Winter Wheat Nursery Planting Services

The contract covers the annual planting of 2,000 rows of winter wheat nursery germplasm in Yuma, AZ, utilizing precision agricultural equipment for seedbed preparation and initial crop monitoring. This work is part of a subcontract under a Small Business Set Aside designation, exclusively available to small businesses as defined by the SBA, with the NAICS code 111140 corresponding to wheat farming. The performance location is listed as Manhattan, KS with a zip code of 66502, indicating that while the planting occurs in Arizona, administrative oversight or reporting may be managed from the Kansas site. The solicitation was posted on August 4, 2026, with a strict response deadline of August 6, 2026, highlighting a narrow window for submission. The contracting agency is the USDA Agricultural Research Service, specifically the Agricultural Field Management and Applied Plant Development unit, underscoring the scientific and research-oriented nature of the project. The effort supports germplasm development critical to agricultural advancement, requiring technical expertise in precision planting and early-stage crop surveillance to ensure data integrity and genetic consistency across the nursery rows.