SOURCES_SOUGHT_River_Eyes_1.docx

140R4025R0025- SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

River Eyes Monitoring

NOTICE: THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION, BUT RATHER A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS TO DETERMINE POTENTIAL SOURCES FOR INFORMATION AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Region, Albuquerque Area Office (New Mexico) has a requirement to acquire contractor services to provide, up to daily, monitoring of the river conditions. The monitoring and reporting are used to support river managers in their operations, especially when there is the potential for river intermittency, generally from April to October. Monitoring may occur between Cochiti Dam and Elephant Butte Reservoir in the Cochiti, Angostura, Isleta, and San Acacia reaches when gauged flows indicate that river drying is imminent or has already occurred. Most of the work is anticipated to occur in the Isleta and San Acacia reaches. The purpose of this sources sought notice is to identify and collect information on potential sources with the capability of providing river monitoring services for the Bureau of Reclamation as described in the attached DRAFT Performance Work Statement (PWS). Based upon responses to this announcement, the Government may determine to set this acquisition aside or proceed with an unrestricted solicitation.

The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541690 - Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services, and the related small business size standard is $19.0 million. The Product Service Code is R702 - Support- Management: Data Collection.

This notice is not a request for proposals/quotations and the information presented in this announcement will not obligate the Bureau of Reclamation in any manner.

Anticipated period of performance is for five years and will be from the date of award for one base year plus four option years.

All Small Business Sources are encouraged to respond with their capabilities statement if your company is interested and can demonstrate the firm’s ability, capability, and responsibility to provide the services detailed in the attached DRAFT PWS.

Interested Small Business Sources should include the following information in their capabilities statement response:

(a) Business name, address, cage code, and point of contact information.

(b) Unique Entity ID for sam.gov

(c) Business Size and Type: 8(a), HUBZone, Women-owned, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Small Business, etc.

(d) Evidence of your experience performing similar and relevant to the type and scope of work in this announcement within the last three years. The evidence should include the following: contract numbers, project titles, dollar amounts and points of contacts with email and telephone numbers. Please do not include more than three past projects.

(e) Include attachments cataloging the company’s equipment assets (as necessary), resources that demonstrate company responsibility and capability to perform required work.

This is NOT a request for proposal/quotes and is NOT to be construed as a commitment by the Government. Responses to the sources sought notice will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this notice.

Responses to this request for information are strictly voluntary and will not in any way effect the ability to submit a proposal or offer, nor will it have any effect on the evaluation of any contractor’s response to a future solicitation should one be issued.

Responses to this notice should be submitted to kruizjimenez@usbr.gov no later than August 28, 2025, at 5:00 PM MDT. Prospective Contractors must be registered and must maintain an active registration in the System for Award Management, (SAM), as required by FAR 4.1102. Prospective contractors must be registered in SAM prior to submitting a proposal. Lack of registration in the SAM database will make an offeror ineligible for prospective award. Information on SAM registration can be obtained via the internet at http://www.sam.gov.

When it is determined that a solicitation will be issued, a Combined Synopsis Solicitation Notice will be posted on to SAM.gov Federal Contract Opportunities.