Interagency Northern Rockies Native Seed Increase Contracts
Solicited New Requirement Updated
See the award notice posted : Native Seed Production requirement for multiple ag
- Agency
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Department of the Interior
- Solicitation expected
- Estimated value
- $250,000 to $499,000
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Forecast facts
- Anticipated award
- Through
- Acquisition strategy
- Full and Open Competition
- NAICS code
- 111998 All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming
- Place of performance
- ID
- Forecast number
- 47933
- Points of contact
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- Diane Barker diane_barker@ios.doi.gov
Forecast details come from the GSA Acquisition Gateway. Agencies' dates and values are estimates.
About this forecast
The Department of the Interior is procuring interagency native seed increase contracts for the Northern Rockies ecoregion, spanning portions of Washington, Idaho, and Montana, with an estimated solicitation release date of 2026-08-12 and an estimated award date of 2026-10-01. The contracts support post-fire and disaster recovery seeding efforts while establishing a stable commercial market for native seed varieties specifically adapted to cooler, wetter growing conditions in the region, which are designed to improve rangeland health, restore wildlife habitat, and reclaim mined lands and oil and gas development sites. These contracts address a longstanding federal need to increase the supply of commercially available native seed species that better restore and maintain functioning ecosystems compared to non-native alternatives.
The estimated award value ranges from $250,000 to $499,000 per contract, with a performance period from 2026-10-01 through 2031-09-30. Place of performance is Idaho, USA. The contract will be awarded as a firm fixed-price definitive contract under full and open competition, with funding provided by the Bureau of Land Management. Diane Barker (diane_barker@ios.doi.gov) at the U.S. Department of the Interior is the point of contact.
Forecast text
Interagency seed increase contracts for the Northern Rockies ecoregion including portions of WA, ID, and MT. Since 2001, on a bipartisan basis, Congress has recognized the commercial market does not produce an adequate supply of native seed to meet the federal government’s need to manage native vegetation. In addition to meeting an immediate need to increase the seed supply for post fire and disaster recovery, seed increase contracts are part of a larger strategy to lower government seeding costs by creating a stable market and improving the effectiveness of seeding projects. These seed increase contracts improve the variety of species commercially available, help recruit local growers by lowering their initial production risk, and help prevent market volatility. Without these contracts DOI agencies will be forced to continue to rely on a handful of easy to produce non-native species, and cultivated varieties that, based on the best available science, do not restore and maintain functioning ecosystems. Native plants are not like weeds that can grow anywhere. Seed stocks for the Northern Rockies are specifically developed for the cooler and wetter growing conditions and are targeted to improve rangeland health, restore wildlife habitat, and reclaim mined lands and sites developed for oil and gas.
Solicitations
| Notice | Posted |
|---|---|
| Award Notice | |
| Solicitation | |
| Pre-Solicitation |
Solicitation files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Sol_140L3726R0009_Amd_0001.pdf | ||
| B09_Bid_Sheet_Amendment__2026_08_24_0001.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| B09_Questions_and_Answers_0001.pdf | ||
| Sol_140L3726R0009.pdf | ||
| Att_3_Seed_Analysis_Request_Form_revised_072024.docx | DOCX document | |
| B08_Bid_Sheet_Updated_2026_07_30.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet |
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