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DEER SPOTLIGHT COUNT and SURVEY ROUTE
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The Regional Contracting Office at Marine Corps Recruit Depot-Parris Island is seeking market information through a Request for Information (RFI) to identify capable organizations that can develop a new, more accurate spotlight survey route for white-tailed deer in South Carolina. This initiative supports the Natural Resource Section of the Environmental Division in maintaining continuous data collection, monitoring, and tracking to better understand the species' movements, habitat use, and population dynamics. White-tailed deer are managed by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and are subject to state regulations, making the survey method critical for compliance and effective wildlife management. The effort is coded under NAICS 541620 and is currently in the market research phase, with no solicitation or contract award pending. The Government is evaluating responses only to determine market capacity and may proceed with a small business set-aside or full and open competition based on the findings. Interested parties must submit a response by 28 May 2026 at 11:00 am EST via email to Nichole Taylor at nichole.d.taylor.civ@usmc.mil with the subject line “RFI- Deer Spotlight Count and Survey Route.” Submissions must include the organization’s name, address, email, website, telephone number, size and type of ownership, and a tailored capability statement addressing the requirement. All attachments must be in PDF format. No telephone inquiries will be accepted, and no feedback or evaluation will be provided to respondents. The Place of Performance is Parris Island, South Carolina, and the Government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred in responding to this RFI. A secondary point of contact is Randy Wentworth, and the solicitation number is M00263-26-SIMACQ-MCRDPI-0073.
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Parris Island, SC, 29905, USASet-Aside
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Submission Closed
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The Regional Contracting Office is issuing this request for information (RFI) as a means of collecting information that will identify parties that have an interest in and the resources to develop a new more accurate spotlight survey route for white-tailed deer. This will enable the Natural Resource Section (NRS) of the Environmental Division (ED) at Marine Corps Recruit Depot- Parris Island to maintain more accurate, continuous data collection, monitoring and tracking in order to better understand the species’ movements and habitat use, and population dynamics. White-tailed deer are a State, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) managed big game species subject to State regulations.
The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 541620.
There is no solicitation at this time. This request for capability information does not constitute a request for proposals; submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary; the Government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred.
If your organization has the potential capacity to perform this contract requirement, please provide the following information: organization name, address, email address, website address, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization; and tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this requirement.
The Government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to provide supplies consistent in scope and scale with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated. Based on the responses to this request for information/market research, this requirement may be set-aside for small businesses or procured through full and open competition. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.
Submission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above listed requirement are invited to submit a response to this Request for Information by 28 May 2026 at 11:00 am EST. All responses under this Request for Information must be emailed to Nichole Taylor at nichole.d.taylor.civ@usmc.mil with a subject line of "RFI- Deer Spotlight Count and Survey Route". Any attachment must be in PDF format. If you have any questions concerning this opportunity, please contact: Nichole Taylor at nichole.d.taylor.civ@usmc.mil
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