Lost River Noxious Weed Abatement

The Bureau of Reclamation is soliciting quotes for noxious weed abatement services on federal lands within the Klamath Project in Klamath County, Oregon, under Request for Quotation (RFQ) 140R2026Q0028. The contractor will provide herbicide application services across approximately 28.2 river miles and 423 acres encompassing three treatment locations: Miller Creek, Lost River (Langell/Poe Valleys), and Wilson Reservoir. Key requirements include employing Oregon Department of Agriculture-licensed pesticide applicators in both Regulatory Weed Control and/or Right-of-Way and Aquatic categories, maintaining a minimum one-to-one ratio of licensed applicators to apprentices/trainees, incorporating blue spray indicator dye into all herbicide mixtures, and delivering comprehensive documentation including work plans, daily application logs, annual reports, and geo-tagged photographic records. Evaluation will emphasize technical qualifications and staff licensing (Subfactor 1), technical approach (Subfactor 2), reporting and documentation capability (Subfactor 3), environmental and safety compliance (Subfactor 4), past performance on similar large-scale herbicide applications in riparian zones exceeding 300 acres (Factor 2), and price reasonableness (Factor 3). The deadline for quote submission is February 24, 2026, at 10:00 AM Pacific Time via email to margaretjones@usbr.gov, with all quoters required to be registered in System for Award Management (SAM.gov) by the closing date.

This is a 100% small business set-aside with no incumbent contractor identified in the solicitation materials. The contract will be awarded as a Firm-Fixed Price Purchase Order with a base year running from March 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027, followed by four optional one-year extensions available through February 28, 2031. The acquisition covers an estimated two Complete Spray Occurrences and two Maintenance/Touch-Up Spray Occurrences annually at each of the three treatment locations, plus annual draft and final reports; Government-furnished airboat support is available for up to six days per year for the Wilson Reservoir Cooperative Project. The NAICS code is 561730 (Landscaping Services) with a $9.5 million size standard for small business eligibility. Performance will take place on federal lands and rights-of-way within the Klamath Project in Klamath County, Oregon, requiring direct experience and in-depth knowledge of the Lost River and Miller Creek areas to coordinate necessary private property access permissions.