Botany clearance survey_vale oregon
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 140L3726Q0023
- Agency
- Idaho Region Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 541620 Environmental Consulting Services
- Points of contact
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- Audrey Whetham awhetham@blm.gov (541) 473-3144
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Bureau of Land Management Vale District Office is soliciting quotes for vascular plant botanical surveys across approximately 8,436 acres in Malheur County, Oregon. The procurement encompasses environmental consulting services classified under NAICS 541620, with the contractor required to conduct field surveys during appropriate phenological windows (May through July) using the Intuitively Controlled Survey Method to identify target Special Status vascular plants and noxious weeds. Key contract requirements include that survey personnel must meet strict qualifications, including a project leader with a bachelor's degree in botany or related field with minimum eight upper-division credits in vascular plant taxonomy and field experience, while crew leaders and members require four upper-division taxonomy credits and demonstrated field skills. Evaluation will be based on experience (minimum three completed projects of similar scope within five years), technical ability (demonstrating sound methodology and qualified staff), and price. Quotes must be submitted via email to awhetham@blm.gov by March 13, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. Mountain Time, with this RFQ serving as the only solicitation document.
This opportunity is set-aside exclusively for small business concerns, with a size standard of $19.0 million under NAICS 541620. The contract will be awarded as a firm-fixed-price purchase order with pricing requested on a per-acre basis for each of twelve items, with no partial awards permitted; contractors must bid on all items. The project is divided into two phases with distinct timelines: the Vale Wildland-Urban Interface project and the Kivett units (6,386 acres total) must complete field work by June 30, 2026, with final products due July 20, 2026, while the remaining ten Northwest Malheur units (2,050 acres) must complete field work by June 30, 2027, with final products due July 20, 2027. Performance will take place across multiple locations in Malheur County, Oregon, including areas north, south, east, and west of Vale, Oregon, and units located approximately 15 miles southwest of Ironside and 33 miles north of Juntura. All contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management with a valid Unique Entity ID and CAGE code.
Notice text
VALE VASCULAR PLANT SURVEYS, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, VALE DISTRICT OFFICE, MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement and attachments constitute the only solicitation; quotes are being requested, and a written solicitation will not be issued. Consider this solicitation (140L3726Q0023) as a Request for Quotes (RFQ). This solicitation documents incorporate provisions and clauses in effect through Federal acquisition Circular 2019-03. This solicitation is set-aside for small business. NAICS 541620 - Environmental Consulting Services. The small business size standard is $19.0 million. Product Service Code B525 - Special Studies/Analysis- Natural Resource. The resulting purchase order will be a firm-fixed price type contract. (SEE ATTACHMENT 140L3726Q0023 - RFQ PACKAGE FOR COMPLETE STATEMENT OF WORK, MAPS, WAGE DETERMINATIONS, AND CLAUSES / PROVISIONS.)
Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Vale District Office, Oregon has a requirement to perform Botanical Surveys across an estimated 8,436 acres. The project encompasses multiple locations: The Vale WUI project is located north, south, east, and west of Vale, Oregon. The northern boundary is approximately Lime, OR; the southern boundary is just south of Adrian, OR; the eastern boundary is HWY 201; and the western boundary is Westfall, OR. The survey area is 200 feet from center line on both sides of roads. NW Malheur Items 2-12: The following projects are located approximately 15 miles southwest of the town of Ironside, OR off of Highway 26 and approximately 33 miles north of the town of Juntura, OR off of Highway 20. Units are located in T15SR37E sections 15, 20, 26, 28, 32, 34; T16SR37E sections 08, 13, 18; T16S36E section 12.
Offers will be considered for award on the following schedules, but no offer will be considered for award on only a part of the schedule.
In accordance with the procedures in FAR Part 12 and 13, RFQ 140L3726Q0023 is available for viewing through electronic commerce via Bureau of Land Management's website at https://sam.gov.
FAR 52.212-1 (a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. When combined all evaluation factors are approximately equal to cost price.
*Other factors: Outlined in the Statement of Work: Experience, Technical Ability, Price.
FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Products and Commercial Services (OCT 2025), applies to this acquisition.
Quotes are due Friday, March 13, 2026, by 3:00 p.m. Mountain Time. Contractors submit quotes by email to awhetham@blm.gov.
Note: Any contractor to submit an acceptable quote or be awarded a government contract must be registered and active in the System for Award Management (SAM). Contractors must register at www.sam.gov.
Attachments
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 140L3726Q0023_-_RFQ_Package_(2).pdf |
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