Boardman WGS Habitat Restoration and Mitigation Services RFP

The State of Oregon, through the Oregon Military Department, is soliciting proposals via an Intermediate Procurement (W912JV26C3002) for professional environmental restoration services supporting Washington Ground Squirrel habitat restoration at the Oregon Army National Guard Multi-Purpose Machine Gun Range located at the U.S. Navy Boardman Bombing Range in Boardman, Multnomah County, Oregon. The procurement encompasses comprehensive habitat restoration activities including ecological surveys, cryptogamic soil crust salvage and inoculation, herbicide application, native species planting, habitat monitoring, and adaptive restoration activities organized across three distinct phases: Phase I involves mitigation-required restoration of temporarily disturbed areas (up to 14 acres) including soil crust salvage and monitoring; Phase II mandates habitat enhancement on 112 acres within the Boardman Resource Management Area, including native plant seeding, shrub planting, and noxious weed control; and Phase III consists of optional habitat enhancement on up to 307 additional acres contingent upon Agency authorization and available funding. Success criteria require achieving at least 80 percent uniform coverage of native bunchgrass stands within three years and increasing native shrub density to one seedling per square meter in designated focus areas, with all native planting materials sourced from the Columbia Plateau Ecoregion using pre-approved species including bluebunch wheatgrass, Sandberg bluegrass, Idaho fescue, needle and thread grass, and squirrel-tail bottlebrush. The evaluation process weights Technical Approach and Methodology at 35 percent, Experience and Qualifications at 25 percent, References at 10 percent, and Cost/Pricing at 30 percent, with awards based on overall best value rather than lowest price alone. Key deadlines include a question deadline of June 3, 2026, an optional pre-proposal virtual conference on May 27, 2026, proposal submissions due June 11, 2026, at 2:00 PM Pacific Time, with award notification estimated for June 17, 2026, and contract execution anticipated in late June 2026; the contract term extends through June 30, 2031. Minimum qualifications require legal authorization to conduct business in Oregon and demonstrated experience with habitat restoration or environmental mitigation work, and all herbicide applications must be conducted by personnel holding a current Oregon Public Pesticide Applicator License using only chemicals from the Department of Navy-approved pesticide use list.

The procurement encourages participation of small businesses certified by the Oregon Certification Office for Business Inclusion and Diversity (COBID), including Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE), Minority-Owned Businesses (MBE), Woman-Owned Businesses (WBE), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned firms (SDV), and Emerging Small Businesses (ESB), with offerors required to complete a Certified Disadvantaged Business Outreach Plan demonstrating reasonable solicitation efforts for certified subcontractors; however, this outreach plan is not scored in the evaluation process. No incumbent vendors or current contractors are identified in the procurement documentation. Bidders must provide completed Offeror Information and Certification Sheets affirming compliance with Oregon tax law, non-discrimination policies, wage equality standards, broadband service regulations, and federal exclusion lists including the Treasury's Specially Designated Nationals list and the System for Award Management. All work must comply with scope-specific requirements including Department of Navy range briefing attendance, coordination with 30 days' advance scheduling notice, soil disturbance scanning with hand-held metal detectors for munitions of explosive concern, cryptogamic soil crust salvage and storage per the 2021 Boardman Cryptogamic Soil Crust Salvage Plan (with storage in WWII munitions igloos near Hermiston from October through May when temperatures remain at or below 63 degrees Fahrenheit), and provision of all labor, equipment, supervision, transportation, and supplies unless otherwise authorized. The anticipated contract is a single award, with pricing submitted as lump sum costs for Phases I and II, per-acre unit pricing for Phase III habitat enhancement, and separate unit pricing for sagebrush propagation and plug installation; no specific budget allocation is disclosed in the procurement documents.