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COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION

140R2024Q0114

Environmental and Technical Support Services

Contracting Office:

Bureau of Reclamation Interior Region 10 • California-Great Basin

Acquisitions and Services Division Supply and Services Branch

Sacramento CA 95825

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with FAR Part 13.5 and additional information included in this notice. The Bureau of Reclamation intends to award a hybrid of Firm Fixed Price (FFP) and Time and Materials (T and M) Purchase Order for Environmental and Technical Support Services as represented in the attached Performance Work Statement. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-01 as of November 12, 2024.

This requirement is being solicited as a total set aside for Women-Owned Small Businesses (WOSB) Eligible Under the Women-Owned Small Business Program.

GENERAL INFORMATION

RFQ Number: 140R2024Q0114

Request for Quotation (RFQ) Request for Proposal (RFP) Invitation for Bid (IFB)

North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS): 541620 Size Standard: $19.0 million

Quote Due Date: January 10, 2025, at 1:00 PM Pacific Standard Time

Quote Submission: By email to mphan@usbr.gov

Contact Information: Mouang Phan Email: mphan@usbr.gov

Please see further instructions for quote submission under Provision 52.212-1 Addendum and 52.212-2 on pages 48 to 51 of this document.

Documents necessary for quotation submission are as follows:

1. Completed and signed Pages 3 through 8 of this document.

2. Completed FAR Clause 52.212-3, Offeror’s Representations and Certifications NOTE: The offeror shall complete only paragraphs (b) of this provision if the Offeror has completed the annual representations and certification electronically via System for Award Management (SAM).

3. The quote must include a price breakout for price evaluation purposes to include at a minimum:

a. All Labor Categories, including subcontractor labor categories if applicable, per the Performance Work

Statement (PWS).

b. The number of hours for each labor category.

c. The fully burdened labor rates for each labor category – including overtime and/or double time if applicable.

d. The total price for each labor category.

e. Price Breakout for materials to include the types and quantities, if applicable, per the Performance Work

Statement (PWS).

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f. Price breakout for special tools, transportation, and other direct costs, if applicable, per the Performance Work Statement (PWS).

g. Indirect rates and profit.

4. Evaluation Factors - Contractor must submit following: Technical Approach, Organizational and Key Personnel, Past Performance, and Price.

VENDOR INFORMATION

Vendor’s Business Information:

Business Name: _______________________________

Agency Point of Contact: _______________________________

Unique Entity ID (UEID)/Cage Code: ______________________

Business Size (select one): Small Large

Authorized Agent’s Signature/Date: ____________________________________

*Tasks 1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1 and Optional Tasks 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.3.3, 3.2, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.1, and

3.2.2 are Firm Fixed Price.

**Optional Task 3.3 is Time and Materials; a ceiling price will be established at time of award; “AU” is for obligation purposes only; actual time and material expenses will be reviewed and paid out in accordance with FAR 52.212-4 Alt I.

The pricing quotation for CLINs 0090, 00200, 00310, 00420, and 00530 can be based on assumptions of the level of effort to perform this task each year.

CLIN

No.

Description Quantity Unit Total Price

00000 The Contractor shall provide all management, personnel, supervision, labor, special tools, materials, travel, transportation, per diem, and other items necessary to perform in accordance with the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS).

00010

Base Year: Task 1 – Project Management

1 AU $

Base Year: Tasks 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3 – Environmental Support Services

Base Year: Task 3.1 – Annual Revegetation Performance / Compliance Monitoring Status Report

SECTION B – SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICE/COST SCHEDULE

Total of Tasks 1 – 3.1

00020 Base Year: Optional Task 2.1.1 – Additional Draft/Final CEQA Initial Studies and NEPA EA

00030 Base Year: Optional Task 2.1.2 – Additional Draft/Final CEQA

00040 Base Year: Optional Task 2.2.1 – Permit Applications and support for additional project

00050 Base Year: Optional Task 2.2.2 – Permit Applications and support for additional project

00060 Base Year: Optional Task 2.3.1 – Additional Public Meeting

00070 Base Year: Optional Task 2.3.2 – Additional Public Meeting

00080 Base Year: Optional Task 2.2.3 – TMC Meeting

Base Year: Optional Task 3.2 – Annual Revegetation Design 1 AU $ Base Year: Optional Task 3.2.1 – Additional Annual Revegetation

Design

1 AU $

Base Year: Optional Task 3.2.2 – Additional Annual Revegetation Design

00090 **Base Year: Optional Task 3.2 – Plant Material Supply (T&M)

00100 Base Year: Optional Task 3.2.1 – Implementation-ready Revegetation Design

00110 Base Year: Optional Task 3.2.2 – Coordinate, Grow/Harvest/Procure, and Deliver Plant Materials

Total of Optional Tasks 2.1.1 – 3.2.2 $

Grand Total for all Tasks and Optional Tasks in Base Year

00120

Option Year 1: Task 1 – Project Management

Option Year 1: Tasks 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3 – Environmental Support

Option Year 1: Task 3.1 – Annual Revegetation Performance / Compliance Monitoring Status Report

