Cone-Regulated Seeder and Plot Combine Harvester 1232SA25Q0197

A market survey is being conducted to determine if there are adequate Small Business contractors available for a proposed project who meet the specific criteria outlined below. This is not a solicitation Announcement or Request for Proposal. It does not constitute any commitment by the Government. No award will result from this notice. The purpose is to conduct market research to gain knowledge of potentially qualified sources. Responses to this Sources Sought Notice will be used by the Government to make an appropriate acquisition decision. The USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) will not award a contract on the basis of responses or pay for the preparation of any information submitted. Respondents will not be notified of the results of this notice. After completing an analysis of the responses, the Government will determine whether to limit competition to Small Business firms, or to proceed with issuing an unrestricted solicitation, inviting full and open competition. Description: Cone-Regulated Seeder and Plot Combine Harvester. Cone-Regulated Seeder to plant trials for high-throughput evaluation of crop varieties and management. Plot Combine Harvester to harvest both food and feed grain crops from these research trials, larger-scale agronomic experiments, and bulk land at the research station. Plot Combine Harvester will collect representative samples and critical data, including yield, for each plot. Set uses a common set of research-specific, plot management software. The data enabled is mission critical and central to current project plan. Technical requirements: See attached Specifications. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 333111. Size standards in number of employees is 1250. Companies who have the experience, as well as an interest in doing business with ARS, should submit a brief Capabilities Statement which, for this notice, is not expected to be a proposal, but rather short statements regarding the company s ability to demonstrate their expertise and experience in relation to the areas specified in this notice. Companies should also indicate their business size status for the applicable NAICS code. Responses to this notice must demonstrate clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government, would not be cost or time prohibitive, and would not hinder the mission objective of the ARS research location. Interested contractors are instructed to provide only the data requested. Responses must be submitted electronically by email only to the attention of Contract Specialist, Monte Jordan at monte.jordan@usda.gov not later than 3:00 p.m. CDT on or before Tuesday, August 26,2025. Telephone inquiries will NOT be accepted. Disclaimer and Important Notes: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. Interested contractors are instructed to provide only the data requested. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. No proprietary classified confidential or sensitive information shall be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any nonproprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s). The USDA will not review any additional information. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization s qualifications to perform the work. The government is not responsible for locating or securing any information not identified in the response. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation.

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products and commercial services prepared in accordance with the procedures contained in FAR Part 12.6, Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Products and Commercial Services, and FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is 1232SA25Q0197 and is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) Number 2025-05 dated 08/07/2025. This solicitation is issued as a Total Small Business Set-Aside. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 333111 and the small business size standards in number of employees is 1250. Contract LINE-ITEM Number(s) (CLINS): 0001 (1) Plot Combine Harvester in accordance with attached Specifications. 0002 (1) Plot Row Motion Seeder in accordance with attached Specifications. Description/Statement of Work/Specifications: See attached Specifications. Place(s) of Delivery and Acceptance: USDA, ARS, Food Systems Research Unit (FSRU), Nordic Farm 1211 Ethan Allen Highway Charlotte, VT 05445 Period of Performance: September 24,2025 through December 29,2025. Delivery for this requirement must be FOB Destination inclusive of all costs. Contractor must be registered in System for Award Management, (SAM), prior to submitting a quotation. Registration is free and registration can be completed online at www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM. FAR Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, is incorporated by reference and applies to this acquisition. Please see the attached RFQ terms and conditions for the submission requirements and its addendum. Evaluation: For the evaluation criteria, please see the attached RFQ terms and conditions. Offerors are required to complete in full FAR Provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Products and Commercial Services (DEVIATION), with their quote online at SAM: www.sam.gov. An offeror must state in their quotation if they completed FAR 52.212-3 online and that is it up-to-date and valid. See the attached RFQ terms and conditions for more requirements. System updates may lag policy updates. The System for Award Management (SAM) may continue to require entities to complete representations based on provisions that are not included in agency solicitations, including 52.223-22, Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Goals Representation, and paragraph (t) of 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Products and Commercial Services. Agencies will not consider or use these representations. Entities are not required to, nor are they able to, update their entity registration to remove these representations in SAM FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition. Please see the attached RFQ terms and conditions for its Addendum. FAR Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Products and Commercial Services (DEVIATION), is incorporated and applies to this acquisition. Please see the attached RFQ terms and conditions that are applicable to the acquisition. There are no additional contract requirement(s) or terms and conditions (such as contract financing arrangements or warranty requirements) determined by the contracting officer to be necessary for this acquisition and consistent with customary commercial practices. The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) and assigned ratings are not applicable to this solicitation. Date, Time and Place quotations are due. Quotations are due by Friday, September 19, 2025, not later than 3:00 p.m. CDT. Submit quotations to the following e-mail address(es), referencing Solicitation Number 1232SA25Q0197 by the quotation due date and time: Contract Specialist, Monte Jordan at monte.jordan@usda.gov. No late quotations will be accepted. The quotation must be valid for at least 60 days after receipt of quotation. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the Government Point of Entry (GPE) (sam.gov) for information relevant to this solicitation, e.g., questions and answers, amendments, etc. Any amendments and documents related to this procurement will be available electronically at the Governmentwide Point of Entry (GPE) SAM.