Real Time Research, Inc.

Real Time Research, Inc., a small-business Subchapter S corporation based in Bend, Oregon, delivers environmental data management systems, ecological research services, and real-time monitoring solutions to federal natural resource and conservation agencies as a prime contractor (97% of recent awards), competing predominantly in full-and-open rather than set-aside procurements.

Real Time Research's customer concentration is heavily weighted toward civilian natural resource and environmental agencies. The top five customers by award count account for 79% of recent awards, led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (15 awards, $756 thousand combined potential value) and the Army Corps of Engineers, which bifurcates into two entries: the Corps as a whole (4 awards, $40.3 million) and the Engineering District Portland specifically (5 awards, $207 thousand). The Bureau of Reclamation (4 awards, $342 thousand) and the Fish and Wildlife Service (3 awards, $327 thousand) round out the active set. A sharp tension exists between the two rankings: NOAA dominates by count, but the Corps dominates potential value by roughly fifty-fold, anchored to a single large indefinite-delivery award. Recent representative contract work includes a $194 thousand purchase order from Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 for environmental support maintenance and supplies, a $200.9 thousand telemetry project assistance contract with Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 at Klamath Falls, a $138.4 thousand statistician services award for hatchery evaluation from Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8, and a $83 thousand data management system deployment for the Klamath Falls Field Office. Real Time Research also holds task orders under the Army Corps of Engineers' Biological and Ecological Studies MATOC vehicle (3 task orders, $252 thousand combined potential value).

Real Time Research's federal grant work centers on environmental and fisheries recovery research. The vendor is prime recipient on a multi-year Bureau of Reclamation project grant (CFDA not specified in source) running through September 2028, focused on assessing avian predation impacts on ESA-listed Lost River and Shortnose sucker recovery in the Upper Klamath Basin through colony surveys, tag detection analysis, and survival estimation. The vendor also appears as a sub-recipient on a Department of Game and Fish New Mexico grant for fisheries monitoring database development and implementation.

Activity has declined materially over the past two years — six awards in 2023, two in 2024, one in 2025, and two in 2026 — suggesting either market contraction or a shift away from frequent purchase orders toward larger, longer-duration contracts. Two awards (combined potential value $251 thousand) face ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal recompete exposure. Real Time Research's capability footprint, grounded in 13 awards under Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services and 12 under Custom Computer Programming Services, spans real-time data collection system design and leasing, ecological and fisheries research support, statistical analysis, and data management systems tailored to fish and wildlife recovery initiatives. The company has been registered in SAM.gov since 2003 and maintains sub-recipient exposure limited to one recent grant sub-award from a state wildlife agency.

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.