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Bobcat Company Earns U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Contract
Bobcat has announced it has been awarded a five-year, $25 million compact equipment contract from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Bobcat S650 skid steer loader
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Bobcat has announced it has been awarded a five-year, $25 million compact equipment indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Bobcat will supplement the needs of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service with its compact equipment lineup, including skid-steer loaders, compact track loaders, compact excavators, mini track loaders, utility vehicles, telehandlers, and the compact equipment industry’s only Toolcat utility work machine. With more than 550 dealers, Bobcat Company will provide parts and service to all machines provided to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service nationwide.
The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service manages the 150 million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System of more than 560 refuges and thousands of small wetlands and other special management areas. Under the Fisheries program, it also operate 70 national fish hatcheries, 65 fishery resource offices, and 86 ecological services field stations.
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