U-- 5-Year BPA for Lead-Free Training Services

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, under the Department of the Interior, is conducting a sources sought notice for a five-year Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to secure lead-free training services aimed at supporting the Voluntary Lead-Free Initiative as outlined in Secretarial Order 3347 and the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies’ Resolution 2025-02-05. The BPA will enable the agency to obtain services that promote the use of lead-free ammunition among hunters, wildlife management staff, and service employees through educational workshops, incentive programs, and training initiatives. The contract will be structured with a base year beginning in June 2026 and four option years extending through June 2030, with estimated annual delivery volumes including two to ten educational workshops, approximately 700 incentive payments in the base year scaling to 200–1,000 in option years, and virtual and in-person training for staff. Services will include designing and conducting field-based and classroom demonstrations, developing and supporting an incentive submission portal with branching logic to ensure accurate data collection, validating hunter submissions within 30 days, issuing reimbursements within the same timeframe, and delivering train-the-trainer materials and post-training evaluations. Contractors are required to provide at least one representative per event, coordinate all event scheduling and content with federal staff, and quote all travel expenses as firm-fixed costs in compliance with Federal Travel Regulations. The solicitation, identified as DOIFFBO260125 and utilizing NAICS code 813312, was posted on June 29, 2026, with responses due by July 10, 2026, and is administered by the Office of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service located in Falls Church, Virginia, with Joni Dutcher as the primary point of contact. No specific contract value, evaluation factors, formal contract clauses, or detailed inspection criteria are provided, as this is a preliminary market research action to identify capable vendors prior to issuing a formal RFP.