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Special notice

Sole Source Resources Planning for NatureServe Analysis

1240BK26R0016

Forest Service, Usda-Fs, Csa Northwest 1. All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services.

Awarded

Natureserve

$106,100.00 obligated so far on USAspending

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This one was awarded in 2026

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Description

As published on SAM.gov.

This is a special notice prepared in accordance with Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Overhaul (RFO) Subpart 5.1 "Pre-solicitation."


U.S. Forest Service intends to negotiate/award a sole-source contract with NatureServe Analysis Inc. The statutory authority for this non-competitive acquisition is 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1) or 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1) as implemented by RFO FAR 6.103-1, Only one responsible source and no other services will satisfy agency requirements.


The contractor shall provide information and data on patterns of aquatic and terrestrial species, and the imperiled status of native taxa, are critical information for the management of the nation’s forests on all species present in the continental United States and Alaska.


A SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE POSTED. The Government intends to proceed with this sole source action. The NAICS code is 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific and Technical Services. The size standard is $19.5M for the NAICS code defined by the U.S. Small Business Administration.


THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement to the Contracting Officer/Specialist before the notice end date. If no affirmative written responses are received by 10:00 AM Pacific Time on 11 August 2026, an award will be made without further notice. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement is solely within the discretion of the Government.
Electronic responses and questions shall be submitted via email to kevin.flores@usda.gov. The U.S. Forest Service is not responsible for any costs incurred by responding to this notice.


SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR RESPONSES TO THIS SPECIAL NOTICE
1. Business name, Point of Contact name, email address, and phone number.
2. CAGE Code and DUNS number.
3. In the event that the organization is a small business, state the category of small business, such as 8(a), HUBZone, Veteran Owned Small Business, Woman Owned Small Business, or SDVOSB.
4. Statement of Capability (SOC): Discuss skills and knowledge required to provide this equipment.


Point of Contact for questions concerning this notice is Kevin Flores, kevin.flores@usda.gov

Attachments

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The contract, on USAspending

Federal procurement data the awarding office reported to FPDS, matched to this solicitation by its number.

Recipient
Natureserve
UEI
D6APGYJ4HLF9
CAGE
1UF10
Vendor location
Arlington, VA
Contract
1240BK26P0009, purchase order
Obligated
$106,100.00
Actions
1 between September 14, 2026 and September 14, 2026
Competition
Not Competed, 1 offer received
Set-aside reported
No Set Aside Used.
Described as
Acquire Updated Information of Terrestrial Species (Birds, Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians).Acquire Updated Information of Aquatic Species (Fish, Crayfish, Mussels, Reptiles, Amphibians), Summarized by the Most Current USGS 8-Digit Hydrologic Units for
Match
solicitation number 1240BK26R0016 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 1240BK (high confidence)

Publications

Every notice SAM.gov issued under this solicitation number, oldest first. Each is a separate record on SAM.

  1. August 7, 2026

    Special notice

    Due August 18, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice 0c2122e064e24ebaac8c0a1df6f54a5a

    1 revisions on SAM
    • August 7, 2026: publish, special notice

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