A Concession Business Opportunity to Provide Commercial Services at Silos Recreation Area, Canyon Ferry Reservoir, Townsend, MT
Bureau of Reclamation · CANYON FERRY FIELD OFFICE
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 26-LM-60-CC01 in this department, oldest first.
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
The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) provides notice of the release of a Prospectus to solicit proposals for the award of a Concession Contract (No. 26-LM-60-CC01) to provide commercial services to the public at Canyon Ferry Reservoir, at the area known as Silos Recreation Area located at 82 Silos Road, Townsend, MT 59644. The effective date of the next Concession Contract is expected to be in March 2027. The Prospectus explains the business opportunity and the terms and conditions under which Reclamation will award the Concession Contract. The Prospectus is attached to this posting. Site V… (show all)
isit Reclamation will host an open house for organizations interested in bidding on this opportunity on August 13, 2026, at the Silos Boat Ramp (82 Silos Road, Townsend, MT 59644), from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Mountain Time. Offerors are encouraged to visit the area to become familiar with physical conditions and limitations involved and become acquainted with the details requisite to operating the concession services identified in the Prospectus. Questions Due If you do not understand something in this Prospectus, you must submit your questions or comments to Cody Hendrix, Natural Resource Specialist, via email at chendrix@usbr.gov no later than 4:00 p.m. Mountain Time on August 17, 2026. The questions must be in a format that allows Reclamation to copy them to Microsoft Word. Submission of Proposal In order to be evaluated and considered for award of a Concession Contract, proposals must be received by 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time on September 11, 2026 (amended date). Proposals must be sealed and mailed to the address below. See Prospectus Part B Proposal Submission for details on how to submit a proposal. US Bureau of Reclamation Montana Area Office Attention: Cody Hendrix, Natural Resource Specialist 2900 4th Avenue North, Suite 501 Billings, MT 59101 Notifications about this Prospectus To receive notifications about this Prospectus, including amendments or any additional information specific to the Prospectus, interested parties must provide their contact information (name, email address, and phone number) to Cody Hendrix, Natural Resource Specialist, via email at chendrix@usbr.gov. The contact list already includes the Existing Concessionaire. Summary of Due Dates: Questions Due: August 17, 2026 Proposals Due: September 11, 2026 (amended date)
Who won similar work
1086 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Bureau of Reclamation), any industry: a loose match.
Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| INTER-FLUVE, INC. | 18 | $4.1M | Jul 21, 2026 |
| WHEELER MACHINERY CO 4901 W 2100 S Salt Lake City UT 84120 USA | 15 | $1.8M + 1 shared | Sep 23, 2026 |
| AMERICAN MATERIAL HANDLING, INC. | 10 | $1.2M | Aug 21, 2026 |
| SPECIALIZED GOVERNMENT SOURCING, INC. | 8 | $751K | Sep 17, 2026 |
| AMERICAN CLASSIC CONSTRUCTION INC. | 8 | $642K | Apr 23, 2026 |
| HISTORICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC. | 7 | $20.2M + 1 shared | Sep 15, 2026 |
| S&F LAND SERVICES, LLC | 7 | $5.3M | Aug 24, 2026 |
| Alliance Technology Group, LLC | 7 | $1.1M | Sep 18, 2026 |
| YSI INC | 7 | $272K | Sep 18, 2026 |
| PRECISION SURVEYS INC | 6 | $1.4M | Sep 4, 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.
- Sep 24, 2026RED ORANGE NORTH AMERICA INC.$15.0M (shared ceiling)W--Red Orange North America - Heavy Equipment IDIQ Multiple Award
- Sep 24, 2026NIDEC MOTOR CORP$90K7A--IMT -ELEVATOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM UPGRADE
- Sep 24, 2026SKO ENTERPRISES INC$15.0M (shared ceiling)W--SKO Enterprises - Heavy Equipment IDIQ Multiple Award
- Sep 24, 2026JATCONSULTANTS LLC$61KH--Columbia Cascades Area Office (CCAO) Fire Extingui
- Sep 24, 2026HERC RENTALS INC$15.0M (shared ceiling)W--HERC Rentals Inc. - Heavy Equipment IDIQ Multiple Award
- Sep 23, 2026ECOLOGY MIR GROUP LLC$15.0M (shared ceiling)W--Ecology MIR Group - Heavy Equipment IDIQ Multiple Award
- Sep 23, 2026WHEELER MACHINERY CO 4901 W 2100 S Salt Lake City UT 84120 USA$649KW--Wheeler Machinery - Heavy Equipment IDIQ Multiple Award
- Sep 23, 2026LOUIS ALLIS LLC$4.0MJ--Hoover Dam Armature Rewind IDIQ
- Sep 23, 2026GRACON LLC$172K48--PRESSURE VESSEL RECERTIFICATION
- Sep 23, 2026WHEELER MACHINERY CO 4901 W 2100 S Salt Lake City UT 84120 USA$15.0M (shared ceiling)W--Wheeler Machinery - Heavy Equipment IDIQ Multiple Award
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
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.
- 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.