NRCS-Wyoming National Resources Inventory (NRI) Services

Amendment 0001: This solicitation is amended to add a Q&A document. Please see attachments section below. The Contractor shall furnish the necessary personnel, supplies, materials, and incidentals necessary to provide National Resources Inventory (NRI) data collection services for NRCS-Wyoming as described below and in accordance with the work statement attached to and hereby made a part of this solicitation.

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture is mandated (through the Rural Development Act of 1972, the Soil and Water Resources Conservation Act of 1977, and other supporting legislation) to assess the status, condition, and trends of soil, water, and related resources on the Nation's Non-Federal lands.

Resources inventory legislative authorities, NRCS policy, and responsibilities for conducting the National Resources Inventory (NRI) are contained in NRCS General Manual 290, Part 400. Separate authorities govern NRCS completing NRI on Federal lands under agreement with other federal agencies.

To accomplish this task, the NRCS will award one contract that requires the successful contractor to collect rangeland resources data on selected sample sites (points) for the 2026 National Resources Inventory (NRI) Grazing Land On-Site Data Collection in Wyoming. The objective of this solicitation is to acquire specified inventory data at data collection points found within selected sample segment boundaries in Wyoming.

Data will be collected on federal and non-federal lands in accordance with the standards outlined in the most current and applicable NRCS National Resources Inventory Grazing Land On-Site Data Collection Handbook of Instructions and its supplements, amendments, and appendices (hereafter referred to in this document as the Handbook), as referenced in Section P. Reference Materials, and elsewhere. Sample segments are in remote areas situated on federal or non-federal land.

Access may require 4-wheeled vehicles and/or hiking long distances over rough terrain. The Contractor shall enter the data collected into hand-held computers using NRCS approved software - the Computer Assisted Survey Instrument (CASI). All data will be submitted to the server at Iowa State University Center for Survey Statistics and Methodology (ISU server) located in Ames, Iowa.

All data will be collected in accordance with the latest version of National Resources Inventory Grazing Land On-Site Data Collection, Handbook of Instructions (P. Reference Materials). Any questions must be submitted in writing to Amy Smith, Contract Specialist, at amy.smith2@usda.gov no later than July 6, 2026, 5:00pm ET. Please see RFQ document for complete details.