Total of Tasks 1 – 3.1 $

00130 Option Year 1: Optional Task 2.1.1 – Additional Draft/Final CEQA

00140 Option Year 1: Optional Task 2.1.2 – Additional Draft/Final CEQA

00150 Option Year 1: Optional Task 2.2.1 – Permit Applications and support for additional project

00160 Option Year 1: Optional Task 2.2.2 – Permit Applications and

00170 Option Year 1: Optional Task 2.3.1 – Additional Public Meeting

00180 Option Year 1: Optional Task 2.3.2 – Additional Public Meeting

00190 Option Year 1: Optional Task 2.2.3 – TMC Meeting

Option Year 1: Optional Task 3.2 – Annual Revegetation Design 1 AU $ Option Year 1: Optional Task 3.2.1 – Additional Annual

Revegetation Design

1 AU $

Option Year 1: Optional Task 3.2.2 – Additional Annual Revegetation Design

00200 **Option Year 1: Optional Task 3.2 – Plant Material Supply (T&M)

00210 Option Year 1: Optional Task 3.2.1 – Implementation-ready

00220 Option Year 1: Optional Task 3.2.2 – Coordinate, Total of Optional Tasks 2.1.1 – 3.2.2 $

Grand Total for all Tasks and Optional Tasks in Option Year 1

00230

Option Year 2: Task 1 – Project Management

Option Year 2: Tasks 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3 – Environmental Support

Option Year 2: Task 3.1 – Annual Revegetation Performance /

00240 Option Year 2: Optional Task 2.1.1 – Additional Draft/Final CEQA

00250 Option Year 2: Optional Task 2.1.2 – Additional Draft/Final CEQA

00260 Option Year 2: Optional Task 2.2.1 – Permit Applications and

00270 Option Year 2: Optional Task 2.2.2 – Permit Applications and

00280 Option Year 2: Optional Task 2.3.1 – Additional Public Meeting

00290 Option Year 2: Optional Task 2.3.2 – Additional Public Meeting

00300 Option Year 2: Optional Task 2.2.3 – TMC Meeting

Option Year 2: Optional Task 3.2 – Annual Revegetation Design 1 AU $ Option Year 2: Optional Task 3.2.1 – Additional Annual

Revegetation Design

1 AU $

Option Year 2: Optional Task 3.2.2 – Additional Annual Revegetation Design

00310 **Option Year 2: Optional Task 3.2 – Plant Material Supply (T&M)

00320 Option Year 2: Optional Task 3.2.1 – Implementation-ready

00330 Option Year 2: Optional Task 3.2.2 – Coordinate, Total of Optional Tasks 2.1.1 – 3.2.2

Grand Total for all Tasks and Optional Tasks in Option Year 2

00340

Option Year 3: Task 1 – Project Management

Option Year 3: Tasks 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3 – Environmental Support

Option Year 3: Task 3.1 – Annual Revegetation Performance /

00350 Option Year 3: Optional Task 2.1.1 – Additional Draft/Final CEQA

00360 Option Year 3: Optional Task 2.1.2 – Additional Draft/Final CEQA

00370 Option Year 3: Optional Task 2.2.1 – Permit Applications and

00380 Option Year 3: Optional Task 2.2.2 – Permit Applications and

00390 Option Year 3: Optional Task 2.3.1 – Additional Public Meeting

00400 Option Year 3: Optional Task 2.3.2 – Additional Public Meeting

00410 Option Year 3: Optional Task 2.2.3 – TMC Meeting

Option Year 3: Optional Task 3.2 – Annual Revegetation Design 1 AU $ Option Year 3: Optional Task 3.2.1 – Additional Annual

Revegetation Design

1 AU $

Option Year 3: Optional Task 3.2.2 – Additional Annual Revegetation Design

00420 **Option Year 3: Optional Task 3.2 – Plant Material Supply (T&M)

00430 Option Year 3: Optional Task 3.2.1 – Implementation-ready

00440 Option Year 3: Optional Task 3.2.2 – Coordinate, Grand Total for all Tasks and Optional Tasks in Option Year 3

00450

Option Year 4: Task 1 – Project Management

Option Year 4: Tasks 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3 – Environmental Support Services

1 AU $

Option Year 4: Task 3.1 – Annual Revegetation Performance /

00460 Option Year 4: Optional Task 2.1.1 – Additional Draft/Final CEQA

00470 Option Year 4: Optional Task 2.1.2 – Additional Draft/Final CEQA

00480 Option Year 4: Optional Task 2.2.1 – Permit Applications and

00490 Option Year 4: Optional Task 2.2.2 – Permit Applications and

00500 Option Year 4: Optional Task 2.3.1 – Additional Public Meeting

00510 Option Year 4: Optional Task 2.3.2 – Additional Public Meeting

00520 Option Year 4: Optional Task 2.2.3 – TMC Meeting

Option Year 4: Optional Tasks 3.2 – Annual Revegetation Design 1 AU $ Option Year 4: Optional Task 3.2.1 – Additional Annual

Revegetation Design

1 AU $

Option Year 4: Optional Task 3.2.2 – Additional Annual Revegetation Design

00530 **Option Year 4: Optional Task 3.2 – Plant Material Supply (T&M)

00540 Option Year 4: Optional Task 3.2.1 – Implementation-ready

00550 Option Year 4: Optional Task 3.2.2 – Coordinate, Grand Total for all Tasks and Optional Tasks in Option Year 4

Grand Total for Base and Four Option Years $

Notes: If FAR 52.217-8 is exercised, the prices for the Option to Extend Service’s terms will be calculated based on prorated term and prices that are in effect at the time the option is exercised.

