The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), a civilian federal agency, awarded an Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) with a $5,000,000.00 ceiling value to the Institute for Applied Ecology, a non-profit organization, to provide native plant seed collection, propagation, augmentation, and monitoring services to aid habitat restoration on BLM lands in the Mojave region, Southwest U.S. The contract has a period of performance through September 24, 2023. Under this IDC vehicle, the BLM National Office...
This indefinite delivery contract (IDC) awarded by the National Park Service (NPS), a civilian federal agency, to Human Interactive Products, Inc. (doing business as Great Bear Restoration) provides a wide range of revegetation services across multiple federal lands and national parks. The contract has a total ceiling value of $0.00, with individual task orders ranging from $1,901.28 to $410,072.00 in value. The contracted services include activities such as hydroseeding, planting, composting,...
The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded an Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) to Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, also known as the California Botanic Garden, a non-profit organization. The $5,000,000.00 multiple-award IDC provides native plant conservation services, including seed collection, botanical surveys, and restoration propagation, to support BLM's land management and restoration efforts across federal lands in California. Under the IDC, the BLM has...
The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) valued at $1,700,000 to River Bottom Farms, Inc., a small agricultural cooperative and veteran-owned business, for farming and irrigation services at the Cibola Valley Conservation Area in Cibola, Arizona. The IDC, set aside for total small businesses, has a period of performance from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2025. Under this IDC, the Bureau of Reclamation has issued...
The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a $2,000,000 single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) to Flint Farms, LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, to provide farming and irrigation services at the Dennis Underwood Conservation Area and Palo Verde Ecological Reserve in Blythe, California. This IDC, which runs through December 31, 2027, serves as a vehicle for the Bureau to issue task orders for ongoing agricultural and land management work at these...
This indefinite delivery contract (IDC) was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service R1-Northern Region to the small business prime contractor Viridescent Contracting, LLC. The $4.5 million multiple-award IDIQ contract has a period of performance through January 11, 2029 and is set aside for small businesses. The purpose of this IDC is to provide the Forest Service with a mechanism to collect and deliver native plants, seeds, and other vegetative materials to support wildfire...
This Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) was awarded by the National Park Service (NPS), a civilian federal agency, to Biohabitats Inc., a for-profit ecological restoration firm, to provide revegetation services for the eastern United States. The multiple award IDC has a $1.8 million ceiling value and a five-year period of performance through September 2026. The contract aims to efficiently obtain Biohabitats' specialized environmental services to advance NPS's preservation and natural resource...
The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a multiple award Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) to the Institute for Applied Ecology, a non-profit organization, for Seed Collection and Botanical Services in the Pacific Northwest and Idaho region. The $5,000,000 IDC, awarded on September 20, 2018, supports the BLM's objectives for landscape connectivity and climate resilience through native plant seed collection, propagation, augmentation, and monitoring services to...
This is a single award Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) issued by the United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA NRCS) to the Upper Colorado Environmental Plant Center, a non-profit organization. The contract, valued at up to $1,000,000, is for a range of native plant materials services to support restoration and conservation efforts across the Southern Rocky Mountains and Colorado Plateau regions, including areas in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and...
The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management National Office awarded a $49,000,000.00 indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract to Great Ecology & Environments, Inc. for the increase and supply of native grass and forb seeds. This multiple-award contract supports the agency's habitat restoration efforts through September 2023. Under this IDIQ, the prime contractor will deliver native grass and forb seeds on a firm fixed price basis. No small business set-aside...
The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) to Greenheart Farms, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation, for the collection, propagation, and transplanting of native plant species to support habitat restoration initiatives across several national wildlife refuges and conservation areas in the southwestern United States. The $4.5 million IDC, with a period of performance through August 2026, enables the Bureau of Reclamation to issue delivery orders for services such as propagating plants from seed and cuttings, operating large greenhouse facilities, and performing specialized planting operations in adverse conditions. Several delivery orders have been awarded under this IDC, ranging from $12,924 to $892,380, for native species support at specific sites like the Cibola, Havasu, and Dennis Underwood Conservation Areas. Greenheart Farms has also secured other IDVs with civilian agencies like the Bureau of Prisons for commercial nursery and vegetable transplant services, demonstrating its capability to provide diverse horticultural and agricultural support to federal land management and conservation programs.
The original sources sought notice indicated the Bureau of Reclamation's interest in contractors with expertise in propagating a variety of native plant species found in the southwestern U.S., as well as the ability to collect seed, take cuttings, and establish large quantities of plants using specialized greenhouse and planting equipment. While no set-aside designations were used for the IDC or associated delivery orders, the contract supports the Bureau of Reclamation's broader mission to conserve natural resources and restore native ecosystems across the regions it serves.