Monitoring Adult Anadromous O. mykiss

This solicitation seeks proposals to monitor adult anadromous O. mykiss fish in the Lower San Joaquin and Stanislaus Rivers in California. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation intends to award a firm-fixed price purchase order to install and operate fish traps and weirs to collect biological samples and estimate annual fish escapement from September 2023 through August 2028. Quotes are due by June 20, 2023 and will be evaluated using comparative evaluation. The selected small business contractor will quantify fish abundance and timing, collect tissue samples for analysis, and examine relationships between variable flows and temperatures on fish migration while delivering annual data packages and technical memorandums.

The solicitation is set aside for total small businesses and uses NAICS code 541715 with a place of performance in California. The anticipated period of performance is five years from September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2028 including four option years. The contractor shall provide field surveys, biological sampling, data analysis and reporting to estimate annual adult O. mykiss escapement and analyze the relationship between escapement and environmental variables affected by Central Valley Project operations over the five-year timeline.