Coconino National Forest - Procurement of 140, 000 Tree Shelters

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service seeks 140,000 tree shelters for the Coconino National Forest, with quotations due June 29, 2026 at 12:00 PM Eastern Standard Time and questions due June 2, 2026 at 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. This procurement is a Total Small Business Set-Aside; offerors must be certified 100% small business concerns by solicitation close.

Place of performance is the Mormon Lake Work Center in Flagstaff, Arizona. The tree shelters protect planted seedlings during post-fire landscape restoration and summer/fall planting operations. Delivery of all 140,000 units is required by September 30, 2026, with F.O.B. destination to Mormon Lake. If suppliers cannot deliver all units by June 30, 2026, up to 70,000 shelters may be postponed until September 30, 2026. The NAICS code is 113210, Forest Nurseries and Gathering of Forest Products; PSC F005, Natural Resources/Conservation–Forest Tree Planting.

The solicitation is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) under SF 1449 for commercial items. Award will be made on a lowest-price technically-acceptable basis to the offeror representing best value. Only the lowest-priced offer will be evaluated for technical acceptability; if unacceptable, evaluation continues in lowest-price order until an acceptable offer is identified. The government reserves the right to make multiple awards for different line items if determined to provide best value. This is a firm-fixed-price requirements contract. Offerors must hold prices firm for 90 calendar days from offer receipt. Amendment 0001, effective May 26, 2026, modified the original solicitation; acknowledgment of receipt is required. The contracting officer is David R. Mitchell. Quotations should be emailed to Ashley.Stoltzfus@usda.gov.