# USDA-Forest Service_Fixed Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) with sensor package (Forage and Range Research of the USDA Agricultural Research Service)

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/12444026q0215

- Solicitation number: 12444026Q0215
- Notice type: Combined synopsis and solicitation
- Status: Open. Offers due September 18, 2026 at 12:00 PM EDT
- Department: Department of Agriculture
- Agency: Forest Service
- Contracting office: Usda-Fs, Csa East 2 (124440)
- NAICS: 336411 Aircraft Manufacturing
- Product or service code: 1550 Drones
- Set-aside: Total small business set-aside
- Place of performance: Logan, Utah
- First posted: September 14, 2026
- Last posted: September 14, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/5f37c3553eec4318b4c1f0f3ebda4115/view

## Description

-This will be a Firm-Fixed-Price Contract between the United States Forest Service and the prospective vendor

-Vendors will have an active System for Award Management (SAM) https://sam.gov account at the time of award and provide the sam.gov Unique Identity Identifier (UEI) in their responses.

-Payment is only made via the Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) at: https://www.ipp.for.fiscal.treasury.gov

-Vendors responding to this solicitation shall submit their quote in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), FAR 52.212-1. Pursuant to FAR 52.212-2, the criteria for evaluations are (1) Price. The basis for award is the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA)

-This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial service prepared in accordance with the format in FAR subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes only solicitation; proposals are being requested, and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation documents and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through the most current version of the FAR and other applicable laws.

-A complete package will contain the following - Offers submitted without completion of items listed here shall be considered non-responsive and ineligible for award:  (Email all offers to stacey.phillips@usda.gov)

	Signed SF 1449

	Filled out Schedule of Items (SOI)

-Targeted Delivery Date: November 23, 2026

-Delivery Locations: PWA FORAGE AND RANGE RESEARCH -  700 N 1100 E , UTAH STATE UNIV,  LOGAN, UT 84322

                                                   PLEASE READ THE SPECIFICATIONS IN ITS ENTIRETY

## Attachments

- [C04a_Attachment 1 Specifications_12444026Q0215.pdf](https://sam.gov/api/prod/opps/v3/opportunities/resources/files/7804c9c5272a4638b39057b3a405635b/download)

## Publications

- September 14, 2026: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due September 18, 2026 at 12:00 PM EDT. Notice 5f37c3553eec4318b4c1f0f3ebda4115. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/5f37c3553eec4318b4c1f0f3ebda4115/view

## Points of contact

- Stacey Phillips (Purchasing Agent), stacey.phillips@usda.gov, 5052263822

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