Bull trout tributary passage services

The Bureau of Reclamation's Columbia-Cascades Area Office is procuring Bull Trout Tributary Passage Services to support critical fish conservation efforts in the Yakima River Basin. The services involve monitoring tributary flow conditions and installing temporary fish passage flumes at Keechelus, Kachess, Bumping, and Rimrock Reservoirs during drought conditions to ensure Bull Trout can migrate between water bodies. This urgent procurement addresses severe drought conditions where reservoir levels are at only 53.3% of average, creating critical low stream flows that could result in the loss of an entire year class of Bull Trout. The work must be completed during the drought season from July 1 through October 31, 2025, with a contract delivery date of August 31, 2026. The solicitation was posted on August 22, 2025, with responses due by August 26, 2025, providing an extremely tight response window.

This procurement does not utilize any set-aside designation and is being awarded as a single source contract to the Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife, which has been performing this specialized conservation work since before 2001. The contract falls under NAICS code 541690 with a small business size standard of $19 million, though no specific contract value is disclosed in the available documentation. The one-year agreement (1 AU = 12 months) requires the contractor to conduct field monitoring, procure necessary supplies, and construct functional temporary fish flumes with specific documentation and environmental conservation requirements. Performance will occur in the Yakima River Basin in Washington State, with work governed by an existing Memorandum of Understanding between multiple agencies that could subject the Bureau of Reclamation to fines if terms are not fulfilled.