Performance Work Statement (PWS)

Environmental and Technical Support Services May 2024

1.0 Background

The December 19, 2000, Record of Decision (ROD) for the Trinity River Mainstem Fishery Restoration Environmental Impact Statement/Impact Report (EIS/EIR) directed the Department of Interior to undertake an innovative and system-oriented approach to recovering the River’s anadromous fish populations. The Trinity River Restoration Program (TRRP) was established to restore the attributes found in natural alluvial river systems on a managed river downstream of a dam. A combination of mechanical rehabilitation, sediment management, a naturalized flow release schedule, and adaptive environmental assessment and management (AEAM) will be used to reverse the impacts caused by decades of flow diversion on one of California’s most significant rivers. In addition to recovery of naturally-spawning anadromous fish populations in the Trinity River, the TRRP also presents a unique opportunity to advance scientific understanding of managed river systems and the recovery processes of natural systems for broader application.

The Trinity River Restoration Program (TRRP) is required to meet all state, federal and county environmental requirements for implementation of river restoration projects on the Trinity River. The TRRP requires 4 major permits for Channel Rehabilitation. These are: 1) Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) Nationwide Permit #27 (NWP#27) for restoration, 2) North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (NCRWQCB) - Notice of Applicability to be covered under our existing General Permit (Water Quality Certification) for Channel Rehabilitation, and 3) Trinity County Floodplain development permit. In addition, when the ACOE issues their NWP#27 permit, they require that Endangered Species Act protection measures (as specified in the TRRP’s Biological Opinions – considered here to be the 4th required permit) are in place.

When state funding is provided, the TRRP is also required to obtain California Department of Fish and Wildlife streambed alteration permits and to comply with California Endangered Species Act requirements. Long-term gravel augmentation and fine sediment management project activities require separate permits from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the NCRWQCB. Requirements of these permits include but are not limited to: resource evaluations and impact analyses for all project implementation activities. Surveys and projects must reduce impacts to less than significant. Discrete areas of concentration include:

• National Environmental Policy Act and California Environmental Quality Act documents and analyses

• Surveys & Management to support native vegetation and reduce non-native vegetation impacts

• Revegetation design, implementation, and monitoring

• Surveys and management to reduce impacts to fish and wildlife and ensure long-term habitat utilization

(e.g., modeling to estimate inundation and use during various flow regimes).

• Cultural surveys and management to ensure that impacts to historical properties are less than significant

• Evaluation of revegetation 3 years post project and wetland status 5 years post project to meet permit requirements and ensure that there is no net loss over a 10-year period. Turbidity monitoring during and post project

• Surveys to evaluate long-term (and sometimes immediate) impacts to birds and wildlife species of concern (e.g., ESA and CESA candidate species).

2.0 Scope

The primary objectives of the Environmental and Technical Support Services are to provide CEQA/NEPA compliance and mitigation support services and revegetation support. Activities may include but are not limited to surveys and development of environmental compliance documents, project site level plant material supply, revegetation design, and revegetation and wetland performance monitoring/reporting.

3.0 Tasks

Task 1. Project Management

The Contractor shall have a project manager who tracks the scope, schedule and budget that will serve as the single point of contact to the Government for the services required in this PWS.

The Contractor shall prepare and submit a quarterly status report that covers: all activities completed, all activities planned to be completed within six (6) months of the report date, financial status, schedule, and identification of any outstanding issues. The Contractor shall furnish one (1) electronic copy of the report in Word or PDF format with full editing privileges.

The Contractor shall conduct quarterly project management meetings with TRRP staff. Additional meetings will be held as necessary to coordinate work included in Tasks 2 through 4. Meetings may be through teleconference.

The Contractor shall attend up to three (3), one (1) day meetings per year as directed by TRRP to present findings or coordinate on-going work with other program partners. Attendance may be via teleconference. The Contractor shall furnish electronic copies of all material and presentations given at meetings (within two (2) days of the meeting).

Deliverables:

• Submit a written status report to TRRP on the tenth business day at the end of every quarter throughout the duration of the period of service.

Task 2. Environmental Support Services

Task 2.1. Environmental compliance activities shall include preparation of CEQA and NEPA environmental review documents that are consistent in format and content with the existing Master EIR/EA and recent TRRP EA/IS’, and serve both federal and state agencies, as needed, for one stream restoration or flow related project per year. Developed documents may include initial studies, negative declarations, mitigated negative declarations, environmental assessments, and findings of no significant impact (FONSI). If necessary, EA development may transition to an EIS. Environmental review documentation will be produced for the remaining channel rehabilitation, riparian revegetation, tributary restoration, and sediment management projects.

For each resource category presented in the impact analysis sections of the draft environmental documents the Contractor shall: 1) identify the potentially significant adverse environmental impacts, identify which mitigation strategies apply to each potentially significant adverse impact, and assess the level of significance of each impact before and after mitigation; 2) review, analyze, and revise NEPA review documents to meet U.S. Bureau of Reclamation NEPA requirements; and 3) meet CEQA lead agency requirements so that the CEQA lead agency may certify that CEQA guidelines have been met.

