The Plant Connection, L.L.C.

The Plant Connection, L.L.C., a for-profit limited liability company based in Randallstown, Maryland, provides interior plant care, maintenance, and seasonal holiday display services to the National Institutes of Health as a prime contractor on a recurring basis, competing full-and-open with no set-aside designations across most of its active work.

The Plant Connection operates exclusively within the NIH ecosystem, with 83% of its recent awards concentrated at the NIH Clinical Center (8 awards, $1.1 million combined potential value) and related NIH offices including the Office of the Director (7 awards, $561 thousand) and the Office of Research Facilities Development Operations Acquisitions (6 awards, $547 thousand). All 30 awards in the source data are prime contracts; the vendor does not subcontract. Recent representative work includes a $63,927.81 Total Small Business set-aside purchase order awarded May 1, 2026, running through April 30, 2027, for weekly live-plant maintenance, silk-plant care, installation and maintenance of seasonal holiday displays including a 15-foot decorated artificial Christmas tree, and replacement of dead or declining plants at no additional cost across a current inventory of 503 live and silk plants plus 149 seasonal plants at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. The contractor must hold a valid Commercial Pesticide Applicator Certificate for Category III-I Ornamental (Interior) and comply with CDC and Joint Commission guidelines. Installation work must be completed within 45 calendar days of notice to proceed, with detailed monthly documentation required. Earlier delivery orders under the NIH Clinical Center plant management services contract vehicle include a $87,553.32 firm fixed price order (Option Period 4, awarded May 1, 2023, completed October 31, 2025) and a $55,589.40 order (awarded May 1, 2023, completed April 30, 2024).

Activity has been sparse and irregular — two awards in 2020, one each in 2021 and 2022, two in 2023, and one in 2026 — reflecting the specialized, low-volume nature of NIH campus grounds and interior plantscaping work. Combined potential value across all awards is $2.7 million, with $1.3 million obligated. Only one award (combined potential value $64 thousand) faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, limiting near-term recompete exposure. The vendor's primary NAICS concentration is Floriculture Production (11 awards) and Interior Design Services (8 awards), with PSC categorization centering on Housekeeping — Interior Plantscaping (14 awards) and Housekeeping — Landscaping/Groundskeeping (7 awards).