Morgantown Office Insect Taxonomic Support

The USDA Forest Service is soliciting quotations under Solicitation 1240B27Q0013 for insect taxonomy identification support for its Morgantown Field Office, with quotations due December 3, 2026 and questions due November 27, 2026 at 1400 Eastern Time. The acquisition is unrestricted with no set-aside, so all responsible sources may submit a quotation under this FAR Part 12 combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items.

Place of performance is the Morgantown Field Office at 180 Canfield Street, Morgantown, WV 26505, and the notice's place-of-performance field lists Everettville, WV 26505. The attached Service Contract Act Wage Determination 2015-4235, Revision 21, lists Pennsylvania counties. The NAICS code is 541990, and the PSC is AA14.

The contractor will identify bark beetles, ambrosia beetles, and pollinators, and the attached statement-of-work summary adds wood wasps and other insects from trap samples collected in the Washington, D.C. area and mid-Atlantic region. Deliverables include screening raw trap samples and identifying them to species level, preparing and curating vouchered specimens, entering data into a contractor-maintained database accessible to Forest Service employees, producing biweekly summary reports, and sending same-day email alerts for priority pest detections. Sample processing and reporting must finish within 90 days of receipt. The government furnishes samples preserved in Lowtox Antifreeze/Coolant. Collection runs biweekly from late February through mid-November, and in some years from January through December. Quantities range from 60 to 70 per year for the base year and each option year.

Per the attached summary, the award is a firm-fixed-price contract for a base year (January 1, 2027 through December 31, 2027) plus four one-year option periods through December 31, 2031. The notice states no award value or ceiling, and it names no incumbent.

Evaluation factors are relevant past performance, including three years of taxonomic service references; technical approach and staffing qualifications; and price. The notice does not state factor weights. Offers are submitted by email to Jared Machgan at jared.machgan@usda.gov as three separate attachments covering past performance, the technical proposal, and pricing, with offers due 1700 Eastern Standard Time on December 3, 2026.