Description
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Vale District is seeking a contractor to conduct vascular plant surveys on 22,809.3 acres surrounding Juntura, Oregon. The surveys will include target vascular plant species and target noxious weeds. The contractor will be required to provide all services, equipment, and expertise necessary to perform the surveys, including field work, documentation, and reporting. The period of performance is from May 15, 2026, to June 1, 2027, with a minimum of 17,158 acres to be completed in 2026. The contractor will be required to submit progress reports every two weeks and provide a final report within 20 calendar days after completion of the surveys.
• The contractor will be responsible for conducting botanical surveys to determine the presence or absence of target species, documenting and mapping locations and populations of target species, and providing an ecological description for the areas surveyed.
• The contractor will be required to use the Intuitively Controlled Survey Method, which involves surveying a representative cross-section of all major habitats and topographic features.
• The contractor will be required to document all field work, including survey routes, species lists, and photographs of Special Status species.
• The contractor will be required to submit a voucher specimen for each Special Status plant species located, which will be pressed and dried to herbarium standards.