Real Time Research, Inc.

Real Time Research, Inc., a small-business Subchapter S corporation based in Bend, Oregon, delivers environmental data management systems, real-time monitoring software, and ecological research services to federal natural resource agencies as a prime contractor (98% of recent awards), competing almost entirely in full-and-open procurements with no set-aside designation. The vendor has held SAM.gov registration since 2003 and specializes in fisheries research, avian predation studies, hatchery evaluation, and data systems support for wildlife and water management agencies in the Pacific Northwest.

Real Time Research's customer base concentrates heavily on natural resource and environmental agencies. The top five funding agencies account for 78% of award count, led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (15 awards, $756 thousand combined potential value) and the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers (5 awards across two organizational codes). However, the potential-value ranking diverges sharply: the Army Corps of Engineers dominates the dollar picture at $40.3 million combined potential value across four awards—a single large multi-year vehicle award that anchors the vendor's total portfolio value. NOAA and other natural resource customers contribute numerous smaller purchase orders. Real Time Research holds a seat on the Biological and Ecological Studies MATOC, placing three task orders worth $252 thousand combined potential value.

Recent work spans ecological monitoring, data systems development, and statistical analysis for fish and wildlife agencies. Representative prime contract awards include a $687 thousand firm fixed-price purchase order from Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 for SARP data systems management at Klamath Falls (awarded September 2026, completion March 2032), a $200 thousand purchase order from FWS Region 1 for telemetry project assistance at Klamath Falls (September 2023, completion April 2027), a $138 thousand time-and-materials purchase order from FWS Region 8 for statistician services supporting a hatchery evaluation program (September 2023, completion August 2025), and an $82.6 thousand purchase order from the Bureau of Reclamation for the Yakima River Avian Predation Study (June 2023, completion June 2024). NOAA purchase orders for real-time research software leases and data collection system maintenance range from $11 thousand to $89 thousand in ceiling value.

Real Time Research also acts as a federal grant recipient. The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a project grant in April 2023 (completion September 2028) funding a multi-year initiative to conduct avian predation surveys and assess lost river and shortnose sucker survival in the Upper Klamath Basin, with colony surveys, PIT and radio tag data analysis, and capture-recapture modeling across the 2023–2028 period. The vendor subcontracts minimally: a single grant sub-award appears in the source, a sub-grant to the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish for fisheries database development work.

Activity has been episodic. After early-stage awards in 2003, the source captures 40 total awards with a two-decade hiatus, then six awards in 2023, two in 2024, one in 2025, and three in 2026—reflecting sporadic agency purchasing or limited source coverage. Combined potential value stands at $43.2 million, though only $2.9 million (7%) has been obligated to date, suggesting heavy weighting toward multi-year ceiling values. Two awards with ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $201 thousand, creating modest recompete exposure. Real Time Research's capability portfolio centers on scientific data systems, ecological field research, statistical analysis, and environmental monitoring infrastructure for federal water and wildlife management across CONUS locations, with primary operational bases in Bend and Klamath Falls, Oregon.

Provider of data services to environmental clients, primarily in fisheries and wildlife. Developer of mobile data collection systems, custom databases, and automated reports. Extensive biological research background.