63500 00015493 Intent to Award.pdf

This is a Notice of Intent to Award issued by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) Administrative Services Division for RFP No. S-63500-00015493 regarding statistical consulting services for mule deer winter ranger models in Eastern Oregon. The solicitation requested proposals for statistical analysis and written documentation of methods and results to assess habitat use of mule deer at the Starkey Experimental Forest and Range. The contractor will be responsible for developing resource selection models using GPS collar data collected over two decades, with a focus on understanding winter range habitat selection and potential climate change impacts. The proposal submission deadline was January 12, 2026, at 2:00 PM Pacific Time, with an anticipated contract start date of January 19, 2026. The contract term is two years with the option for renewal up to a maximum of five years, with all work products required to be delivered by December 31, 2027.

ODFW has selected Eagle Environmental, Inc. of Santa Fe, New Mexico as the intended award recipient based on the highest point totals in the evaluation grading and deemed responsiveness and responsibility. The evaluation was conducted on a 100-point scoring system allocating points for general qualifications (30 points), understanding of services (10 points), statistical director qualifications (30 points), cost (15 points), and references (15 points). The primary statistician must possess a minimum of 15 years of experience in data analysis using resource selection functions with specific expertise in wildlife habitat assessment methodologies. The solicitation includes a 10 percent cost preference for Oregon suppliers, requires contractors with 50 or more full-time workers and contract values exceeding $500,000 to provide a Pay Equity Certificate, and mandates commercial general liability insurance with minimum limits of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 annual aggregate. The contract will include monthly meetings between the contractor and ODFW project personnel, with ODFW serving as the lead author and the contractor as coauthor on resulting peer-reviewed publications.