Experiment Government Bids & RFPs

The bid notice states that all work to be performed shall be completed no later than four months after award. The field work will be conducted during a mutually agreed two-week period between July 1 and August 15, 2026.

The bid notice states that the government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the government, price and other factors considered. The evaluation factors include experience in bat ecology, mistnetting, and radio telemetry, past performance, and price.

The bid notice states that offers shall provide sufficient information in the following areas for the government to determine its level of confidence in the offeror to perform the requirements of the PWS based on an assessment of relevant experience from the offeror: Experience in gaining Army Animal Research Compliance and Oversight Office (ARCOO) approval for conducting animal research from an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). Possession of, or ability to obtain experience obtaining, the federal and state permits required to conduct this work, with emphasis on those that possess a federally listed bat species recovery permit from the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) for federally listed species possible to be encountered. Personnel with educational background, experience, and expertise in bat ecology, mistnetting, and radio telemetry experience capturing and handling the species that are possible to encounter listed in the introduction. Experience with suture methods of radio transmitter attachment versus glue/epoxy methods. Experience working on military lands in the United States, with emphasis on Army lands.

The bid notice indicates that a preliminary visit is not applicable (FALSE).

The bid notice states that guano will also be collected opportunistically, for which the government will provide sample collection supplies e. g. , vials, bags, cooler with ice. The contractor shall collect guano samples from captured bats opportunistically. All bat guano samples collected and frozen during the two-week field work period shall be placed on ice and provided to ERDC CERL personnel located at Camp Grayling at the end of the field work period.

The bid notice states that the biographical common form, the current and pending other support common form, and the collaborators and other affiliations attachments may be provided during the negotiation phase after proposal selection. he biographical common form, the current and pending other support common form, and the collaborators and other affiliations attachments may be provided during the negotiation phase after proposal selection.

The bid notice states that advanced registration is required, with U. S. citizen registration link: https:secwww. jhuapl. edu eventlink event 648 and foreign citizen registration link: https:secwww. jhuapl. edu eventlink event 649. All registrants must submit their clearance via a visitor access request var. You must pass your clearance to JHU APL no later than 13 May 2026 for U. S. citizen admission and no later than 28 April for foreign partners.

The registration link will include a request for $30 per person that covers registration, breakfast, lunch, and coffee for the day.

The overall classification of the event is Secret FVEY. Advanced registration is required, and all registrants must submit their clearance via a visitor access request VAR. Visitors from DOD organizations should send their clearances via the Defense Information System for Security (DISS). Industry and non-DOD visitors must complete a visit authorization letter containing specific information and send it by fax, secure dropbox, or email using a password-protected document.