WNA vegetation inventory for LMD 1

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Navajo Region seeks a vegetation inventory at 909 transect locations across Land Management District 1, Units 1–4 in Western Navajo Agency, with proposals due September 2. The procurement is set aside 100% for Indian Small Business Economic Enterprises (ISBEE) under the Buy Indian Act. Amendment No. 1, issued August 26, establishes a final deadline for questions of August 28 at 3:00 p.m. MDT, directed to Lynelle.Benallie@bia.gov, with responses posted on SAM.gov.

Performance runs September 14, 2026 through September 14, 2027. Place of performance is BIA West Navajo Natural Resources, East Highway 160 and Warrior Drive, Tuba City, Arizona, covering approximately 818,219 acres across 23 compartments and six Range Management Units in Tonalea, Kaibeto, Coppermine, and Lechee areas.

The contractor must conduct field data collection, generate a draft technical report within 45 days of fieldwork completion, deliver a final technical report following BIA's two-week review and contractor revisions, and provide six hard-copy final reports within three weeks of approval. Deliverables include a GIS data package with shapefiles in UTM NAD 1983 Zone 12 format, a Map Atlas with nine 15-minute scale sheets, all raw field data, photographs, and metadata. Personnel must hold degrees and experience in range science, range ecology, plant biology, or related ecological sciences, with daily documented supervision by a qualified designee holding at least a B.S. degree. The NAICS code is 541690 with a $19 million small business size standard. Evaluation criteria in descending order of importance are technical approach, key project management and technical support qualifications, past performance (3–5 client references and project list from the past five years), and price. Offerors must submit a signed Indian Affairs Indian Economic Enterprise Representation Form and DIAR 1452.280-4 certification; failure to submit a complete signed IEE form may result in disqualification. Contracting Officer Lynelle Benallie may be reached at 5058638404.