# Apple Tree Nursery Stock – Appalachian Fruit Research Station - Kearneysville, WV

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/12305b24q0040

- Solicitation number: 12305B24Q0040
- Notice type: Solicitation
- Status: Awarded to Adams County Nursery Inc.
- Department: Department of Agriculture
- Agency: Agricultural Research Service
- Contracting office: USDA ARS Nea Aao Acq/Per Prop (12305B)
- NAICS: 111421 Nursery and Tree Production
- Product or service code: 8730 Seeds and Nursery Stock
- Set-aside: Total small business set-aside
- Place of performance: Kearneysville, West Virginia
- County: Jefferson County (FIPS 54037). https://abierto.us/counties/jefferson-county-wv-54037
- First posted: February 15, 2024
- Last posted: February 27, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/6c6f24f0ae734a86813f4628a14ec2b4/view

## Description

This project entails obtaining a large quantity of apple tree nursery stock for establishment of a new research orchard at the Appalachian Fruit Research Station in Kearneysville WV. Project goals are to obtain nursery stock to establish said orchard with trees meeting technical requirements integral to the orchard design and research being conducted. Foremost, the objective is (i) delivery of the required quantity of nursery stock conformant to technical specifications within the prescribed delivery window.

A general description of the requirement reads: delivery of a total of 12,150 apple trees, conformant to technical specifications below and delivered within one of the specified periods. There is no prior acquisition history for this requirement. Nor a continuing need pertinent to this requirement for subsequent years. This procurement request presents procedural challenges to standard Nursery practice; compliance with the USDA procurement process will require vendor flexibility.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Adams County Nursery Inc. (UEI U631JJ44S9F1)
- Contract: 12305B24P0073, purchase order
- Obligated: $144,925.05
- Competition: Competed Under SAP, 3 offers received
- Link: solicitation number 12305B24Q0040 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 12305B (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_12305B24P0073_12H2_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- February 15, 2024: Solicitation, due February 29, 2024 at 5:00 PM EST. Notice cad5b5c0faae4698a4f577eeca9ce4fe. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/cad5b5c0faae4698a4f577eeca9ce4fe/view
- February 27, 2024: Solicitation, due March 5, 2024 at 5:00 PM EST. Notice 6c6f24f0ae734a86813f4628a14ec2b4. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/6c6f24f0ae734a86813f4628a14ec2b4/view

## Points of contact

- Brandon Lewis, brandon.lewis@usda.gov

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