140L5726Q0013_Attachment_01_-_SOW.pdf

Statement of Work

Sutherland Off-Range Corral (ORC) and Delta Wild Horse & Burro (WHB) Corral Veterinary Contract

1. Background:

a. Wild horses and burros on public lands, administered by the Bureau of Land Management

(BLM) and Forest Service, are protected, managed, and controlled under provisions of the Wild Horse and Burro (WH&B) Act of December 15, 1971, as amended (16 US. 1331- 1340). As resource conditions warrant, excess wild horses and burros are removed from the public lands and placed in facilities for preparation and holding. Animals are then placed in private maintenance through the BLM adoption and sales programs, or into off-range pastures throughout the country.

b. The Sutherland ORC and the Delta WHB Corral are two separate facilities that are approximately 8 miles apart from each other in the Delta, Utah area. The Sutherland ORC is privately owned and is operated under a BLM contract for wild horses. The Delta WHB Corral is a BLM owned and operated facility that is the adoption center for the state of Utah.

c. The Delta WHB Corral mission is to adopt/sale as many wild horses and burros as possible to the public. The facility has a capacity of 300 animals and is open to the public Mondays through Thursdays. People come to the corrals from all over the United States. Most of the animals stay at the facility is about 2 to 4 weeks, but some do stay up to a year. Because of this, the Delta facility gets new animals every 2 or 3 weeks. The animals typically come from the Axtell and Sutherland ORCs, but on occasion some do come from other facilities in the US. On occasion the facility will ship a semi load of horses/burros to other locations in the US for adoption/sale. While the animals are located at the Delta Facility, BLM is required to care for them and provide veterinarian care. The facility has its own working area with a squeeze chute to allow for veterinarian care.

d. Sutherland ORC has its own working area where animals are cared for and prepared for adoption and/or sale. The squeeze chute area is covered, allowing work to occur year-round for veterinary care and other needs as they occur. Horses are kept in corrals and are not allowed to graze in open pastures. The horse facility’s current holding capacity is 1,500 horses. This capacity may increase as the facility owner is looking to expand. The facility has a mission that is four fold in nature: (1) receive animals from gathers and evaluate them individually for off-range care, (2) preparation of animals for adoption or sale, (3) extended care for the animals that may be limited to a period of a few months to several years, and

(4) sorting, preparation and shipping of animals to other ORC’s, off-range pastures, adoption events/centers, or competition sites across the country.

e. The Sutherland Facility may receive wild horses from other BLM and Contract facilities across the western U.S., from Adoption events, or directly from the range after they have been gathered. The horses are delivered by goose-neck trailer (approximately 12 horses in each load) or in single-straight deck semi-trailers with up to 40 horses in one load. The BLM WH&B helicopter gathering season runs July 1 through March 1 for horses. The number of animals in the facility does fluctuate depending on National Program needs. Gathering animals by way of bait and water trapping occurs year-round, thus the facility can receive animals from gathers at any time of the year. Those wild horses needing to be prepared for adoption or sale coincide with the gathering season and excess animals removed from the range. Number of animals in the facility will vary greatly depending on numbers of animals shipped in from gathers from within Utah and surrounding states.

2. Objective:

a. The primary objective of this contract is to provide veterinarian services to wild horses and burros on an “as needed” basis at the Sutherland ORC and the Delta WHB Corral, located in Delta, Utah.

b. The period of performance for this requirement is April 21, 2026, to April 20, 2027, with the Government’s option to exercise up to four 1- year option periods.

3. General Services:

a. The Contractor may provide services to include, but are not limited to:

• Farm Call

• Emergency Care (1-hour response time upon receiving a phone call request)

• Coggins Test – for Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA)

• Castration/ Cryptorchid Castration

• Health Certificates for Shipping

• Animal Health Corral Inspections

• Individual Animal ID & Inspections

• Micro-chip

• Antibiotic Injections

b. Average number of horses and burros needing various veterinary services is estimated to be 3,000 animals. A minimum of one or more weekly visits to the facilities can be anticipated.

When animals are prepared for adoption and/or sale, 2-3 days a week should be anticipated until all the animals have been prepared. Also, at times of gelding male animals, 2-3 days a week should be anticipated until all animals have been gelded.

c. Contractor to provide all needed supplies for services and will include this in the price estimate submission. Vaccines will be provided by the BLM unless otherwise requested from the BLM, at which time the price of the vaccines will be reimbursed. BLM and ORC contract personnel will provide assistance when there is a need to restrain animals for Veterinarian care. BLM will use agency identified procedures, in order to protect the health and welfare of all associated personnel and the equine being treated. The BLM reserves the right to perform any services in the care and treatment of equine, under the guidance of the Veterinarian at the Contract Officer’s Representative / Assistant Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR/ACOR) discretion. For example: after Veterinarian examination, BLM may administer penicillin and/or vaccines.

d. The performance of all services shall be at the discretion of the COR/ACOR. However, BLM personnel reserve the right to complete any of the above tasks, except drawing blood for EIA testing and castrations.

