Sources SoughtPosted Dec 18, 2025·Responses due Jan 9, 2026

B--ESA Consultation/ NEPA Support for Klamath Basin Area Office

Bureau of Reclamation · MP-REGIONAL OFFICE

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541620
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
140R2026Q0016
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
B509
Place
Not stated
Contact
Heibeck, Sherry (SHeibeck@usbr.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 140R2026Q0016 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Dec 18, 2025 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
  • Mar 2, 2026
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
    Open
  • Mar 18, 2026
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
    Open
Award
  • May 7, 2026
    Award Notice
    Oneida-Stantec JV LLC · $1.5M
    Open

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

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), Interior Region 10, California-Great Basin, Division of Acquisitions, Sacramento, CA is seeking interested vendors to assist Klamath Basin Area Office in achieving compliance with Endangered Species Act (ESA), Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and other applicable environmental policies, laws and regulatory processes for continued operation of the Reclamation�s Klamath Project. Specific components of the anticipated support activities include: � Administrative and Project Management Sup… (show all)

port � Support in the development of a Biological Assessment (BA) evaluating potential effects of Reclamation�s proposed federal action on listed endangered or threatened species. � Support in the development of response to, and implementation of, Biological Opinion(s) (BO[s]) received from regulatory agencies responding to Reclamation�s BA � Support for development of NEPA compliance documents to include Environmental Assessment (EA), Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) or Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and associated Record of Decision (ROD) � Support for development of Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA) Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Assessment � Expert technical support in specific resource fields relevant to the Klamath Project for the above efforts, including but not limited to fisheries resources relevant to the Klamath Basin and regional, agricultural and tribal community socioeconomics. � Scientific Modeling Support � Literature Review and Reference Management The Project includes three primary storage reservoirs, Upper Klamath Lake (UKL), Clear Lake Reservoir, and Gerber Reservoir and two dams on the Klamath River, Link River Dama and Keno Dam that influence UKL elevations and Klamath River Flows. *Additional details regarding the efforts are provided in the attached draft Performance Work Statement. Notice Number 140R2026Q0016 has been assigned to this requirement and should be referenced on all correspondence regarding this announcement. Firms which can provide these services must submit written notice to the Contracting Office and must provide evidence in sufficient detail that demonstrates the respondent's ability to meet the stated requirement. Firms shall state previous experience of the same or similar scope, capability level (as a prime or subcontractor), personal qualifications, and so forth. Respondents are encouraged to identify suitable contract type, appropriate pricing arrangements, etc. for this requirement. Responses shall include the firm's SAM.gov Unique Entity ID (UEID). Firms shall identify their business size (small, other than small, etc.) in accordance with size standards $19M for NAIC code 541620 � Environmental Consulting Services. Please note that any prospective offeror must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov in accordance with FAR subpart 4.11. The following information is pertinent to this notice: 1. Responses shall be submitted by 10:00 AM PST, Friday, January 9, 2026 2. Point of Contact: Sherry Heibeck, Contracting Officer, email: sheibeck@usbr.gov

Who won similar work

13 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (MP-REGIONAL OFFICE), same NAICS 541620.

Single-winner award sizes (13): middle half $312K to $4.9M, median $954K; range $42K to $7.5M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
STANTEC CONSULTING SERVICES INC.1$7.5MSep 4, 2025
DR REED & ASSOCIATES, INC1$6.9MSep 23, 2025
IRONWOOD CONSULTING INC.1$5.9MMar 27, 2025
SUMMITWEST ENVIRONMENTAL, INC.1$4.9MAug 22, 2025
SEQUOIA ECOLOGICAL CONSULTING, INC.1$4.7MSep 19, 2025
FISHBIO 1617 S YOSEMITE AVE Oakdale CA 95361 USA1$3.1MApr 30, 2026
PRECISION WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING, LLC1$954KSep 15, 2025
SP CRAMER & ASSOCIATES INC1$568KMar 26, 2026
Tributary Solutions, LLC1$323KSep 9, 2025
STILLWATER ECOSYSTEM WATERSHED & RIVERINE SCIENCES 2855 TELEGRAPH AVE Berkeley CA 94705 USA1$312KApr 11, 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.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 8 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
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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
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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
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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.