Tropical Ash Tree Leaf Production & Maintenance
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
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- Solicitation number
- 12639524Q0093
- Agency
- Marketing and Regulatory Programs Business Services Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 111421 Nursery and Tree Production
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
This pre-solicitation notice seeks a contractor to grow and maintain an estimated 300 Fraxinus uhdei (Tropical Ash) trees to support leaf material needs for the USDA APHIS PPQ emerald ash borer biocontrol rearing facility located in Brighton, MI. The contractor must establish and operate growing space within 20 miles of the facility to repot and increase the pot size of 300 trees over a 5 year period. Interested parties should monitor for release of the full solicitation with evaluation criteria. The due date for proposals is March 11, 2024.
The opportunity is set aside for total small business concerns. The NAICS code is 111419 with a PSC code of R499. The contractor facility must be located within approximately 20 miles of the USDA APHIS PPQ office at 5936 Ford Court, Suite 200 in Brighton, Michigan. The maintenance of emerald ash borer colonies for parasitoid rearing requires high quality leaf material from an estimated 300 Tropical Ash trees.
Notice text
THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE ONLY. THE SOLICITATION WILL BE POSTED AT A LATER TIME. INTERESTED CONTRACTORS ARE RESPONSIBILE FOR CHECKING CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE SOLICITATION INFORMATION AND POSTING.
USDA APHIS PPQ is looking to establish a a 5 year FFP IDIQ contract for services to grow and maintain an estimated 300 Fraxinus uhdei (Tropical Ash) trees that will support a significant portion of the leaves needed to successfully operate the emerald ash borer (EAB) biocontrol rearing facility. The contractor must also repot and increase the pot size of an estimated 300 trees. The contractor’s space for growing and maintaining the trees must be located within approximately 20 miles from the USDA APHIS PPQ office, located at 5936 Ford Court, Suite 200, Brighton, MI 48116. Several EAB colonies are maintained in order to obtain sufficient numbers of EAB to support parasitoid rearing operations. The maintenance of these colonies requires several components, but perhaps none more important than high quality leaf material.
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Tropical Ash Tree Leaf Production & Maintenance | Award Notice | |
| Tropical Ash Tree Leaf Production & Maintenance | Solicitation | |
| Tropical Ash Tree Leaf Production & Maintenance | Pre-Solicitation |
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