Global Conservation Network (Gcn)

Global Conservation Network (doing business as Conservation Breeding Specialist Group), a Minnesota-based nonprofit organization, provides wildlife population modeling, conservation planning specialist services, and capacity-building training for zoo and aquarium professionals as a prime recipient of federal grants and purchase orders, with no small business set-asides across its recent federal footprint.

GCN's federal work centers on endangered-species population viability analysis and conservation planning. Recent prime awards include a $46,500 purchase order from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 2 (awarded August 2026, concluding August 2028) for population viability modeling of Mexican wolves in New Mexico under a firm fixed-price structure; a $54,000 purchase order from the same agency (awarded September 2023, ultimately completed April 2025) for conservation planning specialist services in New Mexico; and a $122,000 cooperative agreement with DOI Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 (awarded March 2022, concluding February 2027) to conduct population viability analysis modeling for the southeastern beach mouse, including individual-based population models, sensitivity testing, and management scenario exploration. GCN also serves as a grant recipient from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, delivering a 15-month training program for zoo and aquarium professionals in collaborative species conservation planning, with outcomes including an implementation-monitoring tool and an online planning library accessible to the broader U.S. zoo and aquarium community.

Customer concentration clusters within the Interior Department. Fish and Wildlife Service entities account for most recent prime awards by both count and dollar value—FWS Region 2 leads with three awards totaling $132,000 in combined potential value, and the broader FWS organization holds two additional awards valued at $65,000. The Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service accounts for seven awards by count but carries minimal dollar magnitude relative to Interior's footprint. GCN also works as a sub-recipient on a World Wildlife Fund cooperative agreement (awarded October 2021) conducting vortex modeling for species under in-situ and ex-situ management frameworks.

Activity in the source data shows sporadic volume—one award in 2021, one in 2022, two in 2023, and one recent award in August 2026—with combined potential value of $262,000 across all eighteen awards (prime and sub). Three awards valued at $47,000 combined face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore represent recompete opportunity. GCN's work across NAICS categories reflects its conservation mission: Environmental Consulting Services, Environment/Conservation/Wildlife Organizations, and Special Studies/Analysis for Endangered Species form the core capability characterization.