Bids Are Invited For JOB / WORK / SERVICE CONTRACT FOR PROVIDING “VARIOUS SEASONAL AGRICULTURE/FARM OPERATION WORKS AT NRRI, CUTTACK-753006 - nursery operations - Seed bed preparation and sowing of rice nursery arrangement of seed samples for sowing in the nursery bed (up to 50) (detailed work mentioned in Tender paper) Seed bed preparation and sowing of rice nursery arrangement of seed samples for sowing in the nursery bed (more than 50) (detailed work mentioned in Tender paper) Field preparation (Ploughing,Puddling, initial followed by the final) by using office Tractor with fuel Field preparation (Ploughing,Puddling, once) by using office Power Tiller with fuel Field bund raising and side trimming of various width and height (both sides) Making bunds between sub-plot treatments and putting of plastic sheets,films for creation of barriers to prevent flow of water, fertilizer etc. Field leveling,laddering (After Ploughing,Puddling by using Farm Bullocks,hand levelling) Pot preparation (collection of soils, filling of pots up to 3,4th depth) of different sizes Preparation of tray (soil filling) and seed sowing (Tray size- 30 inches X 18 inches X 15 inches) Seedling, uprooting and line transplanting of rice 10 c.m. X 15 c.m. (detailed work mentioned in Tender paper) Seedling, uprooting and line transplanting of rice (upto 4 varieties) (detailed work mentioned in Tender paper) Seedling, uprooting and line Transplanting (Experimental plots)-Transplanting of rice where numbers of varieties to be transplanted 5 to 100 varieties (detailed work mentioned in Tender paper) Seedling, uprooting and line Transplanting(Experimental plots)-Transplanting of rice where numbers of varieties to be transplanted of more than 100 varieties(detailed work mentioned in Tender paper) Direct sowing in dry soil (Both rice and non-rice crops like green gram, black gram, soybean, cowpea, maize etc.) Line sowing with 3-5 seed,hill including rope holding (15c.m. X 20 cm) (upto 50 varieties, breeding lines, accessions) Line sowing with 3-5 seed,hill including rope holding (upto 100 varieties, breeding lines, accessions) High density transplanting in Field-RGA, - (seedling uprooting making bundle, carryings, line transplanting of single rice seedling at 5cm x 5cm including rope holding) Pruning of rice plant grown under field RGA (twice) Gap filling Hand weeding in transplanted rice (Once) Mechanical weeding with Cono Weeder (Once) Weeding in direct seeded rice (twice, i.e. 20 and 40 days after weeding) Weeding in non-rice crops Cleaning and maintenance of irrigation and drainage channels Intercultural operation (soil loosening between rows, ridge formation etc.) in non-rice crops like groundnut and maize etc. Fertilizer application (once) Application of Pesticides, herbicide (Broadcasting) in the experimental plots , Farm field with proper Personal Protective Equipment etiquettes to be provided by Office Spraying of Pesticides, herbicide in the experimental plots , Farm field (with proper Personal Protective Equipment etiquettes to be provided by Office) Irrigation (once) of experimental, seed production plots (whereever irrigation pipe is required) Irrigation (once) of experimental, seed production, demonstration plots of 20m x 5m size Weed sampling(1m2) Carrying bamboo pegs from store/net house and placing in the nursery and DSR plots. Raising bamboo poles and covering with shade nets for creation of low-light situation in the field-net-house. Wooden peg Fixing (Ballah), Bambooneting to net frame,Binding Bamboos and wooden pegs using sutuli/coir,Agroshade net stiching using thread/plastic sutuli ,Agoshade net fixing to Net frame using plastic sutuli, Bamboo peg fixing for supporting net frmae ,Binding bamboo peg support with Net frame using GI wire. Rice harvesting and threshing, sun drying at least for 03 days and or till bringing down the grain moisture up to 12%, proper winnowing and bagging and handing over to Farm Section) Harvesting (Experimental plots)-varieties upto 50 varieties in one plot , at least for 03 days and or till bringing down the grain moisture up to 12%(detailed work-mentioned-in-Tender-paper) Harvesting (Experimental plots)- varieties 50 to 100 varietiesin one plot , at least for 03 days and or till bringing down the grain moisture up to 12%(detailed work-mentioned-in-Tender-paper) Harvesting (Experimental plots)- varieties more than 100 varietiesin one plot , at least for 03 days and or till bringing down the grain moisture up to 12%(detailed work-mentioned-in-Tender-paper) Harvesting of non-rice crops(Harvesting, carrying to threshing floor, sun drying