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140R4025R0033 – MRG Realty & Land Services IDIQ

140R4025R0033 - SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation Middle Rio Grande Realty and Land Acquisition Services Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Contract

NOTICE: THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION, BUT RATHER A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS TO DETERMINE POTENTIAL SOURCES FOR INFORMATION AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY. NO FORMAL SOLICITATION FOR THIS WORK EXISTS AT THIS TIME.

This is a Sources Sought announcement for the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), Upper Colorado Basin (UCB), Middle Rio Grande (MRG) Realty Services Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract. This announcement is being used for market research and advanced planning purposes. Proposals are not requested and will not be accepted from this Sources Sought Notice. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND A CONTRACT WILL NOT BE AWARDED AS A RESULT OF THIS NOTICE.

Background:

The Albuquerque Area Office (AAO) consists of six field offices in portions of three states: south-central Colorado, most of New Mexico, and west Texas. The AAO is responsible for Reclamation program activities in the Rio Grande, Pecos River, and Canadian River Basins and also serves 19 Native American pueblos and three tribes. Congressionally authorized Reclamation projects under the AAO's jurisdiction include nine major dams with a combined reservoir storage capacity of more than 3,551,000 acre-feet. These projects supply water for more than 439,000 acres of irrigated land. More information on Reclamation and the AAO’s project can be found online at.

www.usbr.gov and https://www.usbr.gov/uc/albuq/index.html.

The AAO has several projects that may require realty services, including but not limited to two river realignment projects that will affect over 20 miles and approximately 150 landowners along the Rio Grande in Socorro County, New Mexico.

Work performed under this contract will be coordinated by the AAO’s Realty Team and the UCB Regional Realty Team. This includes the local Reclamation office (Albuquerque, New Mexico), the Upper Colorado Basin Regional Reclamation Office (Salt Lake City, Utah), Southwest Region Solicitor’s Office (Albuquerque, New Mexico), Intermountain Region Solicitor’s Office (Salt Lake City, Utah), and the Department of the Interior (DOI) Appraisal and Valuations Services Office (AVSO, Lakewood, Colorado).

Requirements:

The following table lists the tasks required to determine the need for acquisition of land interest and to facilitate and provide all compliance materials, documentation, negotiations, closing, and file close-out activities for the acquisition of land and/or interests therein in accordance with Federal Regulations, Reclamation Policy, and Reclamation Directives and Standards (D&S). Reclamation must complete some of these tasks and may choose to complete other tasks. All tasks are included here simply to outline the full suite of steps and clarify the Contractor’s role vs. Reclamation’s role. Each Task Order will identify the parcels and which of the following tasks apply to each.

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 successfully complete a project of this size, scope, and complexity.

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 from SAM.gov.

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

(d) Evidence of your experience performing work that is similar and relevant to the type and scope of work within the last three years. The evidence should include the following: contract numbers, project titles, dollar amounts and points of contact with email and telephone numbers. Please do not include more than five past projects. All businesses are encouraged to limit responses to no more than 5 pages in length.

The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541191, Title Abstract and Settlement Offices, and the related small business size standard is $19.5 million. The Product Service Code is R699, Support-Administrative: Other.

Responses to this Sources Sought Notice will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. All interested sources must respond to future solicitation announcements separately from responses to this Sources Sought Notice. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this notice. When it is determined that a formal solicitation will be issued, a Pre-Solicitation Notice will be posted on SAM.gov. Responses to this Sources Sought Notice are strictly voluntary and will not in any way affect 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 via email to Valerie Jiron at vjiron@usbr.gov by 5:00 p.m. (MST) on Tuesday, September 7, 2025, and reference 140R4025R0004 – MRG Realty Services IDIQ. For record keeping purposes, telephonic inquires will not be accepted.