Emergency Governor Evaluation for the Bureau of Indian Affairs

The Department of the Interior's Interior Business Center, acting on behalf of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), is seeking engineering services for an emergency evaluation of hydraulic governor systems at the Headgate Rock Hydro Electric Generation Station (HGR-EGS) located on the Colorado River Indian Tribe Reservation in Parker, Arizona. The procurement is classified under NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services) and PSC R425 (Support-Professional: Engineering/Technical). The contractor must provide a Subject Matter Expert to conduct a comprehensive three-day inspection of each of the station's three hydraulic governor systems, identifying current configurations, operational errors, and recommended repairs while utilizing USBR Facilities Instructions, Standards, and Techniques (FIST) as the technical evaluation guide. Critical focus areas include addressing oil pump failures, continuous pump operation, oil line separations, and valve failures that have significantly reduced the station's power generation capacity. The Response deadline for this Request for Information/Sources Sought is December 8, 2025, at 1:00 PM Eastern Time, with submissions due via email to David Boyd.

This is a pre-solicitation notice with no set-aside designation, issued as a Request for Information and Sources Sought for market research purposes rather than as a formal solicitation. The contract includes a 45-day period of performance with two primary deliverables: a kick-off meeting required within 10 days of notice to proceed and a findings report due 10 days prior to contract completion. Interested small businesses must submit a 10-page response including a cover sheet, documentation of technical capabilities and relevant past work experience with similar hydraulic governor failures, company details, socio-economic status information, and comments on the draft Statement of Work. The government has not disclosed specific award values or budget ranges in this pre-solicitation notice, as the primary objective at this stage is to validate source availability and refine the technical requirements before issuing a formal solicitation.