Farm Machinery Planter

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service seeks a farm machinery planter for the USDA Integrated Cropping Systems Research program, with quotes due September 14, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time and questions due by September 8, 2026. This is a total Small Business set-aside with a size standard of 1,250 employees, using a Firm-Fixed Price purchase order structure.

Place of performance is Brookings, South Dakota. The procurement requires a John Deere 1745 Planter or equivalent with eight-row planting capability at 30-inch row spacing, featuring mechanical seed drive, pro-shaft drive, 1.6-bushel seed hoppers, population and spacing monitoring systems, dual 150-gallon liquid fertilizer tanks, and Promax 40 flat corn discs with soybean seed metering capability. The contractor must appraise the existing 1989 John Deere 7200 Planter (SN: A07200E202942) as a trade-in credit toward purchase price, deliver the new fully assembled planter to 3714 Western Ave within 210 days of award during regular business hours (Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Central Daylight Time), provide manufacturer certificates of origin, include a printed manual with technical documentation, and warrant the equipment for one year with defect remediation within 30 calendar days of notification.

Evaluation uses Lowest Priced, Technically Acceptable (LPTA) criteria. Offerors must submit a technical volume (maximum 10 pages) and separate price volume with line items for planter, trade-in credit, assembly, and freight. All offerors must be registered in SAM.gov and provide FAR 52.212-3 certification. Amendment 0001, posted September 10, 2026, contains Q&A addressing trade-in appraisal documentation, including photographs of the planter. The NAICS code is 333111, Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing; PSC code is 3710, Soil Preparation Equipment.