Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
USDA Forest Service Dakota Skipper Habitat Survey and Mapping
Department of Agriculture · Forest Service
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AI summaryThe USDA Forest Service is asking small businesses for quotes on a Dakota Skipper habitat survey and mapping in the McKenzie Ranger District, McKenzie County, North Dakota, on the Little Missouri National Grassland. The project details and submittal instructions are in attachments. The response due date is November 4, 2026, 5:00 PM Mountain. More in the summary
A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 22, 2026. See the latest version.
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Summary of the version posted Oct 21, 2026. The notice was amended Oct 22, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov. Some details are in the notice's attachments, which this summary didn't read. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The USDA Forest Service is asking small businesses for quotes on a Dakota Skipper habitat survey and mapping in the McKenzie Ranger District, McKenzie County, North Dakota, on the Little Missouri National Grassland. The project details and submittal instructions are in attachments. The response due date is November 4, 2026, 5:00 PM Mountain.
Who can bid
- Small business under NAICS 541620 (size standard $19M); this is a total small business set-aside
How to submit: See the attachments for submittal instructions. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch
- Worth checking: Contact only the named contracting contact. Contacting any other Forest Service staff before award can get a quote rejected.
- Worth checking: Project details are in attachments. The scope, price format and evaluation are not in the notice text, so you cannot judge the work without the attachments.
- Minor: Questions due before the response due date. Questions are due by close of business on October 28, 2026; no time zone is given.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Survey and map Dakota Skipper habitat within the McKenzie Ranger District, McKenzie County, North Dakota, on the Little Missouri National Grassland (LMNG)
- Contract type
- Request for Quote (RFQ) for commercial items; price type not stated
- Place of performance
- McKenzie Ranger District, McKenzie County, North Dakota, on the Little Missouri National Grassland (SAM.gov lists Watford City, ND)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 4, 2026, 5:00 PM Mountain (from the version posted Oct 21, 2026; amended since)
- How to submit
- See the attachments for submittal instructions
What to include when you submit
- Follow the submittal instructions in the attachments
- Send questions only to joanne.meiers@usda.gov by close of business on October 28, 2026
- Direct all communication about this buy exclusively to joanne.meiers@usda.gov; do not contact other Forest Service personnel
Not in the notice text
- The project scope, survey methods, deliverables and submittal instructions are in attachments not shown in this text.
- Period of performance and any required qualifications or permits.
- How quotes will be evaluated and the price format.
- Time zone for the question deadline.
Eligibility and how to respond
- Set aside for small businesses: only a business that counts as small under this notice's NAICS code can bid as the prime contractor. More open small business set-asides under NAICS 541620
- How to submit, from the AI summary: See the attachments for submittal instructions. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 21, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- USDA-FS, CSA Intermountain 2, Ogden, UT
- Product/service code
- R499 · Support – Professional: Other
- Business type
- Consulting & professional services (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 541620)
- Versions
3 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 22, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Nov 4, 2026
- Oct 21, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)Due Nov 4, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 21, 2026 · Combined Synopsis/SolicitationDue Nov 3, 2026
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
- How to respond to a solicitation (8 steps)
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Set-aside contracts explained
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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