Yuma, AZ Winter Wheat Nursery - Manhattan, KS

This solicitation, numbered 1232SA26Q1151, is a combined synopsis and solicitation for commercial items under FAR Part 12, issued as a Request for Quotation for winter wheat nursery planting in Yuma, Arizona, with seed delivery to Manhattan, Kansas. The acquisition is a total small business set-aside under NAICS code 111140, with a small business size standard of $2.25 million, and is open only to eligible small business concerns including HubZone, service-disabled veteran-owned, and other designated categories though no specific certifications have been submitted by offerors. The contract is structured as a firm fixed price requirements contract with a base year from September 1, 2026, to August 31, 2027, and four one-year option periods extending through August 31, 2031, with a potential six-month extension allowed under FAR 52.217-8. The scope involves annual planting, irrigation, weed and fungicide control, and individual harvesting and threshing of 2,000 rows of USDA ARS-provided wheat germplasm in Yuma, AZ, under high-elevation irrigated conditions, with all seed delivered F.O.B. destination to USDA ARS in Manhattan, KS by June 15 each year. Evaluation will follow a lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) approach, where only the lowest-priced quote will be assessed for technical acceptability based on compliance with the Statement of Work and wage determination; if found technically unacceptable, evaluation proceeds downward in price until a qualified offer is identified. Pricing is fixed at $18.00 per row for the base year, increasing incrementally to $26.00 per row in the final option year, with total estimated value ranging from $36,000 to $220,000. The Government furnishes seed in numbered coin envelopes and packets, and contractors are required to notify the technical point of contact prior to shipment and provide a tracking number, but no specific packaging, labeling, preservation, or barcoding standards are mandated beyond numbered identification. Contractors must comply with numerous FAR clauses including limitations on subcontracting, employment of veterans and individuals with disabilities, service contract labor standards, pay sick leave, combating trafficking, data privacy, cybersecurity safeguards, buy American and trade agreements, and DEI compliance under newly issued provisions, all of which impose ongoing reporting and