The Contractor shall provide resource specialists for complex environmental issues, if needed (i.e. – wetlands delineations, bird surveys, vegetation monitoring, water turbidity analyses, noise, water quality, cultural surveys, etc.).

Optional Task 2.1.1: Prepare up to one additional CEQA Initial Studies and NEPA Environmental Assessments for restoration or flow related projects per year, along with the associated FONSI, Negative Declarations, or Mitigated Negative Declarations.

Optional Task 2.1.2: Prepare up to one additional CEQA Initial Studies and NEPA Environmental Assessments for restoration or flow related projects per year, along with the associated FONSI, Negative Declarations, or Mitigated Negative Declarations.

Task 2.2. Contractor shall prepare permit applications to obtain all necessary and required local, County, State, and Federal permits required to implement one stream restoration project per year. Permit applications require certified wetland delineations on the current project sites along with project sites completed five years prior. The contractor shall research which permits are required to implement projects and shall communicate this information to the TRRP to ensure that the environmental documents are incorporated into the scope as required by the various agencies. At a minimum, Section 401, Section 404, and county flood plain development permit applications shall be prepared annually. Wetland delineations are also required for previous projects 5 years post construction.

Optional Task 2.2.1: Prepare application packages for Section 401, Section 404, County Flood Plain

Development, and other applicable permits for up to one restoration or flow related projects per year.

Optional Task 2.2.2: Prepare application packages for Section 401, Section 404, County Flood Plain

Development, and other applicable permits for up to one restoration or flow related projects per year.

Task 2.3. Contractor shall provide a trained moderator to lead one public meeting per year. Moderator should be skilled in facilitation of contentious natural resource topics. Meeting format may be either open house, presentation with question and answer, or formal hearing, and would be up to 3 hours in length.

2.3.1 Optional Task: Additional public meeting: Up to one additional public meeting would be supported under Task 2.3.

2.3.2 Optional Task: Additional public meeting: Up to one additional public meeting would be supported under Task 2.3.

2.3.3 Optional Task: Facilitation of TMC meeting: Facilitation of up to one additional full day meeting of the Trinity Management council would be supported under Task 2.3.

Deliverables:

• Prepare CEQA Initial Study and NEPA Environmental Assessment for one restoration or flow related project per year, along with the associated FONSI, Negative Declaration, and/or Mitigated Negative Declaration

• Prepare application packages for Section 401, Section 404, County Flood Plain Development, and other applicable permits for one restoration or flow related project per year.

Provide wetland delineations, in accordance with US Army Corps of Engineer’s standards, for one (1) past project and one (1) current project per year.

Task 3. Compliance and Revegetation Support Services

Task 3.1 Annual Revegetation Performance/Compliance Monitoring Status Report Environmental mitigation activities include specific measures required in applicable CEQA- NEPA documents and environmental permits to minimize impacts from TRRP channel rehabilitation, and coarse sediment augmentation activities. For example, during the course of TRRP’s channel rehabilitation projects riparian and wetland vegetation is removed. Environmental permits require vegetation monitoring and compliance with the Riparian Revegetation and Monitoring Plan to ensure 1:1 areal replacement of impacted riparian vegetation. In addition, permits require that wetland acreages are the same or more 5 years after construction of a rehabilitation site than existed prior to construction activities.

The contractor shall perform revegetation performance/compliance monitoring activities for recent rehabilitation sites following the emphasis in Table 1. After 3 growing seasons are complete at a rehabilitation site, the contractor shall prepare a detailed revegetation performance/compliance monitoring report in accordance with the RRMP following the format in 2018 examples (e.g., Upper Douglas City Riparian Revegetation Monitoring report). Performance/compliance monitoring activities shall include, but not be limited to, using pre and post construction aerial imagery (provided by TRRP) to determine pre and post project riparian revegetation areas and impacts, detailed site visits to classify riparian vegetation as remnant, regrowth/recruitment, or revegetation and quantify past revegetation plant survival and health for years 1, 2, & 3. The use of GIS information and files (provided by TRRP) to show where original revegetation plantings were performed, and the contractors GIS information collected by site visits, shall be used to show actual survival of revegetation at planted locations. In years 5 and 10 the contractor shall use aerial imagery (provided by TRRP) to determine remnant, regrowth/recruitment, and revegetation areas, and assess project site’s ability to meet regulatory requirements of “no net loss” of riparian vegetation by year 10.

Table 1. Mitigation and Regulatory Compliance Monitoring and Reporting with Associated Decisions and Actions Related to Planting Performance and Riparian Vegetation Recovery Requirements

Years since construction

Monitoring Activity Analysis Decision Point Action Report

3 Planting performance and riparian vegetation recovery areal assessment

Quantify native woody plant density in potential recovery areas;

quantify areal extent of observed recovery areas;

planting survival, vigor, and browse (i.e., planting performance)

Do native woody plant density, planting survival, and health/vigor indicate recovery of impacted area (1:1 areal extent) by year 10?

