56--Lake Berryessa (LB) Exclusion Fencing

This announcement is to all Small Business, 8(a) Small Business, HUBZone Small Business, Indian Small Business Economic Enterprises, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business and Women-Owned Small Business concerns that may be interested in performing a contract for the California Great Basin Region of the Bureau of Reclamation. The work to be performed is described below. Based upon response to this announcement, the Government may determine to set this acquisition aside or proceed with an unrestricted solicitation. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 238990 and the related small business size standard is $19M. This notice is not a request for proposal and the information presented in this announcement will not obligate the Bureau of Reclamation in any manner. The estimated cost of this project is between $25,000.00 and $100,000.00. This procurement will require 100% performance and payment bonds.

This sources sought notice is for market research and acquisition planning purposes only. No formal solicitation for this work exists at this time.

The work is located at U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Lake Berryessa Field Office, Napa, California.

Interested parties should include the following information in their response:
(a) Business name, address, cage code, size classification based on NAICS size standard, socioeconomic classification (i.e. HUBZone; 8(a), etc.), and a point of contact;
(b) A positive statement of your intention to submit an offer for this solicitation as a prime contractor;
(c) Evidence of your experience performing work similar in type and scope to the work in this announcement within the last five years. The evidence should include: contract numbers, project titles, dollar amounts and points of contacts with telephone numbers. Please do not include more than three past projects; and
(d) Include attachments cataloging the company's equipment assets, personnel resources and financial resources that demonstrate company responsibility and capability to perform required work.
(e) If bonding is required, also provide evidence of your bonding capacity;

All interested parties are encouraged to respond to this notice, by e-mail to rosana_yousefgoarji@ios.doi.gov not later than close of business on 5/20/2026. The information provided in this announcement is all information the Government has available at this time. There are no specifications, drawings, bid packages, or source lists available.

System for Award Management (SAM) applies to this procurement. Prospective contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to award. Lack of registration in the SAM database will make an offeror ineligible for award. Information on SAM registration can be obtained via the Internet at http://www.sam.gov

PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS OF WORK:

Principal components of work include:
• Using NRCS standards, or better, the Contractor will construct 10,200 feet of fire resistant 4-strand, Wildlife Friendly, exclusion fencing.
• Using NRCS standards, or better, the Contractor will install 3,400 feet of Let-Down Fence below the reservoir’s 440’ above sea level line to allow staff to lower fencing in high water years to reduce the risk of it entangling boaters and anglers.
• Contractor will install 5 vehicle access gates adjacent to accessible “U” chicanes using non-combustible materials in the existing fence lines perpendicular to east side road to livestock and pedestrian access through each exclusion area.