Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Monitoring and Evaluation of Russian River Coho Salmon
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco District wants a contractor to run fish monitoring and evaluation for the Russian River Coho Salmon Captive Broodstock Program, tied to the Don Clausen Fish Hatchery in Sonoma County, California. Work happens in the field across the Russian River watershed and covers permits, landowner access, PIT-tag and trap monitoring, and yearly reports. The contract is one base year starting December 1, 2026, plus four 12-month option years, and it is open to all businesses (full and open). More in the summary
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Summary of the version posted Oct 8, 2026. The notice was amended Nov 2, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov. This summary may miss requirements: 1 of 6 attachments weren't read (Attachment 4_Russian River Coho Pricing Schedule.xlsx). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco District wants a contractor to run fish monitoring and evaluation for the Russian River Coho Salmon Captive Broodstock Program, tied to the Don Clausen Fish Hatchery in Sonoma County, California. Work happens in the field across the Russian River watershed and covers permits, landowner access, PIT-tag and trap monitoring, and yearly reports. The contract is one base year starting December 1, 2026, plus four 12-month option years, and it is open to all businesses (full and open).
Who can bid (8)
- Open to all businesses (full and open); no set-aside
- Active SAM registration at the time of quote
- Field crews must be directly supervised by a qualified fisheries biologist
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- Contractor must obtain required federal and state permits to handle and survey listed fish (such as an ESA section 10(a)(1)(A) permit and a California scientific collector's permit)
- Contractor must secure landowner permission for stream access
- Pay at least the Service Contract Act wage rates for Sonoma County (Wage Determination 2015-5651, Rev. 28), plus required fringe benefits
- A letter from your bank and a quality control plan must be included with the quote
- No security clearance is required
How to submit: Submit through PIEE; send questions to logan.champlin@usace.army.mil and nairi.freeman@usace.army.mil, due 12:00 pm PDT on 09 November 2026 (questions due 22 October 2026 by 12:00 pm PDT). What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (8)
- Serious: Missing items make a quote unresponsive. All seven required items (cover letter, price schedule, technical approach, past performance, bank letter, quality control plan, provisions) must be in the quote or it is thrown out.
- Serious: Specialized fisheries work and permits. You need biologists, endangered species permits, PIT tag arrays and traps, and about 100 landowner access agreements ready before work starts on December 1, 2026, which is hard for a firm without prior fisheries monitoring experience.
- Worth checking: Past performance is pass/fail. A company with no relevant past performance gets an unacceptable rating, so new businesses should plan to cite similar work or subcontract teammates' experience.
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- Worth checking: Inconsistent set-aside and evaluation language. The notice says full and open, yet it includes the subcontracting limitation clause (52.219-14) and a HUBZone price preference notice, and the evaluation reads as both lowest price among acceptable quotes and best value; ask the contracting officer to clarify.
- Worth checking: No Government furnished items and heavy equipment needs. You must supply vehicles, migrant traps, PIT antenna arrays, field gear and office equipment yourself.
- Worth checking: Tight quality standards with no deficiencies allowed. The quality control plan, stakeholder meeting and research plan have a no-deficiencies threshold and are inspected 100 percent, and reports can be returned for rework at no cost to the Government.
- Minor: Short time to prepare a quote and a bank letter requirement. The bank letter must show financial status and account balances, which some small firms find intrusive to gather quickly.
- Minor: Pricing spreadsheet not reviewed. The Price Schedule (Attachment 4, an Excel file) and the Experience Worksheet were not available to read, so the pricing line items are unknown.
Read from the notice and 5 attachments. 1 of 6 not read. Show which files.
- W912P727QA002 SAM Posting Solicitation_Russian River Coho Monitoring FINAL.pdf (read)
- Attachment 1_PWS_Russian River Coho Salmon with QASP.pdf (read)
- Attachment 2_Provisions and Clauses.pdf (read)
- Attachment 5_PPQ-Past_Performance_Questionnaire.pdf (read)
- Attachment 3_Sonoma County Wage Determination.pdf (read)
- Attachment 4_Russian River Coho Pricing Schedule.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Get all permits (for example an ESA section 10(a)(1)(A) permit from NMFS and a CDFW scientific collector's permit) and keep about 100 landowner access agreements
- Run PIT tag detection arrays year-round on up to four index streams (currently Willow, Dutch Bill, Green Valley and Mill creeks) to estimate juvenile and marine survival
- Summer snorkeling and electrofishing surveys (June to August) and a yearly summer abundance and spatial distribution report, draft due March 1
- Smolt trapping and PIT tag work (March to June), including near Hopland, and a yearly smolt abundance and freshwater survival report, draft due November 1
- Winter spawner and redd surveys (December to April) and a yearly escapement report, draft due July 1
- Hold a stakeholder meeting about two weeks after the post-award conference, and write a Detailed Research Plan (up to 15 pages) updated each year
- Provide all vehicles, traps, PIT antenna arrays, field gear and personnel; the Government furnishes nothing
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price, non-personnel services (commercial services RFQ under FAR Part 12)
- Period of performance
- 1 base year (Dec 1, 2026 to Nov 30, 2027) + 4 option years (through Nov 30, 2031)
- Place of performance
- Russian River watershed, Sonoma County, CA (Geyserville / Don Clausen Fish Hatchery area), in the field or at the contractor's facility
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Technical approach and experience/past performance are each rated acceptable or unacceptable; among acceptable quotes, the lowest price wins (the clause 52.212-2 text says best value, price and other factors considered)