If density, survival, vigor, and browse surveys indicate impact will not be mitigated, propose remedial actions

Section in annual report to regulatory agencies describing potential and observed recovery areas and make prognosis for whether areas are on track to meet recovery goals. Propose remedial actions if necessary.

Optional Task 3.2 Annual Revegetation Design

Based upon government-furnished digital terrain models, the contractor shall provide riparian revegetation designs for channel rehabilitation sites (up to 1 per year). Designs will be conceived to exceed 1:1 replacement of riparian and wetland vegetation after 5 years. Existing designs from previous projects will be provided by the government as a template.

3.2.1 Optional Task: Additional annual revegetation designs: Provide up to one additional riparian revegetation design for channel rehabilitation sites per year.

3.2.2 Optional Task: Additional annual revegetation designs: Provide up to one additional riparian revegetation design for channel rehabilitation sites per year.

Optional Task 3.2 Plant Material Supply (Time and Materials) Contractor will also procure plant materials and/or revegetation supplies for implementation projects. Plant materials shall be from a certified nursery for container stock, seeds from sources within the state of CA as near to the revegetation site as practicable, or dormant cuttings harvested and maintained during dormant season. Container stock vs. Dormant Cuttings and species list with quantities shall be determined by the TRRP office on an annual basis and could consist of a combination of material sources and types.

Deliverables:

• Prepare annual Revegetation Performance/Compliance Monitoring Status Report with GIS figures.

• Provide annual Revegetation performance/compliance presentation at the TRRP office in Weaverville, CA. Presentation may be virtual.

• Optional Task 3.2.1 Implementation-ready revegetation design(s) for riparian planting of up to three project sites per year

• Optional Task 3.2.2 Coordinate, grow/harvest/procure, and deliver plant materials based on TRRP program annual needs for implementation.

4.0 Type of Contract

The government intends to award a hybrid Time and Materials (T&M) and Firm Fixed Price type purchase order.

5.0 Period of Performance

The period of performance for this purchase order shall be for one (1) Base Period and four (4) 12-month option years.

The period of performance reads as follows:

Base Period: March 24, 2025 through March 23, 2026 Option Year 1: March 24, 2026 through March 23, 2027 Option Year 2: March 24, 2027 through March 23, 2028 Option Year 3: March 24, 2028 through March 23, 2029 Option Year 4: March 24, 2029 through March 23, 2030

6.0 Administrative Information

6.1 Recognized Holidays

The contractor is not required to perform services as recognized Federal holidays on the following:

New Year’s Day Labor Day Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples’ Day Presidents’ Day Veterans’ Day Memorial Day Thanksgiving Day Independence Day Christmas Day Juneteenth National Independence Day

6.2 Hours of Operations

The contractor is responsible for conducting business, between the hours of 8AM to 5PM, Monday through Friday except Federal holidays or when the Government facility is closed due to local or national emergencies, administrative closings, or similar Government directed facility closings. For other than firm fixed price contracts, the contractor will not be reimbursed when the government facility is closed for the above reasons. The Contractor must at all times maintain an adequate workforce for the uninterrupted performance of all tasks defined within this PWS when the Government facility is not closed for the above reasons. When hiring personnel, the Contractor shall keep in mind that the stability and continuity of the workforce are essential.

6.3 Place of Performance

Work to be performed in accordance with this requirement will occur along the Trinity River and/or surrounding landscapes. Coordination with stakeholders and agencies will occur primarily within the Trinity and Humboldt Counties.

Meetings and/or presentations may need to take place at the TRRP office in Weaverville, CA.

6.4 Security

The following FAR Clause 52.204-21 and WBR 1452.237-80 applies to all security standards for this project.

The contractor shall be responsible for coordinating landowner access permission with TRRP prior to accessing private property or approaching landowners for access permission.

The contractor shall be responsible for safeguarding all government equipment, information and property provided for contractor use, if furnished. At the close of each work period, government facilities, equipment, and materials shall be secured.

6.5 Special Consideration

Note that revegetation activities will require coordination with other TRRP contractors including a civil construction contractor and may be restricted by Section 401, Section 404, County Flood Plain Development, and other applicable permits.

Property Access Permission and Permits Trinity River Restoration Program shall obtain any necessary landowner permission and/or access agreements. The Contractor shall not access any property without prior landowner permission. TRRP maintains access agreements with several landowners along the Trinity River that cover Contractor access. The Contractor shall coordinate landowner access permission with TRRP prior to accessing private property or approaching landowners for access permission. A minimal level of coordination with landowners may be required by the Contractor.

Independent Publication by the Contractor If the Contractor independently pursues publication (journals, conference proceeding, trade publications, marketing materials, etc.) using any data or information developed under this contract, the Contractor shall cite the contract number and provide full acknowledgements to TRRP. Additionally, TRRP shall be informed of the publication and provided the opportunity to review and comment on a final draft of the publication. TRRP shall not be responsible for any costs incurred by the Contractor.

7.0 Data Requirements

General Data Requirements

Data include any quantitative or qualitative information deliverables gathered for monitoring or analysis of the Trinity River or surrounding landscape, including baseline information to assist with monitoring or analysis. Data requirements set forth here are to enable the Weaverville TRRP office to comply with the Data Quality Act (Section 515 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001). Data received from the Contractor shall, at USBR discretion, be subject to inspection prior to acceptance. USBR will notify the Contractor of any rejected geospatial databases and/or metadata within 60 days, to be returned to the Contractor for correction and returned to USBR within 90 days from the rejection notification date. USBR will make payment to the Contractor upon final acceptance of the metadata. Metadata received from the Contractor shall be delivered in the same delivered package as the data.

