# Collect and Plant Willow Cuttings in Mississippi River Pools 3, 5, and 5A

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/w912es26qa097

- Solicitation number: W912ES26QA097
- Notice type: Solicitation (first published as presolicitation)
- Status: Open. Offers due September 21, 2026 at 12:00 PM EDT
- Department: Department of the Army
- Agency: Department of the Army
- Contracting office: W07V Endist ST Paul (W912ES)
- NAICS: 561730 Landscaping Services
- Product or service code: F018 Other Range/Forest Improvements Services (non-construction)
- Set-aside: Total small business set-aside
- First posted: August 13, 2026
- Last posted: September 14, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/b7af646b80ff421282b403933e63a31f/view

## Description

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), St. Paul District has a requirement for sandbar willow (Salix interior) cutting collection and planting in Mississippi River Pools 3, 5, and 5A. In total, at each site there will be three 1,000 linear feet long rows totaling 3,000 linear feet. Each row will have 250 willow stakes planted totaling 750 stakes at each site. Work will be implemented on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) owned lands, but these lands are also incorporated into the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge (Refuge).  The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 561730; Landscaping Services with a size standard of $9.5 Million. The resulting contract shall be a Firm, Fixed-Price contract.The solicitation is a Total Small Business set-aside.  The solicitation is a request for quote (RFQ).Product requirements are further defined in the solicitation. No CDs or hard copies of the solicitation will be available. Offerors are responsible for checking the Contract Opportunities website (https://sam.gov/content/opportunities) for any update(s) to the solicitation.  The Government is not responsible for any loss of Internet connectivity or for an offerors inability to access the document posted at the referenced website.There is no Plan Holder List for this project.  The interested vendors list is listed as part of the solicitation posting on the Contract Opportunities website.  In order to view this list, vendors will need to sign into their SAM account. In order for contractors to conduct business with the Department of Defense, the contractor must provide registration information to the System for Award Management (SAM). All Offerors must be registered in SAM prior to receiving an award, have an active SAM account, and have the Representations and Certifications (FAR and DFARS) sections completed prior to award. Registration instructions may be obtained, and online registration may be accomplished, at https://sam.gov/content/entity-landing.As required by 15 U.S.C. 644(w), the Corps of Engineers policy and procedures, as well as past performance information, in regard to definitization of requests for equitable adjustments is found at https://www.usace.army.mil/Business-With-Us/Partnering.

## Attachments

- [b2b5c056e1b24ccaa48bd4964d97f610](https://dodprocurementtoolbox.com/)

## Publications

- August 13, 2026: Presolicitation, due August 24, 2026 at 12:00 PM EDT. Notice d37b8cae747d4f34b35eedbf305324b4. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/d37b8cae747d4f34b35eedbf305324b4/view
- August 18, 2026: Solicitation, due September 17, 2026 at 12:00 PM EDT. Notice 6736390d1532491492d190fde4237a53. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/6736390d1532491492d190fde4237a53/view
- August 24, 2026: Solicitation, due September 17, 2026 at 12:00 PM EDT. Notice db7c44a6a5694ca18ca9660fd7e35d13. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/db7c44a6a5694ca18ca9660fd7e35d13/view
- September 14, 2026: Solicitation, due September 21, 2026 at 12:00 PM EDT. Notice b7af646b80ff421282b403933e63a31f. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/b7af646b80ff421282b403933e63a31f/view

## Points of contact

- Scott Hendrix, scott.e.hendrix@usace.army.mil, 6512905406

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