Fertilizer and application

The Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons, through UNICOR Federal Prison Industries, is procuring fertilizer application services for their agricultural operations at the FPI El Reno Farm in Oklahoma. The contract requires the application of liquid nitrogen fertilizer at a rate of 60 units of nitrogen per acre across 690 acres of various fields, totaling 131,300 pounds of fertilizer material. The solicitation specifically prohibits the use of drones for application and mandates that only liquid nitrogen fertilizer be used with no additional materials required. The government will evaluate offers based on past performance, technical factors, and price, with the potential to award without discussions. Key dates include the solicitation issue date of September 16, 2025, offers due September 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM EST, and the fertilizer application must be completed by October 17, 2025. Vendors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) and submit quotes via email to the designated contracting officer.

This solicitation is designated as a 100% small business set-aside with a local preference requiring contractors to be within 100 miles of the FPI El Reno Farm Operation, and falls under the NAICS code 115112 for Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating with an $8.0 million small business size standard. No incumbent contractor is specifically mentioned in the solicitation documents. While no specific contract value is disclosed, the procurement involves treating 690 acres of agricultural land with a substantial quantity of liquid nitrogen fertilizer totaling over 131,000 pounds. The fertilizer application must be completed within two weeks of contract award and no later than October 17, 2025. All work will be performed at the FPI El Reno Farm Operation located on Highway 66 West in El Reno, Oklahoma, with fields spanning approximately 2 miles. The contract structure will be a single purchase order, fixed price, requirements type contract that may allow for future similar requirements from other UNICOR factories to be added if considered within scope and priced fairly.