ABR provides services to the federal government under its General Services Administration (GSA) Environmental Services Schedule. This program streamlines the contracting process by providing a faster, more cost-efficient means to meet environmental requirements. ABR is a certified contractor under three categories: SIN 899-1, SIN 899-7, and SIN 899-99. Examples of services under each Special Item Number (SIN) are presented below:
SIN 899-1 Environmental Planning Services and Documentation:
Environmental Impact Statements under NEPA
Endangered Species and/or Wetlands Analysis
Watershed and Other Natural Resource Management Plans
Archeological and/or Cultural Resource Management Plans
Economic, Technical and/or Risk Analysis
Environmental Program Management and Environmental Regulation Development
Vulnerability Assessments
Identification and Mitigation of Threats
Change Detection
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Surveys
SIN 899-99 New Services–Radar Ornithology and Avian Collision Studies:
For this schedule—designed to allow contractors to propose new or improved services not covered by any of the existing SINs—ABR offers its expertise evaluating interactions of birds and bats with man-made structures. We developed state-of-the-art mobile radar laboratories to measure the magnitude, direction, and altitude of movements. Our scientists’ technical expertise is enhanced with night-vision equipment to help determine the composition of movements.
Specific services include:
Site assessments for turbine, tower, and powerlines
Monitoring rates of nocturnal and diurnal bird and bat migration/movements in relation to existing structures or proposed developments
Identifying migration and movement corridors for birds and bats in
relation to existing structures or proposed developments
Monitoring bird and bat activity near existing structures
Measuring behaviors of birds and bats interacting with structures
Identifying time periods or conditions when low-altitude flights occur
Estimating mortality due to collisions with structures
Inventorying threatened and endangered birds and bats and
monitoring populations
Testing existing visual protocols for estimating populations of
birds and bats
Recommending mitigative strategies to reduce or eliminate
wildlife impacts
