MRG-river eyes monitoring

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Upper Colorado Basin Region, Albuquerque Area Office is seeking contractor services to provide daily monitoring of river conditions along the Middle Rio Grande between Cochiti Dam and Elephant Butte Reservoir, with particular focus on detecting and reporting periods of potential river intermittency from April through October annually. The monitoring effort supports the River Eyes program, a cooperative interagency initiative established to comply with the 2016 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Opinion and assists federal and state agencies in managing Rio Grande Silvery Minnow rescue and relocation efforts, water operations, and egg collection coordination. Key contract requirements include providing daily text message alerts on river conditions before 5:00 AM, participating in weekly-to-daily water operations conference calls, submitting daily email summaries within three days, conducting discharge measurements and wasteway/outfall surveys as requested, and delivering comprehensive health and safety plans, standard operating procedures, and annual reports with GIS mapping and photo documentation. Personnel must demonstrate qualifications in scientific data interpretation, written and oral communication, deadline management, and coordination with interagency partners including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and tribal representatives. The formal solicitation is anticipated to be posted on sam.gov within 30 days of this pre-solicitation notice dated April 7, 2026, with the due date for voluntary company information submissions set for April 21, 2026.

This procurement is designated as a 100% small business set-aside under NAICS code 541690 (Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services) with a $19.0 million size standard, and no current incumbent contractor is identified in the available documentation. The anticipated contract award value ranges from $1,000,000 to $5,000,000, with the contract structured as Time and Materials pricing. The performance period consists of a base year beginning February 1, 2027, extending through the following 12 months, followed by four option years that would extend the contract through February 1, 2031. Monitoring activities will span four reaches of the Middle Rio Grande—Cochiti, Angostura, Isleta, and San Acacia—with the majority of work concentrated in the Isleta and San Acacia reaches during the typical operational season. All interested contractors must register in the System for Award Management (SAM) and may voluntarily submit capability statements, DUNS and CAGE codes, and business classification information to Kristen Ruiz Jimenez at the Albuquerque Area Office for planning and evaluation purposes.