PWS_CGB_Goat_Grazing_05-07-2026_1.pdf

Performance Work Statement Goat Grazing Vegetation Management

April 2026

1. SCOPE

The United States Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) is seeking to establish a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to provide vegetation management in the form of goat and/or sheep grazing for the Bureau of Reclamation’s (Reclamation) Central California Area Office (CCAO) and Northern California Area Office (NCAO) lands.

Under this BPA, Reclamation will determine the location and quantity of acres to be grazed each year within the locations specified in Sections 5.1 & 5.2, not to exceed the BPA maximum of $208,597.00 per year.

2. BACKGROUND

The wildlands within Reclamation’s NCAO and CCAO are surrounded by dense urban communities. To reduce the spread of wildfires and their intensity, increase the success of fire suppression activities and decrease the potential for wildfire-related damage to these communities, Reclamation regulates the fuel loads around the wildland-urban interface (WUI) using shaded fuel breaks (SFB), among other methods.

Regular maintenance of the SFBs is required to preserve previously performed vegetation management work and maintain SFB viability. Goat grazing will be used to maintain SFBs at their prescribed vegetation level by managing regrowth of annual grasses, ladder fuels, and woody understory regrowth.

Grazing to reduce flammable vegetation is best used when addressing the smaller diameter vegetation that makes up the 1- and 10-hour fuels. These two fuel classes are important because they can greatly impact the rate of spread of a fire, as well as flame height. Grazing can impact the quantity and arrangement of these fuels by ingestion or trampling, with the objective of changing the fire behavior through modification of the fuel bed, fuel loading, percent cover, and ladder fuels (Nader et al., 2007)1.

3. BPA OBJECTIVE

The objective of this BPA is to provide a flexible, rapid ordering mechanism for contractor services to conduct prescribed goat and/or sheep grazing on various fuels reduction sites on Reclamation’s NCAO and CCAO lands to reduce the risk of fire activity within the WUI. BPA calls will be issued as discretionary work requirements arise.

This BPA:

- Does not obligate funds upon establishment

- Is not a contract

- Becomes binding only when a BPA Call is issued and accepted (Federal Acquisition

Regulations (FAR) 13.303-3 & 13.303-4).

1 Nader, G., Henkin, Z., Smith, E., Ingram, R., & Narvaez, N. (2007). Planned herbivory in the management of wildfire fuels. Rangelands, 29(5), 18-24.

4. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

Goat grazing services will take place on Reclamation lands in the WUIs in Placer, El Dorado, Shasta, Trinity, Tehama and Glen Counties, CA. Refer to Paragraph 6 for specific locations.

5. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The period of Performance will be for five (5) years following the initial date of contract execution. Task Orders may be placed during the period of performance based on unit prices in the price schedule.

6. PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

• The Contractor shall apply prescribed goat grazing on Reclamation’s Project Lands to reduce the fuel load in the WUI, within pre-defined project boundaries as shown in Appendix A.

• As a result of grazing under this contract, the available onsite vegetation should be reduced by

70-80%.

• The Contractor will avoid placing animals in previously established buffer zones around environmentally sensitive areas such as riparian zones, sensitive plants, special status species and archaeological resources.

o These buffer zones will be provided by the COR to the Contractor prior to the commencement of grazing activities at each grazing site.

• The Contractor will not start work without first receiving environmental training provided by Reclamation.

• The Contractor shall use the highest appropriate stocking density to achieve uniform utilization of the targeted vegetation.

• The Contractor shall post signs warning public of the danger of electric fences and unleashed guard dogs.

• Grazing animals will be allowed to move within an electric fenced area while grazing.

• No drafting out of natural watercourses shall be allowed. Water tanks could be filled at

Reclamation’s administrative facilities where available.

• The Contractor could use and re-use existing, former range fencing to the extent practicable.

• The Contractor shall remove all temporary fencing upon completion of grazing activities at each site.

• Contractor and COR will develop a comprehensive Work Plan that outlines desired worksites over successive 90-day periods. The Work Plan will include maps and dates of specific locations where the Contractor intends to implement Project activities over a 90-day period. Work shall not commence until the contractor and COR have both signed Work Plan.

• The Contractor shall suggest optimal times for grazing applications to achieve desired results.

• Contractor shall notify the COR in writing no less than two weeks in advance when ready to mobilize the herd to the specified SFB sites, and two business days prior to demobilizing from a Project site. The COR will provide written acceptance or acknowledgement no less than one week after receiving notification from the Contractor.

6.1. Auburn Project Lands: total possible acres 1,224 (Map provided in Appendix A)

Shaded Fuel Break Up to Acres Applegate 41

Auburn Lake Trails 226 Auburn 552 Cool and Pilot Hill 171 Georgetown and Greenwood 105 Kings Hill 31 Monte Verde 48 Todd Valley and Foresthill 50

6.2. Folsom Lake and Granite Bay: total possible acres 565 (Map provided in Appendix A)

Shaded Fuel Break Up to Acres Folsom Lake Shaded 333 Granite Bay Shaded 232

6.3. Trinity County: total possible acres 565 (Map provided in Appendix A)

Fuels Reduction Area Up to Acres Trinity Dam Hazardous Fuels Reduction 373 Lewiston Hazardous Fuels Reduction 220 Buckhorn Reservoir Fuels Reduction 77

6.4. Shasta County: total possible acres 565 (Map provided in Appendix A)

Fuels Reduction Area Up to Acres Shasta Dam and Related Lands & Facilities and Associated Lands Hazardous Fuels Reduction

1,162

Whiskeytown & Spring Creek Reservoirs Hazardous Fuels Reduction 177

6.5. Tehama County: total possible acres 565 (Map provided in Appendix A)

Fuels Reduction Area Up to Acres City of Red Bluff Hazardous Fuels Reduction

6.6. Glenn County: total possible acres 565 (Map provided in Appendix A)

Fuels Reduction Area Up to Acres Stony Gorge Reservoir Hazardous Fuels Reduction 444

7. DELIVERABLES

Description Content Medium Delivery

Contractor shall provide the COR with monthly invoices for work being billed.

