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This document outlines the scope of work for an eleven-task federal contract to provide endangered ocelot protection and recovery services in South Texas. Key deliverables under the contract include operation and maintenance of ocelot breeding, conditioning, release, and quarantine facilities; relocation of ocelots from other institutions; collection of genetic material from wild ocelots in Mexico and Texas; translocation of live ocelots from Mexico; captive propagation; ocelot conditioning, release, and post-release monitoring; development of scientific protocols and studies; increasing genetic diversity in wild ocelot populations; monitoring ocelot use of habitat; preparation for future ocelot releases; and securing necessary permits. The contract period of performance spans from date of award to September 30, 2027. Monthly progress reports and itemized invoices are required.
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| PoP | Task | Deliverable | Estimated Cost | Government Notes |
| Date of award to 9/30/2027 | Task 1: Operation and maintenance of captive ocelot breeding facility, conditioning facility, release facility and ocelot quarantine facility. | a. The contractor shall fully operate and staff a captive breeding facility in Texas that enables captive propagation, along with a conditioning facility, and release facility. The facilities shall include proper housing and care of ocelots in keeping with standard American Zoological Association practices. | The contractor will provide UWFS quarterly expense reports regarding the operation and maintenance of the ocelot captive breeding facility, release facility and quarantine facility | |
| b. The contractor shall also fully operate and staff an ocelot quarantine facility, to house ocelots relocated to this facility from other countries or in the United States in keeping with international and national permits and requirements. Expenses for these facilities can include infrastructure operations, facilities, staffing (e.g., ocelot keepers, veterinary staff), ocelot diets, supplies, medical expenses and related. |
| Date of award to 9/30/2027 | Task 2: Relocation of ocelots with desired genetic composition, from other institutions to the quarantine and captive breeding facilities. | a. Genetic analysis shall be performed on all animals or genetic material entering or born into the captive breeding program to monitor individuals’ genetic diversity and relatedness to each other | This contract supports the transfer of at least 12 ocelots to the captive breeding facility / quarantine facility located in Texas. Contractor needs to develop a project report describing the number of ocelots transferred, the location ocelots originated from, permit documentation, transfer procedures and any lessons learned. |
| b. This project occurs in collaboration with the AZA along with international entities, interested in transferring ocelots to a captive breeding / quarantine facility for use in captive propagation to support future releases. | |||
| c. Contractor shall oversee ocelot transfer operations to ensure ocelot safety, regulatory compliance (including, but not limited to, obtaining all necessary permits), and success. |
| Date of award to 9/30/2027 | Task 3: Collection of male ocelot genetic material (semen) from Mexico and Texas. Collection of male ocelot genetic material (semen) from Mexico and Texas. | a. The Contractor is charged with building professional and diplomatic relationships with the proper Texan and Mexican authorities to assess and evaluate the potential for collection of ocelot semen from wild male ocelots in Texas and Mexico, for subsequent transfer and import into the United States as warranted. Contractor shall be charged with collecting semen from wild male ocelots occurring in Mexico and Texas. This semen shall be collected, imported and stored to ensure its viability for use in propagation of ocelots. | This contract supports the collection of semen from at least 30 individual wild ocelots occurring in Mexico, Texas or other location having ocelots with appropriate genetic composition. Collection from areas within Texas and northeastern Mexico shall be prioritized. |
| b. All legal documents and permits must be acquired by the Contractor. |
| Date of award to 9/30/2027 | Task 4: Translocation of live ocelots from Mexico | a. The contractor is charged with building relationships with the proper Mexican authorities to assess and evaluate the potential for importing live ocelots into the United States. Imported ocelots would support the captive breeding program and could be used to improve the genetic composition and bolster population sizes of existing ocelot populations in Texas (see Task 8). | Each year within the contract operation, the contractor shall develop a project report describing the number of ocelots with semen collected, the location ocelots originated from, permit documentation, semen storage procedures and storage location, semen transfer procedures and any lessons learned. |
| b. Contractor must secure the requisite permits from Mexico and the Unites States for ocelot collection and import into the United States. The Contractor must work with proper Mexican authorities and biologists to identify appropriate ocelots in Mexico. |
Date of award to 9/30/2027 Task 5: Captive propagation a. The contractor is charged with managing the captive breeding program to produce ocelots considered genetically and behaviorally appropriate for future conditioning and subsequent release to establish a new ocelot population in South Texas and supplement wild populations in Texas. Captive propagation shall involve the careful selection of individuals and genetic material to propagate ocelots with genetic compositions considered appropriate for release in Texas. This work supports at least 40 captive propagation procedures or events. Each year within the contract operation, the contractor shall develop a project report describing the number and type of procedures conducted, the male and female ocelots involved, success of breeding events, operations of housing and breeding ocelots, and lessons learned
