F-- Palo Verde Ecological Reserve (PVER) IDIQ Farming and Irrigation Services
Bureau of Reclamation · LOWER COLORADO REGIONAL OFFICE
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 140R3024R0007 in this department, oldest first.
- Dec 19, 2023 · this noticePre-solicitation
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
- Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
- Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.
What the notice says
PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE Farming and Irrigation Services at Palo Verde Ecological Reserve (PVER) This is a Pre-Solicitation Notice with the intent of synopsizing a proposed contract action prior to issuance of the solicitation. Specific instructions on submitting proposal will be contained in the solicitation documents to be issued on or about January 2, 2024, posted to SAM.gov website. No documents will be available until the solicitation is issued. The U.S. Department of Interior (DOI), Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Basin, (LCB), has a requirement for farming and irrigation services a… (show all)
t Palo Verde Ecological Reserve, located about 5 miles northeast of Blythe, CA. The Contractor shall perform farming, irrigation and maintenance services at Palo Verde Ecological Reserve and will provide all personnel, equipment, certifications, tools and materials to accomplish the services to be performed. The high-level objectives of this solicitation include use of farming equipment, efficient water use, chemical application, irrigation, site maintenance, and weed control. This requirement is restricted as a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. The North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) identified for this action is 115112 - Soil Preparation, Planting and Cultivating with a corresponding Small Business Size Standard of $9.5M. This acquisition will be procured in accordance with FAR Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services, and FAR 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The Government contemplates award of one firm fixed price Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with a 5-year term ordering period. The solicitation and any amendments to the solicitation will be available through SAM.gov. All dates in this announcement are estimated and are subject to change. No other information will be available before the solicitation is posted. Registrations: In order to be awarded a contract an offeror must be registered and active in the System for Award Management (SAM), http://www.sam.gov, and have completed their Online Representations and Certifications. Point of Contact: Kathleen Berry, Contract Specialist, email: kberry@usbr.gov. All contractual technical questions must be submitted in writing via e-mail to: kberry@usbr.gov. Telephone questions will not be accepted.
Who won similar work
5 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (LOWER COLORADO REGIONAL OFFICE), same product/service code (PSC) F006 and NAICS 115112.
Single-winner award sizes (5): middle half $367K to $409K, median $377K; range $328K to $3.0M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIVER BOTTOM FARMS, INC | 3 | $3.7M | Feb 4, 2026 |
| FLINT FARMS, LLC | 2 | $744K | Dec 17, 2025 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- Feb 4, 2026RIVER BOTTOM FARMS, INC$409KF--Irrigation and Maintenance for CNWR & CVCANo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Feb 2, 2026RIVER BOTTOM FARMS, INC$3.0MF--CNWR & CVCA Irrigation and MaintenanceNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Dec 17, 2025FLINT FARMS, LLC$377KF--E39 Irrigation and Maintenance at Dennis Underwood Conservation Area (DUCA)No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Dec 20, 2024RIVER BOTTOM FARMS, INC$328KF--E5 Farming and Irrigation Services at Cibola Valley Conservation AreaNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Dec 11, 2024FLINT FARMS, LLC$367KF--E39 UNDERWOOD FARM AND IRRIGATION IDIQNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 2 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Bureau of Reclamation since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Bureau of Reclamation job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 0 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.