SAM #W9132T26QA004

Bat Mist-Netting and Radio Telemetry Services at Camp Grayling, MI

This opportunity seeks specialized ecological services for bat mist-netting and radio telemetry at Camp Grayling, Michigan, supporting Army environmental research and compliance. - Government Buyer: - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Construction Engineering Laboratory (KO Contracting Division) - Scope of Work: - Mist-netting and capturing imperiled bat species at Camp Grayling - Attaching radio transmitters to 10 bats for tracking - Collecting guano samples for analysis - Submitting a detailed report on findings and activities - Products/Services Requested: - Mist-netting and radio telemetry support services (1 job unit) - All labor, equipment, and expertise to meet the Performance Work Statement - Notable Requirements: - Contractor must have expertise in bat ecology, mist-netting, and radio telemetry - Experience working on Army lands and compliance with environmental laws is required - Field work to be conducted during a mutually agreed two-week period within the bat roosting season - No specific OEMs or commercial vendors are named in the solicitation - NAICS code: 541715 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences)

Description

The Engineer Research and Development Center Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (ERDC CERL) requires services of a contractor in support of a research effort aimed at documenting long-term trends in bat occupancy at the Army installation of Camp Grayling, MI. The contractor will perform bat capture and tracker fixation activities, as well as guano sample collection activities focused on several species of bats over a 2-week period during the bat roosting season at the installation (July August 2026).

Interested vendors should review the attached solicitation document for a full description of the services required, for detail on the information required from offerors (specifically see page 52), and for detail on the procedures planned for awarding the contract.  Contract award is anticipated to occur in mid-June 2026.

Please provide responses to this notice no later than the date and time above to: CERL-CT-QUOTES@usace.army.mil. Telephone responses will not be accepted.

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