The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s Wildlife Services program, operating under the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is dedicated to mitigating human-wildlife conflicts to protect agricultural resources, public safety, and native ecosystems. Its core mission centers on managing population...
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s Wildlife Services program, operating under the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is dedicated to mitigating human-wildlife conflicts to protect agricultural resources, public safety, and native ecosystems. Its core mission centers on managing populations of invasive and damaging wildlife species—particularly feral swine—through targeted, science-based control and removal operations. Strategic priorities include reducing crop damage, preventing disease transmission to livestock and humans, and preserving biodiversity by curbing the ecological impact of non-native species. The program emphasizes proactive, landscape-scale interventions that integrate trapping, monitoring, and population suppression techniques to safeguard the nation’s agricultural infrastructure and natural habitats.
Procurement activities are heavily focused on specialized wildlife management services, particularly those involving trapping, relocation, and population control operations for feral swine and other invasive species. Contracts are typically structured as service-based solicitations requiring technical expertise in wildlife biology, field operations, and ecological compliance. The agency relies on performance-based contracting models that emphasize measurable outcomes, such as population reduction targets and area-specific containment success.
The agency’s primary procurement focus is on NAICS 114210 (Hunting and Trapping), reflecting its operational reliance on licensed, field-based wildlife control services. It consistently prioritizes Small Business Administration (SBA) set-asides, indicating a deliberate effort to engage qualified small businesses with niche expertise in wildlife management. Vendor relationships are built on demonstrated capability in humane, regulated, and ecologically sound animal control practices, with preference given to firms possessing state and federal permits, field logistics experience, and environmental compliance protocols.
Operated under the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, this unit functions nationwide with no fixed headquarters, deploying field teams across high-risk agricultural and ecological zones. It utilizes federal service contracts and interagency agreements to execute its mission, relying on agile, mission-critical procurement vehicles that support rapid response and adaptive wildlife management strategies.
