B--Region 8 Pollinator Survey Services

Solicitation 140F0S26Q0046 is a firm fixed price contract issued by the Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for a pollinator survey at the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge Complex. The project, with a not-to-exceed value of 500,000 dollars, runs from October 1, 2026, to September 30, 2028. The contractor is required to provide skilled staff to conduct adult monarch and other butterfly surveys, as well as milkweed and blooming plant surveys, following the Integrated Monarch Monitoring Program protocols. Key deliverables include geospatial shapefiles, tabular data in .csv format, and summary reports evaluating habitat quality and pollinator use. Award will be based on best value, where non-priced factors such as technical acceptability and past performance are significantly more important than price. A critical pass/fail requirement is the submission of a subcontracting plan meeting specific FY 2026 goals, including 45.87 percent for small businesses and 5 percent each for SDB, SDVOSB, and WOSB, and 3 percent for HUBZone. Performance is monitored via a Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan with zero-deviation thresholds for survey protocols and data entry. Administrative requirements include electronic invoicing through the Invoice Processing Platform and adherence to basic safeguarding of covered contractor information systems.