Blanket Purchase Agreement 12363N23A4497

The USDA Forest Service awarded a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to Mergen Ecological Delineations, Inc. valued at up to $50 million. Under the BPA, the awardee may receive task orders for land management services including botanical field surveys, natural resources restoration, engineering, project management, and other work across Forest Service locations.

One such task order awarded to Mergen Ecological Delineations, Inc. is a firm-fixed-price contract valued at $239,923.55 to conduct botanical field surveys in Sheridan, Wyoming. The surveys will identify target species, provide data to inform land management decisions, and identify measures to mitigate disturbances. This task order was awarded as a total small business set-aside against the BPA and has a period of performance from July 2023 through March 2026.

The originating pre-solicitation notice indicates the Forest Service intends to establish a national Land Management Integrated Resources BPA to procure a variety of professional services and natural resources work. The open-continuous BPA will have a base period of performance estimated to run from late winter/early spring 2023 through late winter/early spring 2033 and is set aside for total small businesses. It will cover project management, inspection, consulting, data management, restoration, road work, and plant material production related to land management.