4. Specific Veterinary Services to be performed are as follows:

a. Contractor shall dispose of all infections waste material in accordance with the County Health and OSHA (1910.1030) regulations.

b. When the use of needles is required (i.e. vaccinating, drawing blood) a sterile needle shall be used for each animal. The contractor shall provide containers and will dispose of all sharps and syringes in accordance with County Health and OSHA regulations.

c. Upon request by the COR/ACOR, inspect wild horse or burros upon their arrival at the Facility

- often within 12-24 hours after arrival. An inspection report shall be prepared by the veterinarian which shall be provided to the COR/ACOR at the end of that specific inspection period.

d. Draw blood samples from each wild horse or burro that arrive at the facilities and prepare and ship those samples to the State Animal Disease Control Lab for testing of Equine Infectious Anemia. Blood to be handled in accordance with County District Health and OSHA regulations. Prepare a Coggins form for each animal sampled and provide test results to the COR/ACOR. This Service is performed annually and periodically throughout the year and can be a significant workload when performed on as many as 1,500-2,000 animals in a short time period.

e. Control internal parasites by using de-worming products to be administered by BLM personnel under the advice of veterinarian. (Product to be mutually agreed upon).

f. Insert micro-chips (provided by BLM) for all animals that arrive at the facilities.

g. Farm Call: Diagnose, treat, and advise BLM treatment and continued treatment (e.g., administration of penicillin).

h. Issue and prepare health certificates for animals that are adopted/sold to out of state customers or interstate shipment of animals to other facilities.

i. Perform necropsies and collect tissue samples from postmortem examinations as directed by the

COR/ACOR.

j. Geld stallions or jacks by the accepted method prescribed by the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP). Veterinarian shall furnish scalpel, emasculator or the Henderson Castration Tool. The address and phone number of the AAEP is 4075 Iron Works Pike, Lexington, KY 40511: (606)233-0147.

k. Shall advise BLM and present to the COR, throughout the life of this contract, a proactive health care plan for the approach to be used in maintaining good health containing and preventing the spread of disease in equines.

l. Shall perform individual inspections of horses when requested as they are worked through the facility chutes.

m. Contractor shall provide liquid nitrogen for the facilities to use for freeze marking animals during prepping and for horses needing butt brands to go to off range pastures.

n. Miscellaneous services are services that are not very common such as: hernia surgeries, lacerations, providing bottles of medicine such as Excede or Banamine for the facilities to have on hand, etc. Veterinarian items needed to perform these services (i.e. surgical kits, needles, drugs, etc.) will be provided by the contractor. Billing for these services must specify what service was done, when it was done, and is billed to miscellaneous services (example:

Misc. Service – Hernia Surgery on 3/2/2027…. $300). Any services that are covered in other line items cannot be billed to Misc. Service. These services cannot exceed $20,000 per performance year and prices will be discussed with the COR prior to doing the service. These services require approval from the COR.

5. Responsibilities of BLM or ORC Contractor:

a. BLM will provide all equipment (i.e., chute, corrals, whip flags, ropes, etc.) necessary to restrain and move animals for these veterinarian services to ensure safety to the animals and all personnel whether government or contract.

b. BLM representative will provide the following information to the Contractor:

1. Number of horses to be prepped and what services are required, and scheduled days to perform the work.

c. BLM or its ORC Contractor will provide for the maintenance and upkeep of the restraining equipment used by the contractor for use in doing any veterinarian work at the facility. The Contractor should notify the COR/ACOR of any observed equipment problems that need attention.

d. BLM policy states that people who work on or with wild horses & burros must take a yearly Comprehensive Animal Welfare Program training. This training will be required for all the Contractors’ personnel that will be working with the animals. BLM will provide that training via an instructor-led online course or by other means. This training takes approximately one hour.

6. Government Furnished Equipment/Materials/Supplies:

a. Hydraulic Chute and alley system including corral panels and gates.

b. Ropes, whip flags, and equipment needed to move and/or restrain animals properly.

7. Post Award Conference:

A post-award conference will be held at the Sutherland Facilities on the first day veterinary services are required after contract award. The primary veterinarian and any secondary veterinarians shall attend.

This conference may span several working days and is intended to inform the veterinarian(s) of the operational protocols.

8. Performance and Invoicing:

Performance under this contract shall be subject to the following procedure:

a. The Contractor shall incur costs under this contract only in the performance of services in accordance with the statement of work. No other costs are authorized without the express prior written consent of the Contracting Officer to include Miscellaneous Services.

b. Services under this contract are a fixed unit price. All service requirements will be scheduled through the COR/ACOR. Miscellaneous Services are at or below going commercial rates.

c. Contractor will be paid for actual services rendered up to the maximum quantities and unit rates listed in the resulting contracts bid schedule. Miscellaneous Services will not exceed the designated amount for the year. Unused funds will be deobligated at the end of each service year.

d. Itemized invoices will be submitted monthly.

9. Key Personnel

The Contractor shall identify key personnel, see the table below. The personnel listed are considered essential to the work being performed here under. The Contractor shall make no substitutions of key personnel unless the substitution is necessitated by illness, death, or termination of employment. The Contractor shall submit a written request, to include justification and proposed substitution to the Contracting Officer 15 working days in advance. The Contractor shall provide a detailed explanation of the circumstances necessitating the proposed substitution, complete information as required by the below table, and any additional information requested by the Contracting Officer. Proposed substitutions should have comparable qualifications to those being replaced. No change in personnel shall be made by the Contractor without the prior written consent of the Contracting Officer. However, in urgent situations, as determined or agreed to by the Contracting Officer and/or COR, a verbal request to substitute key personnel may be approved. The Contracting Officer will notify the Contractor within 10 calendar days after receipt of all required information of the decision on substitutions. In the event the proposed substitution of key personnel does not meet or exceed qualifications of the personnel being replaced, the Government reserves the right to disapprove and require another substitution of acceptable replacements for the specified individuals.

Name Position/Labor Category License Number Primary Veterinarian Backup Veterinarian Emergency Veterinarian