WHB Eastern States Pre-solicitation Notice

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is issuing a Pre-Solicitation Notice for Wild Horse and Burro Off-Range Corral (ORC) support services across six separate regions in the Eastern States. The procurement covers six distinct geographic regions: Region 1 (Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina); Region 2 (Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio); Region 3 (Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi); Region 4 (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan); Region 5 (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland); and Region 6 (Florida, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina). Contractors must provide comprehensive off-range corral services including facility maintenance, animal care and feeding, quarantine and holding pens, land, feed, minerals, water, hoof trimming, and veterinary services for 120-400 animals annually, and must complete mandatory Corral Animal Welfare Program (CAWP) training. Selection will be based on technical capability, past performance, small business participation and subcontracting plans, and price using a best value source selection process. The official RFP is anticipated to release on or about February 19, 2026, with a closing date of April 20, 2026, and offerors must maintain active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM).

This procurement includes no set-aside designations and uses the Firm-Fixed Price Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity contract type under NAICS Code 115210. The anticipated period of performance is five years, from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2031, with the potential for one or more separate contract awards in each region. The government anticipates awarding multiple contracts across the six regions, though specific award values and budget ranges are not disclosed in this pre-solicitation notice. Interested offerors should contact the Contracting Officer, Lisa Turner, at lturner@blm.gov for additional information and should monitor the Federal Procurement Data System for the official RFP release date and associated solicitation documents.