NV lotic aim data collection 2026

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Nevada State Office is seeking a contractor to conduct Lotic Assessment, Inventory and Monitoring (AIM) Data Collection for the 2026 field season through solicitation number 140L3925R0008. The contractor will collect comprehensive environmental data at 60 randomly distributed and targeted sites across six BLM Districts in Nevada, focusing on wadable stream systems to document Resource Management Plan effectiveness, evaluate habitat conditions, and support energy development decisions. Key requirements include providing field crews with at least two members (including a botanist), a data collection manager with a bachelor's degree and two years of relevant experience, and all necessary equipment including 4-wheel drive vehicles and electronic data collection devices. Offerors will be evaluated based on technical capability, past performance, and price, with technical and past performance weighted more heavily than price. Proposals are due by September 19, 2025, at 1:00 PM Pacific Time, with the contract period of performance running from November 1, 2025, through November 30, 2026.

The solicitation is set aside for small businesses with a size standard of $19 million under NAICS code 541620 (Environmental Consulting Services), though an amendment clarified this as unrestricted full and open competition. No current incumbents or specific award values are mentioned in the available documentation. The data collection work must be completed between April 15 and September 15, 2026, with different start dates for various districts - Southern Nevada District beginning in April 2026 and other Nevada locations starting in May 2026. The contract is structured as a firm-fixed price agreement with seven milestone payments totaling 100% of the award, tied to training completion, sampling progress, and data quality deliverables. Field work will be conducted across Nevada's BLM Districts, with training scheduled to occur in Cedar City in April 2025, and crews must meet stringent quality assurance and control standards while collecting water quality measurements, benthic macroinvertebrate samples, physical habitat assessments, and riparian vegetation data.