GRTE: WINTER PASTURE LEASE

The U.S. National Park Service, under the Department of the Interior’s Northern Rockies office, is soliciting a winter pasture lease for 16 to 18 government-owned horses and mules, with capacity to maintain up to 25 head, through a firm fixed price contract under a 100% total small business set-aside. The solicitation, numbered 140P1426Q0091 and posted on June 16, 2026, requires proposals by July 6, 2026, and targets NAICS code 115210 with a small business size standard of $11 million. The performance period runs from November 1, 2026, to May 1, 2027, with the pasture required to be located within 100 driven miles of Moose, WY, and to include a minimum of 288 acres of land with perimeter and internal fencing at least 42 inches high constructed of four strands of wire or equivalent materials. Offerors must provide sufficient forage to sustain up to 18 animals from November 1 through May 6 and supply supplemental grass-alfalfa loose hay at no less than 25 pounds per animal per day, with all feed required to be high quality, weed-free, approved by NPS staff, green, and free of dust and mold. Animals must be maintained in good physical condition as defined by specific visual and tactile standards. The contract mandates full compliance with Service Contract Labor Standards and includes an attached wage determination for Wyoming. Offerors must submit detailed documentation, including a vicinity map, topographic map, legal descriptions of the land by township, range, section, and quarter section, and proof of control over the pastureland for at least five years, whether through ownership, lease, or binding contract contingent on award. Proposals must be submitted electronically to Kiara Stewart at kiara_stewart@ios.doi.gov and must include a completed checklist, signed SF-18, acknowledgment of amendments, completed provisions including 52.204-24 and 52.204-26, and a project narrative. All offerors must be registered in SAM at submission and award, and must comply with multiple FAR clauses covering whistleblower rights, prohibition on confidentiality agreements, reporting of executive compensation and subcontract awards, contractor employee rights, labor standards, and small business representations. Evaluation is based on a pass