This federal contract award, valued at $9,120.09, was issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service's Eastern Region to Matthew Peters, a sole proprietorship specializing in botanical and ecological services. The contract is for rare plant monitoring within the Green Mountain National Forest in Vermont, with a focus on relocating and evaluating occurrences of Regional Forester Sensitive Species and other rare plants. This firm-fixed-price purchase order contract has a period of performance from May 1, 2024 to October 15, 2024. The original solicitation was set aside for small businesses, but this award was not set aside. Peters has been awarded several similar contracts from the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, demonstrating their expertise in conducting plant inventories, rare plant monitoring, and ecological surveys, particularly in national forests and wildlife areas.