F--Eastern States ORC Region 2

The Department of the Interior, through the Bureau of Land Management’s Eastern States State Office, is seeking proposals for an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide Off-Range Corral (ORC) Support Services for the Wild Horse & Burro Program in Region 2, encompassing Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. The contract, titled F--Eastern States ORC Region 2 and identified by solicitation number 140L0126R0002, has a five-year period of performance through July 31, 2031, with pricing structured into five distinct ordering years, each requiring a firm fixed price (FFP) task order. Offerors must submit fixed unit prices for line items covering care and feeding (365 animal-days annually), veterinary services capped at $350 per animal per year, hoof trimming, and carcass disposal (three incidents per year). The contractor is responsible for all personnel, facilities, equipment, materials, and services necessary for animal feeding, daily care, and holding services to facilitate adoption and sales of wild horses and burros, with CLIN 0001 requiring inclusion of all routine costs including feed, shelter, utilities, labor, overhead, and profit. The contract is unrestricted and open to all businesses, with evaluation based on a best-value approach, prioritizing technical capability—assessed through equal-weight sub-factors of technical experience, facility plan, and key personnel—over past performance, small business participation, and price. A pass/fail gate on facility-land compliance is mandatory for proposal acceptance. All proposals must be submitted electronically to Lisa Turner at lturner@ios.doi.gov by May 29, 2026, in five separately labeled volumes without pricing in Volumes I through IV, which contain administrative, technical, past performance, and small business participation documentation, while Volume V contains the sole pricing submission. Offerors must comply with detailed formatting requirements, including 12-point font, 8.5” x 11” pages, and strict page limitations, with excess pages subject to redaction. Compliance with FAR clauses is extensive, including 52.212-4 and 52.212-5 (with a February 2025 deviation), 52.204-23 (Kaspersky prohibition), 52.222-41 and 5