Purchase Order 140L4326P0021

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $22,932.14 firm fixed-price purchase order to Matveev Ivan (UEI: F8CAJKKSHM72), a small agricultural cooperative based in Scotts Mills, Oregon, for tree limbing services at two federal seed orchards in the Oregon-Washington region. Under solicitation 140L4326Q0013, the contractor will perform pruning and limb removal operations at the Walter Horning Seed Orchard near Colton and the Travis Tyrrell Tree Seed Orchard near Lorane from March 1, 2026 through May 22, 2026. The scope of work encompasses limbing approximately 8,530 trees across both locations, with specific requirements including the limbing of 1,409 first-generation trees, 3,650 second-generation trees, and 754 preservation orchard trees at Horning, plus 2,117 first-generation trees at Tyrrell. The contract is designated as a Total Small Business set-aside under NAICS code 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry).

Matveev Ivan brings relevant experience to this engagement, having received four prior small business set-aside contracts from the BLM for specialized agricultural and forestry services at the same seed orchard locations between January 2022 and April 2025, ranging from approximately $12,500 to $19,900. The contractor must provide all necessary tools, equipment, labor, and transportation, with work pricing based on hourly rates for Horning and tree count for Tyrrell, subject to prevailing wage requirements under the Service Contract Act. Gas-powered equipment is prohibited on second-generation orchards, and a significant penalty of $1,607 per damaged tree applies to incentivize quality work.