WHB_Transportation_RFI_20180501_(2).docx

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

WILD HORSE AND BURRO AIR TRANSPORT:

DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNIQUES AND PROTOCOLS

KEY DATES

Release date: May 24, 2018 Response due date: June 30, 2018 This RFI is intended to gather information relevant to future work and should not be construed as a funding opportunity.

Issued by The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wild Horse and Burro Program

OBJECTIVES OF THE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wild Horse and Burro Program protects, manages, and controls wild horses and burros under the authority of the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 to ensure that healthy herds thrive on healthy rangelands. As mandated by Congress, animals are removed from the range periodically to maintain a thriving, natural, ecological balance on the range. These animals are offered for adoption or sale and can be transferred as work animals. We are researching the transportation logistics of flying horses to Georgetown, Guyana and/or Mountain Point, Guyana for use as work animals.

Therefore, this Request for Information invites all transport

We are particularly interested in the following:

1. Holding, care, maintenance of animals at debarkation point prior to flight

2. Tie/box stalls, grooms, loading/unloading equipment

3. Flight from USA to Georgetown, Guyana

4. Flight from Georgetown, Guyana to Mountain Point, Guyana

5. Up to 3 federal employees will accompany the animals on each flight

6. Holding, care, and maintenance for up to 1 week at embarkation point after flight

7. Projected approximate cost of each line item

8. Approximate total budget required to implement this project

BLM Resources available for this type of work Wild horses and burros would be, at a minimum, halter trained before flight and delivered to debarkation point.

HOW TO SUBMIT A RESPONSE

To ensure consideration, responses must be received by July 1, 2018 and must be submitted electronically through the web-based format at FedBizOpps. Responses to this RFI are voluntary and may be submitted anonymously; please do not include any personally identifiable or other information that you do not wish to make public. Proprietary, classified, confidential or sensitive information should not be included in your response. A Request for Proposals based on the information provided through this RFI may be released in FY18 dependent on available funding.

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