This indefinite delivery contract (IDC), awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service Research Service Northern Research Station, provides publication services including layout, design, and editing for the agency's research publications. The master contract, titled "NRS Publication Production Services 2016-2021", has a $400,000 ceiling value and was awarded on May 12, 2016 to multiple vendors, including the prime contractor Wendy W. Harding, a woman-owned small business.
Through a series of firm-fixed price delivery orders issued under the master contract, Ms. Harding has provided editing services for various Forest Service research publications from 2016 to the present, with individual task order values ranging from $880 to $34,200. The delivery orders have been for civilian agency work, with no set-aside designations, and have been performed primarily in Niles, Michigan. This IDC supports the agency's need to produce high-quality publications that effectively communicate its research findings to stakeholders.