The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a purchase order to Nascence Group LLC, an economically disadvantaged women-owned small business certified under the 8(a) program and HUBZone status, for landscaping services at three USDA-ARS research facilities in Corvallis, Oregon, with a ceiling value of $294,629.52 and an award date of September 23, 2026. The order is a Total Small Business Set-Aside. Performance spans three locations: Horticultural Crops Production and Genetic Improvement Research Unit, Forage Seed and Cereal Research Unit, and National Clonal Germplasm Repository. Services include monthly grass maintenance, landscape bed maintenance, biannual shrub trimming, tree maintenance, sidewalk weed control, and irrigation inspection and repair (April through October), with the contractor providing all tools, equipment, materials, and off-site green waste disposal. The period of performance runs one year from September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2027, with four optional one-year renewal periods extending through August 31, 2031. The procurement originated from solicitation 1232SA26Q0835, posted July 28, 2026, with a quote due date of August 14, 2026 (amended to extend the deadline on August 12, 2026).