Pre-Solicitation Notice for RFP No. 140L0125R0010

The Bureau of Land Management's National Office is seeking support services for the Wild Horse and Burro Program's Off-Range Pastures (ORP) initiative through RFP No. 140L0125R0010. The procured services involve caring for wild horses in pasture settings on private land across Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Utah, with key objectives including maintaining horses in large pastures with adequate forage, water, and shelter to sustain good body condition; minimizing human handling; providing regular on-ground monitoring and inventory; and gathering and preparing animals in accordance with the BLM Comprehensive Animal Welfare Program. Offerors must demonstrate management personnel knowledgeable in equine behavior, nutrition, and sustained forage production. The government intends to use best-value source-selection procedures incorporating tradeoffs between price-related and non-price-related factors, with awards made without discussions unless deemed necessary. The solicitation package will be posted to SAM.gov in late spring or early summer 2026, with a pre-solicitation due date of May 14, 2026, and all submission and communication will occur electronically only.

This procurement will utilize a total small business set-aside with one or more contract awards reserved for small business concerns, and no incumbent contractor information has been identified in this pre-solicitation notice. The contract will be structured as a five or ten-year Multiple Award, Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract with Firm Fixed Price Ordering Periods and Task Orders, with offerors required to propose caring for a quantity of wild horses within the range of 200 to 10,000 per day. The small business size standard for this NAICS code 115210 (Support Activities for Animal Production) is $11.0 Million, though specific contract award values or total budget ranges are not disclosed in this pre-solicitation notice. Interested offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) and should direct inquiries to Contracting Officer Cristina Hayden at cristina_hayden@ios.doi.gov. Payments will be made via Electronic Funds Transfer using SAM registration data.