at least for 3 days and or till bringing down the grain moisture up to 12%(detailed work mentioned in Tender paper) Harvesting by reaper, bundling, Transportation, Threshing, Winnowing, Cleaning and Drying grains to 12% moisture content, Bagging and handing over to Farm Section (with office reaper and fuel) Harvesting by Combine harvester, Transportation, Cleaning, drying grains to 12% moisture content, Bagging and handing over to Farm Section (with office Combine and fuel) Manual dehusking of wild rice seeds (Per sample 20 seeds), Manually dehusking the 2-3 rice grains from the plants in the field (aromatic/colored rice). Crossing- Emasculation and pollination of spikelet to generate 40-50 F1 (crossed) seeds from each cross combination Assisting in selection related activities in the segregating population, tagging and recording yield attributing characters (detailed work mentioned in Tender paper). Rouging of the off-type plants (once) Carrying pots from outside to dark chamber, heat chamber and bringing back after imposing treatment inside RGA,TGT Washing of soil samples with the help of Cobbs sieving and decanting techniques Bird scaring for full day Making conical heap of paddy straw (minimum 500 qtls) Daily stock feeding of bullocks at regular interval (one bullock shed consist upto 12 adult bullock), cleaning of bullock shed (600 sq ft)(detailed work mentioned in Tender paper). Paddy seed grading (seed loading in the grader machine, making seed packet of 30 kg, 20 kg ,10 kg , 5 kg, stitching and stacking Rinsing and washing of double layered polycarbonate sheets of OTCs (both inner and outer side) with detergent and cleansing solution Collection of intact rice plant, washing and processing for taking fresh weight and dry weight of plant sample Collection of panicles from field RGA plots, sampling two seeds per panicle and bulking. Supplementary outcrossing- Flag leaf clipping in CMS and hybrid seed production plots Supplementary outcrossing- stick shaking in CMS and hybrid seed production plots for one time Soil sampling from field using augur,core sampler (undisturbed soil sample collection from field at depth interval up to 60 cm) Plant sample harvesting and processing (cutting of a hill, leaf separation, panicle detachment , packeting) Whole root sampling from pots (standard size) , field, separation and washing Collection of false smut infected panicles, panicle threshing without disturbing the false balls, separation, counting and weighing of filled grain, chaffy grains and false smut balls Identification of true-to-type panicle, their collection from farm field, threshing, cleaning and packeting for sowing Threshing, cleaning and packing of each panicle Grain , sterile spikelet separation and counting of grain , chaff Counting of panicles Counting and recording 100 grain weight, recording grain length , width Cleaning, de-husking, polishing, separation of whole rice and broken rice, grinding and sieving of grain powder (around 50 gm of paddy grains each) Sample processing for micronutrient work (Cleaning, drying, hulling, milling, weighing, digestion, filtration) (around 50 gm of paddy grains each) Collection of transgenic plant samples from transgenic net house, their storage and processing of samples (from standard size pot) Collection and storage of transgenic seeds, viability testing and discarding of transgenic material following standard procedures Powder,grinding of plant samples Sampling matured rice plants from o1 M2 area of research/trail plots, threshing, cleaning of chaff drying to 12-14% and putting grains in cloth bags for weighing . Preparation of mat type nursery a)Cleaning of lab equipment, furniture, glass partition, storage racks etc. and spraying of miticide,fumigation b)Dusting, cleaning, of racks and tables, arranging books on shelves in the library Cleaning of glass wares and plastic wares Sterilization of glassware,plastic wares and similar laboratory activities Thinning and harvesting of azolla culture , preparation and filling of nutrient solution Application of irrigation on fruit and forest species (during dry season) Pruning, thinning and trimming of fruit and forest species (once in a year) Plot preparation, sowing,transplanting of vegetable and ornamental crops Intercultural operation (application of fertilizers, irrigation, spraying, if required) in vegetable and ornamental crops Harvesting of vegetable and ornamental crops Cutting of paddy straw bundle, soaking in water, inoculation with spawn and covering Daily stock feeding, cleaning and foraging of poultry birds,duck,goat (one composite unit consists