other agencies have the option to use it, if they so choose. This is an alternate source contract (ACS), so it may be used by any public agency for "piggybacking" off of our contract without first having to go through DMS for approval. Also attached is the ITB bid tabulation, which your purchasing department will probably ask you to attach to you purchase order requisition.
If you are ordering for yourself - The vendor contact information is included at the bottom of the FWC FY12 ITB Chemical Award Price List. All prices are FOB. Check the invoice for sales tax, which will occasionally show up, even though they know better. You may be asked to provide your tax-exempt certificate. Also, be sure to follow the instructions on the container when using any product.
If you are requesting products through the Herbicide Bank - Fill out a Herbicide Bank Request Form and fax/email it to me. If this is not your first request, and you have not previously submitted a summary use report for prior orders, attach a completed (for each managed area) Herbicide Bank Annual Summary Report to your request.
Herbicide Bank Request Form 2012
Herbicide Bank Annual Summary Report
FWC FY12 ITB Chemical Award Price List
IPMS FY12 Herbicide Bank Product List
ITB FWC 11/12-04 Bid Tab
For more information:
Ruark L. "Rook" Cleary
Invasion Biologist
Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission
Invasive Plant Management Section
3900 Commonwealth Blvd, MS 705
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3000
Ruark.Cleary@myfwc.com
tel: 850.617.9427
fax: 850.245.2835