Grounds Maintenance Services
Agriculture (all) · USDA ARS AFM APD
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 1232SA26Q1095 in this department, oldest first.
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
- Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
- Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.
What the notice says
AMENDMENT 0001 issued: The purpose of this amendment is to: Responses to contractor submitted inquiries have been provided as an attachment in the "Attachments/Links" section of this posting. Schedule Site Visit for Monday, 09/21/2026 at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time at the project location. Extend Date Offers due to Wednesday, September 23, 2026 03:00 p.m. CDT. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Part 12. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Quotations are being requested and a separate written solicitation will… (show all)
not be issued. Solicitation number 1232SA26Q1095 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for grounds maintenance services at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Southeast Area (SEA), Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology (CMAVE), located at 1700 SW 23rd Drive, Gainesville, FL 32608 consisting of one (1) one-year base period and four (4) one-year option periods in accordance with requirements as outlined in attached Performance Work Statement (PWS). The total duration of this contract shall not exceed five (5) years. This acquisition is set-aside for small business concerns. The applicable North American Industry Classification Standard Code is 561730. The small business size standard is $9.5 Mil. This acquisition is a Total Small Business Set-Aside. All responsible sources may submit a quotation which will be considered by the agency.
Who won similar work
16 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (USDA ARS AFM APD), same product/service code (PSC) S208 and NAICS 561730.
Single-winner award sizes (16): middle half $55K to $261K, median $94K; range $13K to $629K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dakota Government Services LLC | 2 | $89K | Sep 10, 2026 |
| RANA CREEK HABITAT RESTORATION Carmel CA 93923 USA | 1 | $629K | Sep 23, 2025 |
| NORTHERN WOODS TREE SERVICE, LTD. | 1 | $345K | Sep 25, 2026 |
| NASCENCE GROUP LLC | 1 | $295K | Sep 22, 2026 |
| I Got's This home and lawn care LLC | 1 | $263K | Jun 1, 2026 |
| YOUR NEEDS LLC | 1 | $260K | May 12, 2026 |
| BLUE RIDGE LANDSCAPE AND DESIGN, INC. | 1 | $137K | Sep 10, 2025 |
| COMMERCIAL BLUE INC | 1 | $125K | Mar 12, 2026 |
| Ground Level Maintenance LLC | 1 | $107K | Jun 26, 2025 |
| DIAMOND QUALITY SOLUTIONS Limited | 1 | $81K | Mar 2, 2026 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- Sep 25, 2026NORTHERN WOODS TREE SERVICE, LTD.$345KTree Removal and Pruning
- Sep 22, 2026NASCENCE GROUP LLC$295KLandscaping Services for Corvallis, OR
- Sep 10, 2026Dakota Government Services LLC$77KGrounds Maintenance with 4 Option Years
- Sep 3, 2026Dakota Government Services LLC$13KGrounds Maintenance with 4 Option Years
- Aug 24, 2026RAPID RESPONSE DISASTER SERVICES LLC$43KUSDA-USHARL Invasive Plant Management Services
- Jul 31, 2026BRUSH DEFENDERS LAND WORKS, LLC$16KRetention Pond Vegetation Removal
- Jun 23, 2026EC3 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING GROUP INC$59KLandscaping Project
- Jun 1, 2026I Got's This home and lawn care LLC$263KLawn Care Maintenance Services
- May 12, 2026YOUR NEEDS LLC$260KLawn Care and Grounds Maintenance Services for US Agricultural Research Services in Florence, SC.
- Mar 23, 2026FUNGUY FARMACY LLC$62KLandscaping Services - Fort Lauderdale FL
Competitive landscape
For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Agriculture, Dept of (USDA) since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Agriculture, Dept of (USDA) job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 132 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.