AMENDMENT 0001_NRCS IL WRE Grass Planting Fuelberth Pekin, Tazewell County, IL
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 12FPC125Q0031
- Agency
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Farm Production and Conservation
Department of Agriculture
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 115112 Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating
- Place of performance
- Pekin, Illinois 61554, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service is seeking a contractor to perform grass planting services for a Wetland Reserve Easement restoration project in Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois. The scope includes pre-planning and post-planning site preparation, purchasing and planting native grass, forb, and legume seed mix across 24 acres of land. The contractor must complete seeding during the dormant stage between November 15 and March 1, with the overall performance period running from November 17, 2025, to January 27, 2026. The government will award a firm fixed-price purchase order using Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) evaluation criteria to the responsible quoter who meets all technical requirements. Questions regarding the solicitation were due by July 24, 2025, and quotes must be submitted via email by July 30, 2025, at 12:00 PM Eastern Time to designated USDA contacts.
This procurement is designated as a 100% total small business set-aside under NAICS code 115112 (Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating), which has a size standard of $9.5 million. No current contractors or incumbents are identified in the solicitation materials. While specific award values are not disclosed, the contractor must provide comprehensive pricing that includes all costs for site preparation, seed procurement, and planting services for the 24-acre project area. The work will be performed at a specific site in Tazewell County, Illinois, with detailed directions provided to contractors, and a non-mandatory site visit was conducted on July 22, 2025. The seeding plan requires a diverse mix of 5 grass species, 21 forb/legume species, and 1 sub-shrub species, totaling 2.61 pure live seed pounds per acre across the entire 24-acre restoration site.
Notice text
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products and commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation of Commercial Items, and FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.
(ii) This solicitation number 12FPC125Q0031 is issued as a request for quotes (RFQ), and the acquisition procedures at FAR Parts 12 and 13 are being utilized. The resulting contract will be a firm fixed priced contract.
(iii) The Government anticipates issuing a firm fixed priced purchase order. Award will be made to the responsible quoter whose quote responds to the terms of the RFQ and is the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) offer to the Government.
(iv) This solicitation document and incorporates provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-04 effective June 11, 2025, can be found at https://www.acquisition.gov under the current FAR section.
(v) This is a 100 % set aside total small business. The applicable NAICS code is 115112 Soil, Preparation, Planting & Cultivating which has a size standard of $9.5M. For more information on size standards visit http://www.sba.gov/size.
(vi) Line Item. Price Schedule ACEP WRE Grass Planting with pre-planning and post-planning site preparation for the Illinois State Office. The Offeror shall ensure that the total pricing includes ALL costs to complete this requirement.
Please see Attachment A - Statement of Work for location. The anticipated period of performance will be 11/17/25 - 01/27/26.
*Seeding Dates: The contractor shall seed November 15-March 1 (dormant stage)*
SITE VISIT: JULY 22, 2025; 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST; Katie Rebbe 217-632-2431 EXT 107
Please see ATTACHMENT E (Site Visit Map and Directions) for details. Site visit is NOT MANDATORY but recommended.
Quotes are due by Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at 12:00 PM Eastern Time. Quotes shall be submitted via email referencing RFQ 12FPC125Q0031 in the subject line to Tamara Sawyer at Tamara.Sawyer@usda.gov and Oksana Strekha at Oksana.Strekha@usda.gov .
(xvi) Questions regarding this solicitation are due no later than 12:00 PM EST July 24, 2025 to Tamara Sawyer at Tamara.Sawyer@usda.gov and Oksana Strekha at Oksana.Strehka@usda.gov. The Government will provide Q&A to all interested parties via amendment.
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