Bulk Chemical Delivery for Yuma Desalting Plant
Bureau of Reclamation · LOWER COLORADO REGIONAL OFFICE
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 140R3025Q0003 in this department, oldest first.
- Jan 30, 2025Award NoticeHILL BROTHERS CHEMICAL CO 4450 N 42ND AVE Phoenix AZ 85019 USA · $1.8MOpen
- Jan 30, 2025Award NoticeThatcher Company · $1.8MOpen
- Jan 30, 2025Award NoticeSUFFOLK SALES & SERVICE CORP · $1.8MOpen
- Jan 31, 2025Award NoticeHILL BROTHERS CHEMICAL CO 4450 N 42ND AVE Phoenix AZ 85019 USA · $161KOpen
- Jan 31, 2025Award NoticeThatcher Company · $500Open
- Jan 31, 2025Award NoticeSUFFOLK SALES & SERVICE CORP · $16KOpen
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
- Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
- Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.
What the notice says
Bulk Chemical Delivery for Yuma Desalting Plant - IDIQ The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), Lower Colorado Basin, Yuma Area Office has an ongoing requirement for bulk chemicals to be delivered to the Yuma Desalting Plant in Yuma, Arizona. The Government anticipates awarding multiple Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contracts, however the Government reserves the right to award one or none. The base contract will be for a five-year ordering period. The estimated maximum value for the IDIQ contracts is $1,800,000.00. Fixed price delive… (show all)
ry orders will be issued as required. The minimum guarantee is $500.00 per contract. The chemicals required are as follows: Liquid Chlorine, Hydrated Lime, Liquid Ferric Sulfate, Sulfuric Acid, and Anhydrous Ammonia. This requirement is restricted as a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code assigned to this project is 325180, All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing with a corresponding small business size standard of 1,000 Employees. This acquisition will be procured in accordance with FAR Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services, and FAR 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures. IDIQ award will be made based on lowest price for Delivery Order 1. Delivery Order 1 prices will be binding. Registrations: In order to be awarded a contract an offeror must have a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number, 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: Harris Abellon, Contract Specialist, e-mail: habellon@usbr.gov and Kathy Berry, Contract Specialist, e-mail: kberry@usbr.gov. All contractual technical questions must be submitted in writing via e-mail to: habellon@usbr.gov and kberry@usbr.gov. Telephone questions will not be accepted.
Who won similar work
3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (LOWER COLORADO REGIONAL OFFICE), same product/service code (PSC) 6810 and NAICS 325180.
Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $66K to $140K, median $123K; range $9K to $157K.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| HILL BROTHERS CHEMICAL COMPANY | 1 | $157K | Jan 21, 2026 |
| HILL BROTHERS CHEMICAL CO 4450 N 42ND AVE Phoenix AZ 85019 USA | 1 | $123K | Aug 1, 2025 |
| Thatcher Company | 1 | $9K | Jan 21, 2026 |
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.
- Jan 21, 2026Thatcher Company$9K68--Bulk Chemical Delivery for Yuma Desalting Plant -No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 21, 2026HILL BROTHERS CHEMICAL COMPANY$157K68--Bulk Chemical Delivery for Yuma Desalting Plant - IDIQNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 1, 2025HILL BROTHERS CHEMICAL CO 4450 N 42ND AVE Phoenix AZ 85019 USA$123K68--Bulk Chemical Delivery for Yuma Desalting Plant -No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
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
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.