| Date of award to 9/30/2027 | Task 6: Ocelot conditioning and release | a. The contractor shall accomplish all ocelot pre-release conditioning (i.e., rewilding), condition monitoring, release procedures and post-release monitoring. This work involves operation and maintenance of facilities or pens used for pre-release conditioning and conducting ocelot releases. Work includes transport of ocelots to the release area (release facility), and care for ocelots prior to release (rewilding and release facilities, pens, staffing and equipment). Ocelots shall be conditioned at the rewilding facility and transported to soft release pens/facilities for future release. | |
| b. The contractor shall accomplish all ocelot pre-release conditioning (i.e., rewilding), condition monitoring, release procedures and post-release monitoring. This work involves operation and maintenance of facilities or pens used for pre-release conditioning and conducting ocelot releases. Work includes transport of ocelots to the release area (release facility), and care for ocelots prior to release (rewilding and release facilities, pens, staffing and equipment). Ocelots shall be conditioned at the rewilding facility and transported to soft release pens/facilities for future release. The progression of ocelot pre-release conditioning will be monitored to maximize the likelihood of the ocelot release and population establishment being successful (method and timing of ocelot releases). Released ocelots shall also be monitored to assess their movements, feeding behaviors, health, territorial establishment and population establishment. Most released ocelots should be used for establishing a new population, while some releases can occur within the two wild populations within Texas for purposes of genetic augmentation (see Task 8). | This work supports at least 25 individual ocelot releases for population establishment. At least 20 ocelots should be released to support a new ocelot population in Texas. At least 5 ocelots can be used to augment genetics in existing populations within Texas. Each year within the contract operation, the contractor shall develop a project report describing the number of translocations, where translocations occurred, and monitoring results of translocation (movements, territory establishment) | ||
| b. The contractor is responsible for securing any monitoring equipment and leading the monitoring efforts for pre and post ocelot release. | The contractor shall also develop a final project report describing procedures for ocelot conditioning and releases along with monitoring of the ocelot conditioning and post-release monitoring and lessons learned. All dates of release, locations of release and results of release shall be included in this report |
| 30 days from date of award to 9/30/2027 | Task 7:Generation of protocols, scientific studies and related documentation | a. The contractor shall document the entire ocelot population establishment procedure, namely: Documentation describing the design and operation of the captive facility, quarantine facilities and release facilities (at least one product), protocols describing the approaches and methods for semen collection (peer reviewed; at least one protocol), scientific study (if warranted) identifying the methods, approaches and results for identifying appropriate ocelot locations in Mexico (or other location having ocelots with appropriate genetic composition; at least one peer reviewed scientific publication), protocols describing the captive propagation techniques (ocelot propagation; at least one protocol), protocols describing the methods and approaches for ocelot pre-release conditioning and release (at least one protocol), protocols describing ocelot monitoring post-release (at least one protocol), scientific study (peer reviewed) synthesizing the reintroduction project steps, achievements and lessons learned to document the ocelot reintroduction process, advance scientific knowledge describing population rescue and endangered species recovery, to help inform establishment of future ocelot populations and/or population establishment of other endangered cats (at least one scientific study). | (after award) In total, contractor shall generate the following peer-reviewed protocols and studies: 1) Peer reviewed protocol describing the design and operation of the captive facility quarantine facitilities (at least one product), 2) Peer-reviewed protocol describing the approaches and methogs for semen collection, 3) Scientific study identifying the methods, approaches, and resuls for location having ocelots with appropriate genetic composition, at least one per reviewed scientific publicaton, 4) Peer-reviewed protocol(s) describing captive propogation techniques such as artifical insemination (AI) and natural breeding procedures, 5) Peer-reviewed protocol describing the methods and approaches for ocelot pre-release conditioning and release, 6) Peer-reviewed protocol(s) describing ocelot monitoring post-release, 7) Peer-reviewed protocol describing ocelot captire and handling, 8) Peer-reviewed protocol describing ocelot health assessments and disease surveillance, and 9) Peer-reviewed protocol describing ocelot transportation and import. |
| b. Additional protocols include: ocelot health assessments and disease surveillance, and ocelot transportation and import, or other applicable protocols associated with techniques approved and used under this contract. |
| Date of award to 9/30/2027 | Task 8: Increase genetic diversity in wild ocelot populations in Texas | a. The contractor will increase the genetic diversity and bolster populations within the two extant ocelot populations currently occurring in South Texas. This work is achievable by translocating ocelots with the appropriate genetic composition from the captive breeding facility (or quarantine facility) into the Willacy and Cameron ocelot populations (using appropriate conditioning and soft release procedures per above, when applicable), or performing AI procedures on captured, wild females from these populations, with semen of the correct genetic composition. Work can also support translocation of ocelot(s) between the 2 extant populations currently occurring within Texas. | This work supports at least 5 ocelot releases or AI procedures for genetic augmentation of extant ocelot populations in South Texas. Each year of contract operation, the contractor shall develop a project report describing any translocation or AI procedures performed to increase genetic diversity and bolster extant ocelot populations in Texas. Where ocelots were released, monitoring results, territorial establishment and release success are included in this report. |
