The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management awarded a purchase order to Nichols Dale for $51,750 on September 16, 2026, under a total small business set-aside for post-fire drill seeding services in the Barber Fire area near Winnemucca, Nevada.
Work is performed at Winnemucca, Nevada (approximately 11 miles south in Pershing County). The contractor will apply drill seeding across 2,300 acres using a pre-mixed seed blend of Siberian Wheatgrass, Russian Wildrye, and Shadscale Saltbrush at 11 pounds per acre and approximately one-half inch depth. The contractor furnishes tractors (minimum one, maximum three), operators, labor, fuel, maintenance, and equipment operation costs; the government provides seed, up to three rangeland drill sets, and GPS boundary shapefiles. Performance runs September 1 through December 31, 2026. The procurement originated from a solicitation posted August 18, 2026, with a due date of August 31, 2026.