Purchase Order 1244UK20P0007

The U.S. government awarded a $13,350 firm fixed-price purchase order to Gaithersburg Farmers Supply, Inc., doing business as Rippeon Equipment Company, for the procurement of a zero-turn mower. The contract was awarded on September 9, 2020, with an ultimate completion date of October 9, 2020, and will be performed in Poplarville, Mississippi. This award was issued without a set-aside designation, allowing competition among all eligible vendors. The contract was funded by a civilian federal agency within the Southeast Area.

Rippeon Equipment Company, a small business manufacturer and distributor based in Montgomery Village, Maryland, is an authorized Kubota equipment dealer with extensive experience supplying heavy machinery and equipment to federal agencies since 2001. The company maintains significant federal contracting vehicles, including two single-award Indefinite Delivery contracts with the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Construction and Equipment program valued at over $850 million combined, a $6 million General Services Administration Multiple Award Schedule contract, and various other federal agreements. This zero-turn mower purchase order represents a routine equipment procurement consistent with Rippeon's established role as a key supplier of groundskeeping and facilities maintenance equipment to multiple federal agencies.