Specifications include, but are not limited to: Establish a Department Price Agreement (DPA) between the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish (NMDGF) and one vendor for the production and harvest of grain sorghum and grain corn to benefit wildlife at the Belen and Casa Colorado Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs). A Department Price Agreement (DPA) will be awarded to the Bidder with the highest Sorghum Bid that is responsive in all other material respects to the specifications and requirements of this ITB. The Awarded Vendor will be allowed to plant, harvest, and use/sell legume or soil-improving crops, and other approved crops, to its own benefit and account, outside of their obligation to produce the required corn and sorghum for the DGF. The DPA arising from this ITB provides access to, and allows farming use of, the WMA properties (“Properties”) by the Awarded Vendor. The DPA arising from this solicitation does not constitute a land lease and does not convey an exclusive right of use of the Property to the Awarded Vendor. Provide all personnel, equipment, labor, and supplies, including the scheduling and management of irrigation water, needed to produce agricultural crops on up to 528 acres of the Property. Produce agricultural crops for the benefit of the DGF per the following specifications and obligations: Annually by October 31, produce at a minimum 600,000 pounds of grain corn and leave standing in the field until a spring date agreed upon by the Farm Manager and the Awarded Vendor. Production will be determined using the NMDGF Protocol for Measuring Corn Production Using the Corn Yield Component Method;
