CBP Carrizo Cane Eradication - Texas
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 20154537
- Agency
-
Customs and Border Protection
Department of Homeland Security
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 562910 Remediation Services
- Place of performance
- Rio Grande City, Texas, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a Special Notice on May 28, 2026 announcing an upcoming solicitation for integrated vegetation management services to eradicate invasive Carrizo Cane across up to 1,951 miles of the Texas-Mexico border, with response due by June 15, 2026; the requirement carries a Total Small Business set-aside.
CBP seeks to treat invasive vegetation along the southern international boundary to support U.S. Border Patrol operations and improve line-of-sight security for agents. Work will be performed in the Rio Grande Valley with specific locations identified through task orders. Treatment methodologies include manual (hand tools, chainsaws, backpack sprayers), mechanical (mastication, grinding, mulching, disking, site leveling), and chemical applications (wicking, UTV sprayers, drone application, aerial application). Soil stabilization through seeding, composting, rip-rap, and product application is required. The contract structure comprises a twelve-month base year with three optional twelve-month extensions.
Contractors must maintain 90 percent work quality acceptance based on inspection plots, furnish labor and equipment, maintain an English-speaking on-site supervisor, comply with OSHA and fire prevention requirements including spark arresters and fire suppression equipment, and assume liability for operator-caused fires. Contractors must provide weekly progress emails with georeferenced photos, monthly reports, and final summaries with GIS shapefiles in Federal Geographic Data Committee-compliant format. The draft Performance Work Statement is attached for informational purposes; a formal solicitation will follow at a later date.
Notice text
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and United States (U.S.) Customs and Border Protection (CBP) propose to treat up to 1,951 miles of invasive vegetation species along the Texas southern international boundary within the United States of America to support U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) operations and prevent the spread of vegetation invasive species.
Integrated vegetation management treatments may include manual, mechanical, and/or chemical treatments of invasive species. The vegetation treatments would prove effective in preventing the spread of invasive species and provide safety features, specifically line of sight opportunities, to USBP agents.
Attached is the Performance Work Statement (PWS) for the upcoming requirement for Integrated Vegetation Management for Carrizo Cane Eradication Across the Texas southern international boundary.
The attached PWS is for is published for informational purposes only. A solicitation for this requirement will follow on a later date.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Draft PWS 20260203 V4 20154537.docx | DOCX document |
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