Millborn Seeds Inc.

Millborn Seeds Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation based in Brookings, South Dakota, supplies native grass, forb, wildflower, and ecosystem restoration seeds to the federal government as a prime contractor (99% of awards) competing in full-and-open procurements with no set-aside designations. The vendor serves Interior Department land management agencies—primarily the Fish and Wildlife Service and Bureau of Land Management—delivering seeds for habitat restoration, wetland management, and prairie conservation across the Midwest, Northern Rockies, and Great Plains regions.

Millborn Seeds holds a portfolio concentrated overwhelmingly in native seed procurement. The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 accounts for 23 awards worth $10 million in combined potential value, anchored by a $9.5 million ten-year Blanket Purchase Agreement covering seed and forb supply through August 2033. The National Park Service holds a separate $3 million single-award BPA for seed-increase services (growing and propagating native species) through September 2027. The Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region has issued ten awards totaling $2.2 million through a recurring "consolidated seed buy" model that cycles seasonal procurements (spring and fall) for multiple seed varieties delivered to multiple warehouse locations. A $250,000 BPA with Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3 supports the Iowa Wetland Management District through January 2027. Recent awards include a $474,000 definitive contract from BLM Idaho for FY26-2 Fall Consolidated Seed Buy (August 2026, completing December 2026), a $245,980 purchase order for FY26 Spring seeds (March 2026), a $206,150 award for FY25-2 Fall seeds (August 2025), and multiple Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 BPA calls in September 2025 ranging from $14,467 to $30,096 for individual refuges and wetland districts.

Across 68 total awards in the source, twelve distinct customer agencies are served, but concentration is decisive: Fish and Wildlife Service (Region 3, Region 6, and unspecified) accounts for approximately 41 awards and $10.5 million combined potential value; BLM Idaho Region represents 10 awards and $2.2 million; National Park Service contributes 1 award worth $3 million; USDA Forest Service and other Interior offices account for the remainder. Top NAICS categories reflect the commodity nature: All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming (19 awards), Floriculture Production (11 awards), and Forest Nurseries and Gathering of Forest Products (11 awards). PSC coding is dominated by Seeds and Nursery Stock (62 of 68 awards).

Millborn Seeds also holds a single federal grant award as a prime recipient from USDA (Kansas City Commodity Office), announced April 24, 2023, for climate-smart specialty grain and oilseed market expansion across nine states (Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming), extending through April 2028. A sub-grant relationship appears in the record: Millborn Seeds subcontracted to Low Carbon Technologies LLC (June 2023) to provide customized seed mixes and packaging logistics supporting regenerative agriculture practices.

Activity has remained steady but with uneven annual distribution: nine awards in 2022, nine in 2023, three in 2024, nine in 2025, and two in 2026 (through August). The vendor reports combined potential value of $16.2 million across all awards, though combined dollars obligated total $93 million, indicating heavy utilization of BPA vehicles and repeat task ordering. Only two awards face completion in the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $474 thousand), suggesting limited near-term recompete pressure; most capacity sits in long-standing vehicles running through 2027–2034. Place of performance centers on Brookings, South Dakota, though Field Office deliveries span Idaho, Montana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, and other states where federal refuges and restoration sites are located.