Format All data deliverables shall be submitted to TRRP in formats accessible by the Weaverville TRRP office staff with standard computers and software (Windows based PC with Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, ArcGIS, or AutoCAD).

Unless otherwise specifically agreed upon by Weaverville TRRP office staff, these include:

o XLS (MS Excel spreadsheets) o CSV (Comma Separated Value tables) o MDB (MS Access database) o JPEG or TIFF (for photos and other images) o Geospatial formats given below under “Additional Requirements for Geospatial Data”

Documentation Data deliverables shall be documented as to:

1. data collection protocol, methods, or standard operating procedure;

2. sampling strategy and design;

3. data storage and formatting structure including fieldname definitions and other necessary information for reasonable interpretation of the data;

4. units and accuracy;

5. linkage structure for relational databases except for automatically generated structure within spatial components of geodatabases.

Security/Privacy The contractor shall provide full disclosure regarding any security/privacy concerns of all data that is delivered to BOR.

7.1 Additional Requirements for Geospatial Data

All geospatial data deliverables shall comply with applicable international, national and Federal information technology and geographic information standards, particularly those determined by the Federal Geographic Data Committee as supporting the National Spatial Data Infrastructure. Failure to comply with the official policy on spatial data as set forth in three Office of Management and Budget Circulars (OMB A-16, OMB A-119, and OMB A-130) and by presidential Executive Order 12906 will not be acceptable and payment for work incurred will not be forth coming until these requirements are met.

Geospatial data deliverables include any of the following: geographic information system (GIS) data, Remote Sensing, Aerial Photography, computer aided drafting (CAD), imagery, global positioning system (GPS) data, etc. in the form of databases (tabular or geospatial) or map products. Geospatial data submitted to TRRP shall meet specific spatial requirements and federal regulations in addition to the general Data Requirements (above).

Format Unless otherwise specifically agreed upon by Weaverville TRRP office staff, data shall be submitted in one or more of the following formats:

o ESRI Shapefile o ArcGIS File Geodatabase (may include vector and raster formats) o ArcGIS Personal Geodatabase o GeoTIFF o XYZ (space delimited text format for LiDAR data) o AutoCAD DWG, include as appropriate o breaklines within DWG files o points additionally as CSV or NEZD file (northing, easting, elevation, and description)

Media Unless otherwise specifically agreed upon by Weaverville TRRP office staff, data shall be submitted on one or more of the following media, readable by a standard, contemporary Microsoft Windows based computer:

o CD o DVD o external hard drive with USB connectivity

Metadata In accordance with OMB A-16, the U.S. Government Requires metadata compliant with standards set by the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC; www.fgdc.gov/nsdi/nsdi.html). Metadata tools provided within ArcGIS indicate minimum requirements of FGDC compliant metadata by marking fields as “Required”. For sake of maintaining connections between data, documentation, and data origins, TRRP requires that the Abstract, Purpose, or Supplemental Information fields provide reference to the collection agency or organization, data collection and sampling documents, and resulting reports.

Datum and Projection Geospatial data shall be submitted in the following datums and projections, unless otherwise specifically agreed upon by TRRP personnel:

o Horizontal Datum:

o North American Datum 1983 (NAD83) o Vertical Datum:

o North American Vertical Datum (NAVD88), o or Geoid 2009 o Horizontal projection:

o Geographic Coordinate System (unprojected latitude and longitude in decimal degrees) o or California State Plane, zone 1 (units in U.S. Survey Feet).

Accuracy

Geospatial accuracy shall be specified in supporting documents including FGDC compliant metadata. Accuracy documentation must include both the source of geospatial measurements (e.g. GPS receiver with processing level) and a clear measure of accuracy (for 95% of measurements, if possible). Be aware that Root-Mean-Square-Error (RMSE) http://www.fgdc.gov/nsdi/nsdi.html statistics indicate an average accuracy not appropriate for a 95% certainty. Typical levels of GPS processing and corresponding accuracy are provided in the following table; accuracy statistics such as Garmin’s “Estimated Positional Error” provided by cheaper GPS units are often inappropriate for the accuracy measurements required here. GPS receivers must be properly configured to provide output in the correct projection and datum.

GPS &

processing level

Accuracy (95% of measures are within...)

Recreational grade GPS (e.g. Garmin)

15 meters

Recreational grade GPS with WAAS correction

5 meters

Mapping grade GPS with differential correction

1-3 meters

Survey Grade GPS with differential correction

< 1 meter

Real-Time ~ 2.5 cm Kinnematic GPS with proper base station support and processing

The U.S. National Map Accuracy Standards (http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/nmpstds/nmas.html) provide guidance for converting accuracy to map scale. These may be interpreted to the following table:

Accuracy (90% of points are within...)

