IVHQ - Farm Lease Yr - 5 Years

The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs, Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy (IVHQ), is procuring a five-year farm lease for 34.11 tillable acres located behind Sunset Cemetery at 1707 North 12th Street in Quincy, Illinois, within Adams County. The lease term is effective upon final contract signature through February 28, 2031, with a maximum contract term not to exceed ten years. The lessee must provide all necessary labor, machinery, tools, seed, fertilizer, equipment, and insurance to conduct a farming operation on the property and is required to personally farm the leased land without subleasing or transferring lease rights without prior written facility approval. Key requirements include obtaining facility approval for crop insurance, complying with Natural Resource Conservation Service soil conservation plans, securing written approval for mowing and chemical applications, obtaining facility approval for USDA Farm Bill program participation, and notifying the facility prior to any fieldwork, planting, tillage, or fertilizer application. The lessee must assume all property and leasehold tax obligations, maintain general commercial liability insurance of $1,000,000 per occurrence with a $2,000,000 annual aggregate, auto liability coverage of $1,000,000 per occurrence, and workers' compensation insurance as required by law. Lease payments must be guaranteed through either full prepayment within thirty days of contract execution and annually by March 1st, or through an irrevocable letter of credit with half the annual payment due by July 15th and the balance by December 15th. The posting date was March 24, 2026, with a proposal due date of March 26, 2026.

The contract documentation does not specify any set-aside designations or restrictions limiting eligibility to disadvantaged enterprises or specific organization types, indicating that the procurement is open to qualified agricultural operators. No incumbent vendor or current contractor information is referenced in the available contract materials. The contract pricing is firm as indicated in the BidBuy Purchase Order, with total payments under the initial five-year term subject to a specified maximum amount without formal amendment; however, the exact dollar value is not disclosed in the summary materials. The contract is contingent upon availability of funds and may be terminated by the State without penalty if appropriations fail or funding becomes insufficient. All work must comply with federal, state, county, and local laws as well as Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs regulations.