Easement Restoration and Emergency Watershed Protection – Obstruction Removal and Disturbed Land Revegetation

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is seeking to identify System for Award Management (SAM) registered businesses capable of providing easement restoration and emergency watershed protection services, specifically focusing on obstruction removal and disturbed land revegetation work in counties east of the Missouri River in South Dakota. This is a Sources Sought Notice issued for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a commitment to award a contract. Key requirements include compliance with applicable Federal, State, and local laws and professional licensing standards, with contractors required to remove obstructions such as rock piles, woody vegetation, junk, debris, and fence materials, followed by reseeding disturbed areas with NRCS-approved seed. Contractors must maintain a 90 percent timeliness performance standard for task completion and a 99 percent quality standard without serious deficiencies. Interested firms must submit capability statements via email to Ambrea Harris (Ambrea.Harris@usda.gov) and Kris Baker (Kristina.Baker@usda.gov) no later than 12:00 PM EST on March 31, 2026, with Ambrea Harris serving as the primary point of contact through March 26, 2026.

This opportunity is not subject to any set-aside designations and no incumbent contractor has been identified. The anticipated contract will be awarded as a single Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, though no specific award value or budget range has been disclosed in this pre-solicitation notice. Submissions must include business information, CAGE/DUNS codes, and documentation of up to three past projects performed as prime contractor, including total contract value, bonding amounts, and self-performed work percentages. Contractors must assign a Project Manager with a minimum of one year of field experience in obstruction removal and fence removal activities. All work must be completed within 365 days of the Notice to Proceed, with initial site visits required within 20 days and a mandatory project kickoff meeting within two days of NTP, supported by bi-weekly task reports due by the fifth working day of each two-week period.