CALL 43 FIA Data collection work in Indiana and Cincinnati OH
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Agency
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Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The USDA Forest Service's Procurement & Property Services division issued this Special Notice on December 19, 2025, regarding Call 43 for Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) data collection work in Indiana and Cincinnati, Ohio. This is a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) Call Order notification rather than an open solicitation, meaning it targets only pre-approved contractors already operating under existing multiple award schedule BPAs. The call covers a two-year period of field data collection activities, with the first year designated as the base year and the second as an optional year. The work involves collecting inventory and analysis information on the status and trends of forests in the Northeast and Midwest regions. This procurement is restricted to 21 pre-qualified businesses that will receive the solicitation via email, and any modifications to the call order will also be communicated through email to these eligible companies.
The primary objective of this call order is to conduct comprehensive FIA data collection across multiple plot types including Urban, PIQA/Urban, P2/Urban, P2+/Urban, and P2+Soils/Urban plots using Field Guide Version 9.5 as the baseline. Contractors must meet specific delivery benchmarks: 30 plots completed by June 30, 60 plots by August 15, and 92 total base plots by September 15, 2026, with an estimated total of approximately 79 Urban plots across the project areas. Eligible contractors must submit detailed bid packages containing pricing spreadsheets, experience questionnaires, and written tests demonstrating crew leader certification capabilities, with payment contingent upon passing quality assurance inspections and potential quality incentive bonuses of 10-15% based on performance metrics. The due date for proposals is January 4, 2026, and interested parties should direct inquiries to Gayle Geiger at gayle.geiger@usda.gov. Participation is limited exclusively to businesses already approved under the Northern Research Station FIA Data collection Blanket Purchase Agreement.
Notice text
FIA BPA Call 43 Indiana and Cincinnati OH
FIA Data collection work in Indiana and Cincinnati OH. Field GUIDE VERSION is 9.5 for the base year. An updated Field Guide may be in place for the option year. Plot types included: Urban, PIQA/Urban, P2/Urban P2+/Urban, and P2+Soils/Urban plots. The data collection work is for two years(s) and includes work for YEAR-TO-YEAR field season/s. The first year of this call is called the base year. Each additional year is called an option year.
The USDA Forest Service (FS), Procurement & Property Services (PPS), Forest Inventory and Analysis | US Forest Service Research and Development (usda.gov) is issuing this synopsis as a means of complying with the USDA’s policy in the Contracting Desk Book, SUBPART 413.3—SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION METHODS, 413.303 Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs). The USDA FS intends on awarding a competitive BPA Call Order against multiple award schedule BPAs for FIA Data collection work located at USDA’s Contract Portal, awarded against solicitation number: 12444825R0001 Inventory and Analysis Program collects, analyzes, and reports information on the status and trends of forests in the Northeast and Midwest.
This is not a solicitation. This synopsis notification of intent to award a BPA Call order does not constitute a request for proposals or submission of any information in response to this notification.
This procurement is restricted to those approved companies eligible for call orders under the Northern Research Station, FIA Data collection Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA)’s. There are currently 21 businesses that will receive this solicitation. The Call Order shall be issued via email to those companies listed on the BPA. Any changes to the Call Order RFQ shall also be emailed to those companies listed on the BPA. Point of Contact is gayle.geiger@usda.gov.
This requirement will be competitively awarded as a BPA Call Order against the aforementioned multiple award schedule BPAs previously solicited on the Government Point of Entry (GPE) at: https://sam.gov/opp/e418e584b2c8410b992fed2688626abd/view . The government will not provide feedback or evaluations to companies regarding their submissions in response to this notice.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Call 43_BID PRICING TABLE IN-Cincinnati Urban 2026-2027.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| Call 43_SOW_IN-Cincinnati Urban 2026-2027.pdf |
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