Definitive Contract 12639524C0034

This contract was awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) program to Auburn Oaks Inc., a small business contractor, to grow and maintain approximately 300 Fraxinus uhdei (Tropical Ash) trees. The purpose is to support the USDA APHIS PPQ emerald ash borer biocontrol rearing facility located in Brighton, Michigan. This is a 5-year, firm-fixed-price definitive contract with a ceiling value of $292,500.00. The contractor must establish and operate growing space within 20 miles of the facility to repot and increase the pot size of the 300 trees over the contract period. This contract was set aside for total small business concerns.