Deliver up to 1, 000 acre-feet of water to Stewart

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation is soliciting proposals for the delivery of up to 1,000 acre-feet of surplus Municipal and Industrial water annually to Stewart Lake Waterfowl Management Area in Utah to support selenium remediation efforts. The contract requires offerors to deliver water through an existing pipeline system with a minimum capacity of 5 cubic feet per second during the normal irrigation season (April 1 through October 31), with capability for additional deliveries outside this period on a space-available basis. Award will be based on best value considering three equally weighted factors: technical capability, past performance (with a minimum requirement of 2 similar contracts), and price. Proposals must be submitted electronically as a single PDF document to Kimberley Hervat at khervat@usbr.gov by February 9, 2026 at 14:00 Mountain Time, with a deadline for questions by February 3, 2026. The base contract period runs from April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027, with four optional years extending through March 31, 2031.

This solicitation is designated as a Total Small Business Set-Aside under NAICS code 221310 (Water Supply and Irrigation Systems) with a size standard of 1,000 employees. Burns Bench Irrigation Company is the incumbent contractor, having maintained this water delivery arrangement since 2000 under a Memorandum of Understanding with the Bureau of Reclamation and Uintah Water Conservancy District. While specific award values are not provided in the solicitation documents, the underlying MOU indicates Reclamation's financial obligations include a minimum annual payment based on 1,000 acre-feet at assessments estimated at approximately $3.72 per acre-foot plus O&M charges of approximately $1.50 per acre-foot, with additional charges for off-season deliveries. The contract deliverables include an Annual Water Delivery Summary and an Annual OM&R Cost Report and Invoice documenting operation, maintenance, and replacement costs. Performance will take place in Uintah County, Utah, with water sourced from Red Fleet Reservoir and delivered to Stewart Lake through the Burns Bench Pipeline system.