Invoices should at a minimum identify the area treated; quantity of acres treated; dates, and dollar value.

MS Word, and .pdf Via SAM.gov system

Contractor shall provide the COR with maps and geospatial data that detail the work being billed for.

Maps should at a minimum display/outline the area(s) treated, quantity of acres treated, number of days grazed per month, and dates

MS Word, .pdf, ESRI-compatible shapefile

Via email to the COR NLT COB 5 days after the end of the calendar month.

Contractor shall provide before and after photos, from a single point, and in the same direction, representative of the acres before and after the treatment.

Contractor will provide photo documentation (jpeg) to illustrate compliance in (approximately) 5-10 acre-areas completed as work progresses.

MS Word, .pdf, .jpeg (or similar file format), ESRI-compatible shapefile

Via email to the COR NLT COB 5 days after the end of the calendar month.

8. QUALITY CONTROL/QUALITY ASSURANCE

The Government will monitor the contractor’s performance to assure that the performance thresholds and standards of performance are met in accordance with the statement of work. In accordance with FAR 52.212-4:

“Inspection/Acceptance” the Government reserves the right to inspect or test any supplies or services that have been tendered for acceptance. The Government may require repair or replacement of nonconforming supplies or re-performance of nonconforming services at no increase in contract price.”

The COR will evaluate the services required by each task to ensure compliance.

The contractor shall perform all work required in accordance with performance requirement. The COR will not consider the task complete until all deficiencies found have been corrected.

If the COR receives complaints from neighbors, they will be passed to the contractor’s quality inspector for correction.

9. BPA ORDERING PROCESS

As requirements are determined by the Government to be appropriate for ordering under this BPA materialize, the government may issue Requests for Quotations (RFQs) to the BPA Holder(s). The RFQs may include the following:

1) A Performance Work Statement;

2) Any special contractual requirements that will apply to the order, including delivery requirements/performance schedules; and

3) Quotation preparation and submittal instructions.

10. BPA MINIMUMS AND MAXIMUMS

The Government is obligated only to the extent of authorized purchases made under this BPA. No work is guaranteed under the BPA. Therefore, there is no minimum dollar value of work that will be ordered by the Government under this BPA. The maximum dollar value for this BPA will be $208,869.00 per year, with a total of $1,042,985.00 for five (5) years.

11. BPA ORDER LIMITATIONS

Each call issued under this BPA will be for an amount exceeding $0.01 but not more than $208,597.00 per year.

12. ORDERING OFFICES

Any warranted Contracting Officer with the proper delegated authority within the Bureau of Reclamation, Interior Region 10 – California Great Basin, Acquisition Services can place calls/orders against the established BPA.

13. AUTHORIZED CALLERS

Any warranted Contracting Officer within the Bureau of Reclamation, Interior Region 10 – California Great Basin, Acquisition Services can place calls/orders against the established BPA.

14. TERMS OF THIS BPA

This BPA will be valid for five (5) years from the date of award, unless either party in the agreement requests earlier discontinuation of the agreement. Should either party request its discontinuation, the request will be honored effective upon acceptance of all previously ordered work. Upon receipt of a request for discontinuation of this BPA, no new calls will be placed with the BPA Holder.

15. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The total period of performance will be for 5 years approximately from 11/08/2026 – 11/07/2031. Each call placed under this BPA will have a separate period of performance, generally spanning 3 months to 12 months. Once the BPA Holder has accepted the order, the Call and period of performance are contractually binding.

16. FIRM FIXED PRICE

Calls placed under this BPA will be firm fixed price, based on Price per Acre. Price quotations will include all costs associated with performance of the required service, including all labor, materials, travel, per-dem, and other direct, indirect, or incidental costs necessary for performance of the services ordered.

Unless the call is modified in writing (e.g. there is a change in the scope of services ordered), the obligated amount will not be adjusted. The cost breakdown furnished with the price quotation is for information purposes only, so the Government may verify the lump sum price being quoted conforms with the agreed rate established on the BPA.

17. INVOICES

See clause 52.212-4(g) Invoices, and DOI-AAAP-0028 Electronic Invoicing and Payment Requirements

– Invoice Processing Platform. An itemized invoice shall be submitted at least monthly or upon expiration of this BPA, whichever occurs first, for all fulfilled calls made during a billing period and for which payment has not been received.

APPENDIX A – Project Area Maps

Auburn Project Lands Fuels Reduction Areas

Folsom Reservoir Project Lands Fuels Reduction Areas

Trinity County Fuels Reduction Areas

Shasta County Fuels Reduction Areas

Tehama County Fuels Reduction Area

Glenn County Fuels Reduction Area