Purchase Order 1240LP24P0003

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $49,433.25 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Viridescent Contracting, LLC for greenhouse tree seedling roguing (thinning) services at the Bessey Nursery in Halsey, Nebraska. The contract has a completion date of April 3, 2024 and was set aside for small businesses. Viridescent Contracting is a self-certified small disadvantaged business that has received numerous prime federal contracts for reforestation, vegetation management, and habitat restoration work with agencies like the Forest Service, Park Service, and Fish and Wildlife Service. This seedling thinning contract was originally solicited as a total small business set-aside, with proposals due on November 3, 2023 to be evaluated on past performance, technical approach, and price.