- Offers due
- 12:00 pm PDT on 09 November 2026 (questions due 22 October 2026 by 12:00 pm PDT) (from the version posted Oct 8, 2026; amended since)
- How to submit
- Submit through PIEE; send questions to logan.champlin@usace.army.mil and nairi.freeman@usace.army.mil
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical approach (acceptable/unacceptable)
- Experience / past performance (acceptable/unacceptable)
- Price (lowest price among acceptable quotes; fair and reasonable price analysis)
What to include when you submit
- Cover letter with solicitation number, offer date, company name, address, tax ID, CAGE, UEI, point of contact, and a statement agreeing to all terms and amendments; you must have an active SAM registration
- Completed Price Schedule (Attachment 4); a cost breakdown is not required but may be requested
- Technical approach / capability statement covering permits and landowner access, data collection and analysis, coordination with NMFS, CDFW, Sonoma Water and USACE, Service Contract Act wage compliance, limits on subcontracting, and ability to start on day one
- Past performance: either CPARS data (title and description) or up to two completed past performance questionnaires
- Financial bank letter (financial status, line of credit, overdrafts in the past year, average balance, can be given as a range)
- Quality Control Program as described in PWS paragraph 1.6.1 (three copies are mentioned in the PWS)
- Completed provisions, representations and certifications not already in SAM; if foreign, IRS Form W-14 with the offer
- USACE will not notify offerors of changes: monitor PIEE and SAM for amendments
Current contractor
Not named. The PWS says USACE 'plans to continue' a monitoring effort that has run on Willow, Dutch Bill, Green Valley and Mill creeks for about 20 years, so an existing contractor likely exists; the notice does not say who.
Not in the notice text
- Estimated value or budget; the pricing schedule (Attachment 4) was not readable
- Name of the current contractor and prior contract number
- Contents of Attachment 5 (Experience Worksheet), which was not read (it may be an attached file the AI skipped; check SAM.gov) in the text
- Exact line items in the price schedule (for example whether options are priced separately by year)
- Whether the evaluation is strictly lowest price among acceptable quotes or a best value tradeoff (the documents word it both ways)
- Whether the subcontracting limit (50 percent) will actually apply since the acquisition is full and open
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Submit through PIEE; send questions to logan.champlin@usace.army.mil and nairi.freeman@usace.army.mil. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Nov 2, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- W075 ENDIST San Fran, San Francisco, CA
- Product/service code
- B529 · Special Studies/Analysis – Scientific Data
- Business type
- Consulting & professional services (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 541690)
- Versions
3 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Nov 2, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)Due Nov 9, 2026
- Oct 8, 2026 · AmendmentDue Nov 9, 2026
- Oct 8, 2026 · Combined Synopsis/SolicitationDue Nov 9, 2026
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
- How to respond to a solicitation (8 steps)
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
Amendment 0001 and RFI Responses Set #1 has been posted on SAM.gov on 02 Nov 2026 **********************************Monitoring and Evaluation of Russian River Coho Salmon Notice ID: W912P727QA002 Contract Opportunity Type: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Location: Geyserville CA NAICS: 541690 for Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services PSC: B529 for Special Studies/Analysis Scientific Data General Info: This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with RFO Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. OAers are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation Number W912P727QA002 is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ) for the monitoring and evaluation of Russian River coho salmon and related services. This acquisition is full and open. The full text of provisions and clauses may be accessed electronically at https://acquisition.gov/far-overhaul/far-part-deviation-guide. The NAICS Code is 541690 for Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services. The small business size standard is $19 million. The PSC Code is B529 for Special Studies/Analysis Scientific Data. Project Description: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) San Francisco District is seeking to contract a non-personnel service contract to provide monitoring and evaluation of the Russian River Coho Salmon Captive Broodstock Program (RRCSCBP) located at Don Clausen Fish Hatchery (Sonoma County). The contractors work and responsibility shall include all job planning programming scheduling administration inspection and management necessary to accomplish specified services. The contractor shall make sure that work is accomplished in accordance with the contract and all applicable laws municipal codes regulations and/or written directives issued by the Contracting OAicer. The provisions at 52.212-1 Instructions to OAerors-Commercial Products and Commercial Services 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Products and Commercial Services and 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Products and Commercial Services apply to this acquisition. See attachments for solicitation provisions and clauses (Attachment 2) Performance Work Statement (PWS Attachment 1) and wage determination (Attachment 3). Anticipated PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: The period of performance shall be for one (1) Base Year of 12 months and four (4) 12-month option years. The Period of Performance reads as follows: Base Year: December 1 2026 through November 30 2027 Option Year I: December 1 2027 through November 30 2028 Option Year II: December 1 2028 through November 30 2029 Option Year III: December 1 2029 through November 30 2030 Option Year IIII: December 1 2030 through November 30 2031 Evaluation will be conducted in accordance with RFO FAR 52.212-2 EvaluationCommercial Products and Commercial Services. See provisions and clauses document for details.See attached for details regarding Submission Requirements and Evaluation Criteria
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