Map Scale

0.85 meters 1:1000

4.23 meters 1:5000

10.2 meters 1:12,000

12.2 meters 1:24,000

50.8 meters 1:100,000 127 meters 1:250,000 254 meters 1:500,000

Security/Privacy

The Recipient/Contractor shall provide full disclosure regarding any security/privacy concerns of all data that is delivered to BOR. This will be fully documented in the metadata in accordance with the Federal Geographic Data Committee Standard Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata, FGDC-STD-001-1998.

8.0 Performance Assessment Plan

http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/nmpstds/nmas.html

(a) Monitoring Performance. During the course of the evaluation period, the COR will track Contractor performance.

Interim (mid-term) evaluations may be provided to identify strengths and weaknesses in the Contractor's performance during the period being evaluated. At the end of the period, the COR will assess the Contractor's performance in accordance with the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) and report to the Contracting Officer. The BOR has the right to inspect and test all services called for by the contract, to the extent practicable at all times and places during the term of the contract.

(b) Contractor Self-Assessment. Following each evaluation period, the Contractor may provide a written self-assessment of its performance to the COR to be considered in its report to the Contracting Officer. The self-assessment shall be submitted not later than 5 working days after the end of each evaluation period. The self-evaluation shall not exceed 1 page per PRS element. The self-assessment shall address both the strengths and weaknesses of the Contractor's performance during the evaluation period. Where deficiencies in performance are noted, the Contractor shall describe the actions planned or taken to correct such deficiencies and avoid their recurrence.

The self-assessment itself will NOT be the basis for the Disincentives determination.

(c) COR Recommendation. The COR will consider all evaluations and any other pertinent information, including Contractor self-assessment, and will prepare a report to the Contracting Officer with findings and recommendations. The Contractor will be provided a copy of the draft findings and recommendations of the COR and will be afforded the opportunity to identify factual errors. The COR's draft recommendation is not subject to negotiation and the COR will not engage in discussions with the Contractor. Any errors identified by the Contractor will be addressed by the COR in its final report. The Contractor will be provided a copy of the final COR report at the same time the report is submitted to the Contracting Officer.

(d) Invoicing. The Contractor shall submit one copy of all payment invoices, with the appropriate backup documents to the COR. The COR will determine if the invoice is complete and proper as submitted. The COR also will determine if billed services have been satisfactorily performed and if expenses billed are correct. If it is determined that the amount billed is incorrect, the COR will, within seven days, request the Contractor to submit a revised invoice. The Contractor shall specifically identify his invoice “Final Invoice.” The Final invoice shall include the remaining payment claimed to be due under the basic contract and all modifications issued, if any. The final invoice shall also have the Contractor’s Release of Claims Certificate attached.

(e) The Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan is one evaluation method the government uses to surveil performance to determine whether the Contractor meets the standards of performance as defined in the PWS. The absence of a QASP for any contract requirement, however, shall not detract from its enforceability or limit the rights or remedies of the government under any other provision of the contract in determining the quality of the Contractor performance.

9.0 Technical Exhibits

Technical Exhibit 1: Performance Requirement Summary Description: Identifies the performance indicator, standards, and acceptable quality level the Contractor must meet to successfully perform each service identified in the contract. The PWS includes the intended method of determining performance against the standard.

PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY AND QUALITY ASSURANCE SURVIELLANCE PLAN

(QASP)

Products Performance Indicator Performance Standard

Task 1

Project Management Prompt receipt of updates including scope, schedule, budget, and risks

Modifications received by the first business day of each month unless otherwise agreed to by the COR. Schedule changes for performance milestones and deliverables should be less than one month and less than 10% without an agreed upon change in scope.

Quarterly status report Schedule Report received within two weeks of due date.

Task 2

NEPA/CEQA documents Regulatory and policy compliance

Documents meet standards of each action agency which is required to review and sign.

Permit application packages Regulatory and policy compliance

Documents meet standards of each regulatory agency which is required to review and issue permits.

Wetland delineations Regulatory and policy compliance

Wetland delineations are accurate and accepted by state and federal regulatory agencies.

Facilitation Management of contentious meeting

Facilitator/moderator will have skill in facilitating contentious natural resources meetings and will maintain a professional atmosphere. Meetings will stay on agenda and within ground rules.

Task 3

Revegetation monitoring status report

Complete and accurate characterization of natural and program-funded revegetation

Annual reports are prepared in accordance with requirements listed in the program’s Riparian Revegetation and Monitoring Program document in the format of the example Upper Douglas City Riparian Revegetation Monitoring Report.

Revegetation designs Complete and feasible designs for revegetation of channel rehabilitations sites

Sufficient detail is provided to enable the government or a contractor to implement the design. Design will result in a minimum of 1:1 replacement of wetland and riparian plant aerial cover within 5 years.

Plant material supply Timely delivery of viable plants All nursery stock certified to be free of Phytopthera and bears no signs of pests or pathogens. Container stock and other live plants delivered on schedule with no less than 100% of plants alive and viable at time of delivery. Plants have sufficient root mass to support above ground biomass but are not root bound. Procured pure live seed has at least 85% germination rate.

END OF PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

SECTION C - COMMERCIAL CLAUSES

FAR 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference February 1998

This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

http://www.acquisition.gov/far/

The clauses in the table below are incorporated by reference.