| b. ontractor shall monitor the health, movements, and territorial establishment of these released ocelots as a means to assess success of the reintroduction effort. | |||
| c. Contractor shall also produce a peer reviewed study describing the release procedures, results of post-release monitoring, potential ocelot establishments in the population and any lessons learned. |
| Date of award to 9/30/2027 | Task 9: Monitoring and tracking ocelot use of thornscrub forests. | a. Other, related work will support the restoration of thornscrub forests in South Texas. The thornscrub restoration work would benefit from information describing the best thornscrub species compositions and density to restore habitat for ocelots, such as denning areas and movement corridors. Future restoration work will examine novel ways to restore thornscrub habitats using different habitat compositions, configurations and designs. This restoration work can potentially increase the amount and distribution of breeding areas and movement corridors for ocelots, faster than traditional techniques. | Contractor produces at least 1 peer reviewed study identifying relationships between ocelot habitat preferences and characteristics of Tamaulipan thornscrub forest (e.g. species composition, density, size) for biological purposes such as ocelot denning, territory establishment and movement corridors. |
| b. Thornscrub restoration work requires information from ocelot monitoring to help inform the designs and their utility. Therefore, within this Contract, the Contractor shall work closely with the teams restoring thornscrub habitats. The contractor shall identify the most suitable thornscrub species compositions and densities for ocelots, when ocelots are denning, establishing territories and using movement corridors. The contractor’s work should inform thornscrub restoration location, amount and type. Contractor should report results of their work in a peer reviewed scientific study. This contract will cover expenses for conducting such studies (e.g., equipment, staffing, travel). | Production of a layman’s guide that simplifies the information, focusing on the most important findings that subsequently inform future thornscrub restoration, to help scale up restoration actions to maximize their value for ocelot habitat use and population expansion. |
| Date of award to 9/30/2027 | Task 10: Build foundations for future ocelot releases and population re-establishment in Texas | a. The contractor shall conduct all the necessary work to prepare another location for future ocelot releases to establish another ocelot population within Texas. This work will build off previous work that identifies multiple locations within Texas suitable for ocelot population re-establishment | Contractor shall produce at least one final document that describes the suitability of a second candidate site for establishing another ocelot population. This document shall include components of public outreach, results of habitat and prey assessments, PVA results, documentation of permits, and potential for success. The purpose of this work is to build a solid foundation for future ocelot releases and population re-establishment on at least one new property. The contractor shall produce yearly status updates describing the work and procedures taken to identify another candidate site for establishing another ocelot population. |
| b. The contractor shall work with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and other State and NGO partners interested and engaged on ocelot recovery to identify a potential candidate release location. At this candidate location, the contractor shall provide the requisite public outreach with property owners to assess interest in ocelot population establishment, and interest in ocelots occurring on private property within the potential second release location. | |||
| c. he contractor shall evaluate habitat suitability at the site, prey suitability, perform necessary population viability assessments (PVA) to anticipate potential ocelot population sizes at the site and necessary number of reintroductions required to establish a population, also assess any facilities and determine what new facilities would be required for successful ocelot releases at the site. |
Date of award to 9/30/2027 Task 11: Permits a. Strict compliance with all applicable Federal, State, local, and foreign law is required. A range of permit types are necessary for the legal export, import, collection, use, storage, and transfer of live ocelots and biological specimens. Required permits may include but are not limited to: Conventional on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Appendix I export and import permits; Endangered Species Act (ESA) import, enhancement of survival, and research/recovery permits; and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department wildlife diversity permits. The contractor is responsible for securing all requisite permits in a timely manner and prior to the implementation of any activities involving live ocelots or ocelot specimens. Award of this contract does not guarantee issuance of any permit type.
01/01/2027 - 9/30/2027 Task 11: Project Summary Contractor shall produce a peer-reviewed document, in "conservation in practice" style, describing the contractual work, and how work accomplished in this contract with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and Customs and Border Patrol catalyzed and established the pathway to full ocelot recovery in the United States, in collaboration with State, NGO, private citizens and other partners.
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Note: Payments: An itemized invoice shall be submitted at least monthly, attached to invoice shall be monthly progress reports documenting work performed.
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