BOR-LC-20-N013.pdf

Notice of Intent to Award Template (03/2019)

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD

This notice is not a request for applications. This provides public notice of the Bureau of Reclamation’s intention to fund the following project activities without full and open competition.

OPPORTUNITY

NUMBER

BOR-LC-20-N013

PROJECT TITLE Tribal Collaboration on Arizona Water Resource Management RECIPIENT Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc

ANTICIPATED

FEDERAL AMOUNT

$100,000.00

STATUTORY

AUTHORITY

Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003, Division D - Energy and Water Development Appropriations, Title II, Sec. 201, P. L. 108-7 (43 USC Sec. 373d)

CFDA NUMBER 15.519 Indian Tribal Water Resources Development, Management, and Protection

RECLAMATION

POINT OF CONTACT

Nathalie Washington, Phone: 702-293-8436; email: nwashington@usbr.gov

SUMMARY OF

PROJECT

ACTIVITIES

Conduct and facilitate Tribal Leadership Water Policy Council (TLWPC) Meetings.

Provide time during TLWPC Meetings for Federal Agencies, including Reclamation, to engage tribes.

Attend or monitor public water forum meetings.

Provide Tribal Leaders with water policy information and analysis.

SELECTION

JUSTIFICATION

Reclamation did not solicit full and open competition for this award based on the following criteria:

The Recipient is uniquely qualified to complete this project as it is intertribal consortium and all tasks to be completed are a continuation activity funded through previous financial assistance agreements with the Lower Colorado Basin.