of 20 poultry birds, 20 duck and 5 goats) (should be paid proportionately) Release of fish fry / fingering, acclimatization, manuring and feeding of fingerling or fish fry Catching/harvesting of fishes Fish Sampling (Netting) Agricultural operation works of Phenotyping for BPH,GM,LF,GLH,WBPH,YSB resistance,blast,sheath blight, brown spot,false smut,sheath rot,tungro,bacterial blight,nematode,tolerance round the year Collection of recovered plants after BPH/WBPH screening experiments, their treatment with pesticide, potting in one pot per genotype and physical removal of insects. Cleaning of gene bank,rain-out shelter,net-house, seed godown surroundings (weeding, brooming, etc.) (once) Packeting, stickering, sealing and taking out of seeds for indenters Arrangement of Germplasm packets in trays,shelves Raising (filling soil in pot, mixing and planting,sowing) of plants in RGA (photoperiod of high temperature,low temperature) Putting germinated seeds on Styrofoam (2inchx2inch tray) and filling trays with nutrient solution and fixing Styrofoam and change of nutrient solution (2inchx2inch tray) Pot preparation (10inchx 1inch) with gravels and soil for reproductive stage salinity screening Salinity tank preparation (puddling and leveling with spade) Sowing, planting in salinity tank Salt mixing, watering and water drain out to maintain the required salinity on need basis at salinity tank Hand weeding, soil loosing, thinning and roughing at salinity tank Fixing and removal of moisture meter tubes (involving careful digging 100 cm and putting tubes and packing tightly with soil) Fixing and removal of tensiometer, moisture meter tubes (involving careful digging up to 1 metre and putting tubes and packing tightly with soil) Putting pots under moisture stress for drought experiments (Pots size should be at least 12inch), weighing, watering for recording necessary parameters Rinsing and washing of double layer of polycarbonate sheet in Rain out shelter(sheets are fixed above 1.5inch and continue up to 15inch and slanting both sides)(detailed work mentioned in Tender paper) Cleaning of Seed boxes (45 x 30 x 27 cm), drying, putting fumigants and mixing of seeds Handling seed parcels of trial entries from cooperating centers (packets more than 20 kg, with 30-40 small packets),separating entries,drying, winnowing and putting into separate boxes as per trial Weighing seeds of each entry and separately keeping them in polythene packets (200-250 g of seeds have to be put in each polythene pack), stapling packs, putting labels (2 labels ,pack) Arrangement of polythene packets (40-64), packing in cotton clothes, stitching cloth bag, putting in cartons, carton packing (45 x 30 x 27 cm) and labelling Loading and unloading of cartons for carrying and dispatching to collaborating centers Collection, transportation and dumping of organic residues (straw, weeds, chaffs, leaves, wigs, etc. from farm campus, threshing floor and net house, etc.) in pre-digestion pits Filling of partially decomposed organic residues in vermicompost beds Watering of vermicompost beds once (12 x 2 x 3 ft) Harvesting, drying, sieving and packing of vermicompost FYM loading into the tractor trolley and unloading in the field Application of Farmyard manure in the field Shelling (Separation of kernals from pod) of Groundnut pods for sowing Mulching with paddy straw in between crop rows in natural farming field Preparation of various natural farming concoctions like Jivamrita, Neemastra, Agniastra and Bramhastra etc (application of Jivamrita at every 15 days interval 200 litres acre, and other concoctions whenever pest and disease problem is there 200 liters acre. Application of Jivamrita, Neemastra, Agniastra and Bramhastra etc Grass cutting in bund using grass cutter Cleaning of seed godown including rooms (16m X 12m) Spraying of insecticide, fumigation for store pest in godown area (16m X 12m) Stacking of 30 kg seed gunny bags Stacking of 75 kg seed gunny bags Cleaning of seed grader, winnower and other machines in the godown Cleaning of 75 kg gunny bags Loading and unloading of seed bags of 30 kg for transporting Cleaning of straws, grasses and other garbage before transplanting in breeder seed plot only Cleaning of small submergence tanks, placing pots in tanks, filling water in tank and removal as per requirements, holding the plants for recording plant height post submergence Tying of pegs and seed collection bags in wild rice and pre-breeding lines with shattering tendencies and collection of seeds, drying and packeting Total Quantity : 127
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