1. Description The USDA intends to issue a Request for BPA Call Order Proposal under the existing USDA-wide Wetland Determinations Services BPA. The requested assistance is for counties in North Carolina. Currently, pending AD-1026 wetland determination requests in these counties are for approximately 3,000 acres. This acreage estimate is based on completed wetland determination requests during Fiscal Years 2014-2017. The average size of wetland requests during this time period is 20.2 acres. In addition to the pending 3,000 acres already identified. This Call has identified the following counties for this service, Bertie (44.28 acres), Hertford (5.92 acres), Nash (78.08 acres), Northampton (26.70 acres), and Hyde (108.92 acres). The anticipated service period for this requirement is July 15, 2026 through October 15, 2026. 2. Competition This requirement has been solicited and awarded to the existing Small Business BPA Master Holder as a Firm-Fixed-Price BPA: • 12FPC423A0012 – Nutter & Associates, Inc 3. Contract Type A Firm-Fixed-Price call order will be issued under the applicable BPA. 4. Set-Aside Status This BPA call order will remain under the original small business set-aside associated with the BPA Master awards. Only the BPA holder listed in Section 2 is eligible to compete. No responses from non-BPA holders will be accepted. 5. Points of Contact Point of Contact (POC): Tamara Sawyer:
[email protected] ; Oksana Strekha:
[email protected] 6. Important Notes (FAR Compliance): This notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes under FAR Part 5; it does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service. The Government will not reimburse any costs incurred in preparation of responses to this notice. This notice does not constitute a solicitation; NRCS is not requesting proposals or quotes at this time.