Sustainable Range Study at Fort Stewart/Hunter Army Airfield, GA | W9126G252SOI5342

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The Sustainable Range Study at Fort Stewart/Hunter Army Airfield, GA is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Fort Worth District funding opportunity focused on the conservation and rehabilitation of natural resources on military installations, specifically in support of sustainable training ranges. The government is not asking for a full technical proposal or a detailed budget at this stage. Instead, it is soliciting a Request for Statements of Interest (RSOI) to identify qualified organizations that could carry out the work described in the Statement of Objectives (SOO), which is referenced as an attachment in the notice. The project sits under Sikes Act authority (16 USC 670c-1), meaning it is tied to implementation and enforcement of Integrated Natural Resources Management Plans (INRMPs) and emphasizes coordination with, and priority for, agencies responsible for fish and wildlife conservation or management.

The award instrument is a cooperative agreement (not a standard procurement contract), and the activity is categorized under science and technology and other research and development. The CFDA number listed is 12.005. The opportunity is discretionary and anticipates a single award. The base period of performance is 12 months from the date of award, with the possibility of up to four additional 12-month follow-on periods if funding is available. In practical terms, that structure signals a project that may begin with an initial year of study or implementation work and then continue through optional years for additional tasks, monitoring, refinement of methods, or expanded scope, depending on results and agency priorities.

Funding for the base period is expected to be about $918,531. The notice also indicates that additional funding may be available to the selected recipient for optional tasks and/or follow-on work in later years. Separately, the opportunity lists an award ceiling of $5,607,728, which aligns with the idea that the initial year is only part of a potentially multi-year effort and that the total value could grow substantially if the optional periods are exercised and funded. Because only one award is expected, prospective applicants should treat the RSOI as a competitive gatekeeping step: the government will review statements of interest, decide which organization(s) appear best suited, and then request full proposals later from those selected.

Eligibility is limited in a very specific way. This opportunity is only available to Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) within three named regions: Gulf Coast, Southern Appalachian Mountains, and Piedmont South Atlantic Coast. That limitation is important because it excludes otherwise capable entities that are not part of those CESU networks or are affiliated with CESU regions outside the ones listed. In addition, the Sikes Act framing reinforces that the work should directly support natural resource management planning and execution on the installation, with attention to fish and wildlife conservation responsibilities. The notice explicitly states that, consistent with the Sikes Act, priority should be given to Federal and State agencies that have fish and wildlife conservation or management responsibilities, which can affect teaming strategies (for example, a university CESU partner working closely with a state wildlife agency or a federal resource agency).

The timeline note explains how the government will handle the initial market research phase: RSOIs must be posted on Grants.gov for 30 days before the government makes a decision and potentially requests full proposals. The opportunity was created on 2025-06-27, and the original closing date is 2025-07-27, matching that 30-day posting window. Interested parties should plan around that deadline for submitting their statement of interest and should expect that any request for a full proposal would come after the government completes its review of the RSOIs.

For questions or submission-related issues, the notice provides two points of contact at USACE Fort Worth District: Maria Lopez, Grants Specialist (Maria.E.Lopez@usace.army.mil, 817-886-1881) and Joshua Wurtz, Project Manager (Joshua.C.Wurtz@usace.army.mil, 918-951-0591). Since the SOO is referenced but not included in the text you provided, any organization preparing an RSOI would typically review that attachment carefully to tailor its capabilities statement to the specific study objectives, methods, deliverables, and installation needs at Fort Stewart/Hunter Army Airfield.

In plain terms, this announcement is an early-stage screening step for a multi-year, potentially multi-million-dollar cooperative agreement supporting sustainable range and natural resource work at Fort Stewart/HAAF. The immediate action for applicants is not writing a full proposal, but submitting a strong statement of interest through Grants.gov that clearly demonstrates relevant expertise, past performance on comparable military natural resource and range sustainability efforts, and eligibility through the specified CESU regions under Sikes Act authority.

• The Fort Worth District in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Sustainable Range Study at Fort Stewart/Hunter Army Airfield, GA" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 12.005.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2025-06-27.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-07-27. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $5,607,728.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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