# Bat Surveying and Mist-Netting, Camp Grayling, MI

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/w9132t26qa004

- Solicitation number: W9132T26QA004
- Notice type: Award notice (first published as solicitation)
- Status: Awarded to University of Illinois for $24,000.00
- Department: Department of the Army
- Agency: Department of the Army
- Contracting office: W2R2 Const Engrg Lab (W9132T)
- NAICS: 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Product or service code: AH33 Natural Resources And Environment R&D Services; Recreational Resources; Experimental Development
- Place of performance: Grayling, Michigan
- County: Crawford County (FIPS 26039). https://abierto.us/counties/crawford-county-mi-26039
- City: Grayling. https://abierto.us/cities/grayling-mi-2634640
- First posted: April 29, 2026
- Last posted: June 4, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/d9b1d50b4b134c99b761f4a6c7290982/view

## 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.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: University of Illinois (UEI Y8CWNJRCNN91)
- Contract: W9132T26PA003, purchase order
- Obligated: $24,000.00
- Competition: Competed Under SAP, 5 offers received
- Link: award number W9132T26PA003 equals the contract number; same awarding office W9132T (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_W9132T26PA003_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-/

- Recipient: The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (UEI GMZUKXFDJMA9)
- Contract: W9132T26PA004, purchase order
- Obligated: $42,386.00
- Competition: Competed Under SAP, 6 offers received
- Link: award number W9132T26PA004 equals the contract number; same awarding office W9132T (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_W9132T26PA004_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- April 29, 2026: Solicitation, due May 21, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice b0f50225b3094b4690b3669d7760ab11. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/b0f50225b3094b4690b3669d7760ab11/view
- May 13, 2026: Solicitation, due May 21, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice 4a8a7c16e7df4057ba9280c9e78600ee. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/4a8a7c16e7df4057ba9280c9e78600ee/view
- June 4, 2026: Award notice. Notice 1e2f1a0b11bd403f9dfec8ed7163dcfc. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/1e2f1a0b11bd403f9dfec8ed7163dcfc/view
- June 4, 2026: Award notice. Notice d9b1d50b4b134c99b761f4a6c7290982. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/d9b1d50b4b134c99b761f4a6c7290982/view

## Points of contact

- Olivia Farr, CERL-CT-Quotes@usace.army.mil
- Andrea J Thomas - KO, CERL-CT-QUOTES@usace.army.mil

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