Collect and Plant Willow Cuttings in Mississippi River Pools 3 and 5A
Department of Defense · Department of the Army · W07V ENDIST ST PAUL
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Solicitation number
W912ES26QA097
Notice type
Solicitation
NAICS
561730
Product service code
F018
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
Posted
2026-08-18
Response deadline
Sep 17, 2026, 4:00 PM UTC
Contracting contact
scott.e.hendrix@usace.army.mil
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), St. Paul District has a requirement for sandbar willow (Salix interior) cutting collection and planting in Mississippi River Pools 3 and 5A. In total, at each site there will be three 1,000 linear feet long rows totaling 3,000 linear feet. Each row will have 250 willow stakes planted totaling 750 stakes at each site. Work will be implemented on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) owned lands, but these lands are also incorporated into the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge (Refuge). The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 561730; Landscaping Services with a size standard of $9.5 Million.The resulting contract shall be a Firm, Fixed-Price contract.The solicitation is a Total Small Business set-aside. The solicitation is a request for quote (RFQ).Product requirements are further defined in the solicitation.No CDs or hard copies of the solicitation will be available. Offerors are responsible for checking the Contract Opportunities website (https://sam.gov/content/opportunities) for any update(s) to the solicitation. The Government is not responsible for any loss of Internet connectivity or for an offerors inability to access the document posted at the referenced website.There is no Plan Holder List for this project. The interested vendors list is listed as part of the solicitation posting on the Contract Opportunities website. In order to view this list, vendors will need to sign into their SAM account.In order for contractors to conduct business with the Department of Defense, the contractor must provide registration information to the System for Award Management (SAM). All Offerors must be registered in SAM prior to receiving an award, have an active SAM account, and have the Representations and Certifications (FAR and DFARS) sections completed prior to award. Registration instructions may be obtained, and online registration may be accomplished, at https://sam.gov/content/entity-landing.As required by 15 U.S.C. 644(w), the Corps of Engineers policy and procedures, as well as past performance information, in regard to definitization of requests for equitable adjustments is found at https://www.usace.army.mil/Business-With-Us/Partnering.
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Scott Hendrix
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