D--Rangeland Administration System (RAS) Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Support

The Performance Work Statement (PWS) for the Rangeland Administration System (RAS) outlines the requirements for Application Operations and Maintenance support. The RAS provides grazing administrative support and management reports for the BLM and the public. The RAS serves as an electronic calendar for issuance of approximately 18,000 applications and 2,200 grazing authorizations (Permits, Leases, and Exchange-of-Use Agreements) per year, eliminating the need for manually processing these forms. The RAS also creates approximately 21,000 bills, and 13,000 compliance inspections per year. The RAS provides grazing bill distribution information to the Collections and Billings System (CBS) for tracking, collecting, and distributing grazing receipts. Additionally, the system maintains electronic files about allotments, authorizations, and grazing bill history that is also used for internal and external reporting.