FAR 52.204-21 Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems Nov 2021

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause—

Covered contractor information system means an information system that is owned or operated by a contractor that processes, stores, or transmits Federal contract information.

Federal contract information means information, not intended for public release, that is provided by or generated for the Government under a contract to develop or deliver a product or service to the Government, but not including information provided by the Government to the public (such as on public websites) or simple transactional information, such as necessary to process payments.

Information means any communication or representation of knowledge such as facts, data, or opinions, in any medium or form, including textual, numerical, graphic, cartographic, narrative, or audiovisual (Committee on National Security Systems Instruction (CNSSI) 4009).

Information system means a discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information ( 44 U.S.C. 3502).

Safeguarding means measures or controls that are prescribed to protect information systems.

(b) Safeguarding requirements and procedures.

Clauses Title Date FAR 52.203-12 Limitation on Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions Jun 2020 FAR 52.204-9 Personal Identity Verification of Contractor Personnel Jan 2011 FAR 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance Oct 2018 FAR 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance Aug 2020

FAR 52.212-4

Alternate I

Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services

Nov 2021

FAR 52.223-5 Pollution Prevention and Right-to-Know Information May 2024 FAR 52.226-8 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving May 2024 FAR 52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations Jun 2013 FAR 52.233-1 Disputes May 2014 FAR 52.242-15 Stop Work Order Aug 1989 FAR 52.242-13 Bankruptcy Jul 1995 FAR 52.245-1 Government Property Sep 2021 http://www.acquisition.gov/far/ http://uscode.house.gov/browse.xhtml;jsessionid=114A3287C7B3359E597506A31FC855B3

(1) The Contractor shall apply the following basic safeguarding requirements and procedures to protect covered contractor information systems. Requirements and procedures for basic safeguarding of covered contractor information systems shall include, at a minimum, the following security controls:

(i) Limit information system access to authorized users, processes acting on behalf of authorized users, or devices (including other information systems).

(ii) Limit information system access to the types of transactions and functions that authorized users are permitted to execute.

(iii) Verify and control/limit connections to and use of external information systems.

(iv) Control information posted or processed on publicly accessible information systems.

(v) Identify information system users, processes acting on behalf of users, or devices.

(vi) Authenticate (or verify) the identities of those users, processes, or devices, as a prerequisite to allowing access to organizational information systems.

(vii) Sanitize or destroy information system media containing Federal Contract Information before disposal or release for reuse.

(viii) Limit physical access to organizational information systems, equipment, and the respective operating environments to authorized individuals.

(ix) Escort visitors and monitor visitor activity; maintain audit logs of physical access; and control and manage physical access devices.

(x) Monitor, control, and protect organizational communications (i.e., information transmitted or received by organizational information systems) at the external boundaries and key internal boundaries of the information systems.

(xi) Implement subnetworks for publicly accessible system components that are physically or logically separated from internal networks.

(xii) Identify, report, and correct information and information system flaws in a timely manner.

(xiii) Provide protection from malicious code at appropriate locations within organizational information systems.

(xiv) Update malicious code protection mechanisms when new releases are available.

(xv) Perform periodic scans of the information system and real-time scans of files from external sources as files are downloaded, opened, or executed.

(2) Other requirements. This clause does not relieve the Contractor of any other specific safeguarding requirements specified by Federal agencies and departments relating to covered contractor information systems generally or other Federal safeguarding requirements for controlled unclassified information (CUI) as established by Executive Order 13556.

(c) Subcontracts. The Contractor shall include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (c), in subcontracts under this contract (including subcontracts for the acquisition of commercial products or commercial services, other than commercially available off-the-shelf items), in which the subcontractor may have Federal contract information residing in or transiting through its information system.

(End of clause)

FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive

Orders – Commercial Products and Commercial Services Nov 2024

(a) The Contractor shall comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses, which are incorporated in this contract by reference, to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial products and commercial services:

(1) 52.203-19, Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements (Jan 2017) (section 743 of Division E, Title VII, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235) and its successor provisions in subsequent appropriations acts (and as extended in continuing resolutions)).

(2) 52.204-23, Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab Covered Entities (Dec 2023) (Section 1634 of Pub. L. 115-91).

(3) 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment. (Nov 2021) (Section 889(a)(1)(A) of Pub. L. 115-232).

(4) 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (Nov 2015).

(5) 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (Mar 2023) ( 31 U.S.C. 3903 and 10 U.S.C. 3801).

(6) 52.233-3, Protest After Award (Aug 1996) (31 U.S.C. 3553).

(7) 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (Oct 2004) (Public Laws 108-77 and 108-78 ( 19 U.S.C. 3805 note)).

(b) The Contractor shall comply with the FAR clauses in this paragraph (b) that the Contracting Officer has indicated as being incorporated in this contract by reference to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial products and commercial services:

_x_ (1) 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (Jun 2020), with Alternate I (Nov 2021) (41 U.S.C. 4704 and 10 U.S.C. 4655).

__ (2) 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (Nov 2021) (41 U.S.C. 3509)).

__ (3) 52.203-15, Whistleblower Protections under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Jun 2010) (Section 1553 of Pub. L. 111-5). (Applies to contracts funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.)

_x_ (4) 52.203-17, Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights (Nov 2023) ( 41 U.S.C.