140L0125R0001_PSN_11_25_2024_1.pdf

United States Department of the Interior

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

National Headquarters Washington, DC 20240 https://www.blm.gov

November 25, 2024

Memorandum

Subject: Pre- Solicitation Notice for Solicitation No. 140L0125R0001

Notice Type: Pre-Solicitation Notice

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Acquisition Headquarters is issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Wild Horse Burro Program (WHBP) Support Services for Off-Range Pastures (ORP) in the following states: Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.

The area west of the Cascade Mt. Range in Oregon and Washington shall be excluded.

This solicitation initially assigned No. 140L0123R0007, is now reissued by BLM as No.

140L0125R0001 in the federal procurement system. Therefore, all future documentation and announcements related to this WHBP ORP requirement will use and reference No.

140L0125R0001.

The NAICS code is 115210, with a size standard of $11.0 Million.

This requirement involves performing work as defined in the Performance Work Statement (PWS) that will be provided when the solicitation is issued. Detailed requirements and/or specifications will be listed within the solicitation. Service objectives for the ORP are anticipated as follows:

A. Care for wild horses in a pasture (grassland) setting on private land.

B. The quantity of wild horses to be proposed by the Offeror shall fall within the range of

200 to 10,000 per day.

C. Wild horses are to be maintained in pastures large enough to allow free-roaming behavior; provide adequate forage, water and shelter necessary to sustain animals in good body condition.

D. Minimize the handling of animals by humans.

E. Provide regular, on the ground monitoring and inventory of the animals to ascertain their well-being and safety.

F. Gather and prepare all animals in accordance with the BLM Comprehensive Animal

Welfare Program (CAWP).

G. Provide management by individuals who are knowledgeable and experienced about the behavior and nutritional requirements of equines and the management of land for the sustained production of grass and other desirable forage plants.

The Government intends to conduct a multiple award procurement using a total small business set-aside and intends to reserve one or more contract awards for any of the small business concerns identified in FAR 19.000 (a) (3). The Government intends to award this requirement as a five (5) or ten (10) year Multiple Award, Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) Contract (aka Multiple Award Task Order Contract, (MATOC)) from the date of award with Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Ordering Periods and Task Orders (TO). TO may be placed based on the firm-fixed pricing accepted on the base award. If the Government makes multiple awards, TO are intended to be awarded between the awardees in accordance with the FAR and the solicitation/contract requirements. This acquisition will be procured in accordance with FAR Parts 12, 15, and 16 and in accordance with the source selection evaluation criteria included in the RFP. Offerors will be asked to submit a technical, business, and a price proposal. Awards will be made using best-value, source-selection procedures as outlined in the solicitation once issued, incorporating tradeoffs between price-related and non-price-related factors. The Government intends to evaluate proposals submitted under this solicitation and select awardees without discussions (unless the Contracting Officer later determines discussions to be necessary.)

The solicitation package will include the Solicitation Forms (SF), PWS, and other attachments as required. Documents will be posted to SAM.gov | Contract Opportunities in the fall of 2024. No documents will be available until the solicitation is issued. The solicitation will only be issued electronically via SAM.gov.

Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to participate in this requirement. SAM.gov can be found at https://www.sam.gov. All parties are responsible for checking the SAM.gov website to ensure that they have the most current information. All dates in this announcement are estimates and are subject to change. The solicitation once issued will contain instructions for submitting questions. No questions regarding this acquisition will be accepted or addressed/answered prior to the formal solicitation issuance. The point of contact for this requirement is William Simpkins (Contract Specialist) wsimpkins@blm.gov and Cristina Hayden (Contracting Officer) chayden@blm.gov. Payments will be made via Electronic Funds Transfer using the data within the SAM registration database.