The Bureau of Indian Affairs awarded a purchase order to Southwest Seed Inc., a total small business set-aside, on September 16, 2026, valued at $38,604, for native seed supply supporting vegetation restoration at the Ute Mountain Ute Agency. Place of performance is Dolores, Colorado, with delivery required by October 30, 2026. The order supplies a Shallow Loamy Mesa Top seed mixture covering 176 acres across 14 native and introduced plant species—including Indian rice grass, squirreltail, sand dropseed, blue grama, sideoats grama, and four-wing saltbrush—specified at 23 pure live seeds per acre. The procurement was issued under simplified acquisition procedures in response to a small-business-set-aside solicitation posted September 2, 2026, with quotation due September 8, 2026.