This contract was awarded by the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to Benson Farms, Inc., a for-profit subchapter S corporation. The $251,081.00 firm-fixed-price contract is for the provision of "POWERLINE FIRE ES AND BAR" services, which based on Benson Farms' background likely includes the supply of native plant materials such as seeds, seedlings, and nursery stock to support habitat restoration, revegetation, and land management programs in the Pacific...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region awarded a $413,380 firm fixed price purchase order to Crop Jet Aviation LLC to provide herbicide application services. Per the original solicitation, the contractor will treat approximately 15,331 acres across five sites in Idaho counties between March and June 2023. Utilizing differentially corrected GPS, the contractor will precisely apply 2,4-D, picloram, imazapic, aminopyralid, and metsulfuron methyl herbicides at...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior, to 4 Evergreen Forestry Inc., a minority-owned small business certified in the SBA 8(a) program. The $146,590 contract is for ground-based herbicide treatment services to control unwanted vegetation growth on BLM lands in the Burns District of Oregon. The work includes applying herbicides via backpack sprayers and utility vehicles to treat wetlands,...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region awarded a $333,329 firm fixed price purchase order to Crop Jet Aviation LLC to provide herbicide application services across public lands in Idaho. Under the original solicitation for the "BIG DESERT HERBICIDE APPLICATION 2022," the contractor will apply four herbicide products at specified rates across approximately 24,000 acres using GPS equipment to document treated areas. The work involves controlling invasive...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Oregon-Washington awarded a $478,930 firm fixed price contract to Benson Farms Inc. of East Wenatchee, Washington. The contract is associated with the 2023 WFO RESTORATION MEGA solicitation seeking herbicide application, seed and seedling production, mechanical site preparation, planting, and monitoring services over five years for public lands restoration in Washington state. Benson Farms will provide these shrub-steppe restoration...
This firm fixed price contract was awarded by the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Southern Region to Tom Lodge for mid-story treatment with herbicide on 80 acres in three units located in the Courthouse Creek area of Pisgah Forest, North Carolina. The total small business set aside contract has a potential value of eleven thousand seven hundred thirty six dollars and is to be completed by August 14, 2023. Work will involve the application of herbicide to reduce unwanted vegetation in...
The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $445,874.32 firm fixed price purchase order to Benson Farms, Inc. for 2024 restoration services in the Spokane District of the Columbia Plateau region. This contract is a task order under a larger $50 million single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) the company holds with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service for land management services. The work will involve herbicide application, seed and...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Region awarded a $58,468 firm fixed price delivery order contract to Grano Reforestation Inc. of Ozark, Arkansas. The contract is for chemical site preparation services including the application of herbicides via foliar and cut surface methods across four stands totaling approximately 241 acres in support of the agency's forest management programs. Specifically, the contractor will conduct hack-and-squirt and foliar applications on...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in the Oregon-Washington region awarded a $820,260 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to 4 Evergreen Forestry Inc., a certified 8(a) small disadvantaged business, to provide ground-based herbicide application services in the Lakeview District of Oregon. The work supports the BLM's vegetation management efforts on public lands and includes spot spraying using backpack applicators on approximately 1,788 acres across five...
The Bureau of Land Management awarded Benson Farms, Inc. a firm-fixed price contract valued at three hundred forty-nine thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($349,250) to fulfill seed requirements under the Fall 2023 Consolidated Seed Buy. As described in the originating pre-solicitation notice, the Bureau intends to procure various quantities and varieties of native grass, forb, shrub, and tree seeds for delivery to multiple locations to support habitat restoration and vegetation management...