Sources SoughtPosted Jul 24, 2025·Responses due Jul 31, 2025

F--Lower American River Monitoring Spawning and Stranding Surveys

Bureau of Reclamation · MP-REGIONAL OFFICE

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541690
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
140R2025Q0078
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
PSC
F115
Place
Folsom, CA, USA
Contact
Anaya, Sarah (sanaya@usbr.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 140R2025Q0078 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jul 24, 2025 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
  • Jan 27, 2026
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
    Open
Award
  • Mar 26, 2026
    Award Notice
    SP CRAMER & ASSOCIATES INC · $568K
    Open

Next steps for this stage

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  • 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

This Sources Sought is to obtain market information and capabilities for planning purposes and to determine appropriate strategies to meet the Agency's requirements. This Sources Sought is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ) Respondents are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to the Sources Sought Notice. Information received from this Sources Sought Notice may be utilized in preparing potential solicitation documentation. It is the contractor's responsibility to identify proprietary information in res… (show all)

ponse to this notice. The purpose of this announcement is to gain knowledge of potentially qualified sources. NAICS Code 541690: Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services Response Due Date: Thursday, July 31, 2025 @ 1300 Pacific Daylight Time Send Responses to: Sarah Anaya � sanaya@usbr.gov Potential vendors shall provide the following information at a minimum in order to be considered a viable source: Vendor Required Information Submittals: 1. Business Size & Classification(s) 2. Contact Information (Name, Phone email & website (If Applicable) 3. Capabilities Statements 4. Appropriate documentation that demonstrates the following capabilities: 1) Provide appropriate documentation which demonstrates the ability to conduct spawning and stranding surveys, to include: The ability to provide field support, data analysis and equipment to conduct spawning and stranding surveys in order to support technical evaluations of progress towards the lower American River monitoring requirements. a. Included in this objective is a need to: - Plan and organize for the safe conduct of field studies; - Collect and perform quality assurance of the appropriate field data; - Prepare interim updates and report on project progress; and, - compile and create electronic databases necessary to analyze data collected for inclusion to reports (end of survey and end-of-season). 2) Provide appropriate documentation which demonstrates the ability to furnish a seasonal work crew on an annual basis, comprised of one fisheries biologist, one fisheries technician (GIS competency), and the necessary field support staff to survey for redds (January until approximately mid-April) within a 12.9-mile reach of the lower American River between Nimbus Dam and the Watt Avenue Bridge. *Appropriate documentation shall constitute the following: 1) A PDF Copy of past government or private sector contract for this type of services to include the contact information for contracting representative or office that awarded or administered the contract (Shall include at a minimum: Name, Email, Phone Number of the point of contract). It is the respondent�s responsibility to ensure all information provided is accurate and complete. *If any of the required information, items 1 to 4 is not submitted in its entirety by the response date, the vendor will be considered incapable of providing the required services and shall not be considered a viable source for market research purposes.

Who won similar work

3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (MP-REGIONAL OFFICE), same product/service code (PSC) F115.

Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $2.4M to $6.1M, median $4.7M; range $43K to $7.5M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
STANTEC CONSULTING SERVICES INC.1$7.5MSep 4, 2025
SEQUOIA ECOLOGICAL CONSULTING, INC.1$4.7MSep 19, 2025
SP CRAMER & ASSOCIATES INC1$43KJan 23, 2026

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Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 3 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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