IMT HDB Service IDIQ Contract

The Bureau of Reclamation's Upper Colorado Regional Office is soliciting quotations under solicitation 140R4026R0021 for a single-award IDIQ supporting Hydrological Database (HDB) technical support, maintenance, and development, with questions due November 12, 2026 and quotations due November 30, 2026 at 5:00 PM MT. The procurement is a Total Small Business set-aside under NAICS 541511 and PSC DJ01.

The vehicle permits firm-fixed-price task orders and limited time-and-materials/labor-hour task orders, and only warranted Reclamation contracting officers may issue task orders. The solicitation summary states a contract period of February 25, 2027 through February 24, 2032, while the pricing schedule and ordering guide state an ordering period of January 20, 2027 through January 19, 2032. Each consists of one 12-month base period and four 12-month option periods. Anticipated award is February 25, 2027, and quoted prices remain valid for 120 calendar days from closing. No incumbent is named.

Performance is primarily remote, with travel or on-site work authorized only by the contracting officer or a task order. HDB supports the Upper Colorado Basin, Lower Colorado Basin, Missouri Basin, Arkansas-Rio Grande-Texas Gulf, California Great Basin, and Klamath Basin Area Office regions. Personnel must possess expert-level Oracle database skills, proficiency in multiple programming languages, and comprehensive knowledge of HDB database structure. Required support covers OpenDCS, DECODES, Computation Processor, TSTool, RiverWare interfaces, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, HDB-POET, public and internal APIs, and cybersecurity compliance under SSDF, SDLC, NIST, and FISMA. Cybersecurity must meet 100% adherence with corrective action within 30 days, and 90% of task order deliverables must be on time. On-demand support is standard during 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. MST, Monday through Friday.

The pricing schedule lists labor categories with annual hours: Principal at 168, Project Manager at 312, and Senior Data Scientist at 1,080, with Data Scientist and Junior Data Scientist hours varying by year. It also lists an emergency HDB labor-hour CLIN at $235 per hour fully burdened, travel CLINs ranging from $5,800 in the base year to $6,402 in Option Year 4, and materials and other direct costs capped at $4,000 annually.

Quoters submit a 10-page technical capability quotation, a 10-page past performance quotation, the Attachment 3 pricing workbook, and a 10-page administrative and responsibility document. Evaluation uses best-value selection under FAR 12.203 across technical capability, past performance, and evaluated price, without stated weights. Quoters must maintain active SAM.gov registration and complete applicable representations and certifications.