BOR-LC-20-N007.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-N007

PROJECT TITLE Groundwater Monitoring Wells RECIPIENT La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians (La Jolla)

ANTICIPATED

FEDERAL AMOUNT

$398,676.73

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

Hydro-Geologic Study Map the hydro-geology of the La Jolla Reservation (Reservation) and determine where test wells should be drilled.

Complete a Fracture-Trace Analysis of faults and fractures on and near the Reservation that may indicate potential water sources.

Complete a Very Low Frequency (VLF) and/or similar geophysical sensing, to investigate sub-surface geological structures.

Perform field work as needed to create vegetation-free areas for the VLF and electro-magneto telluric analysis.

Test Well Drilling Prepare the test well sites.

Drill up to 10 Test Wells.

May perform pumping tests and water quality analysis for selected wells with potential for good water.

Prepare well reports with drilling logs and pump test results.

Perform NEPA studies of the Test Well sites.

Develop Groundwater Water Wells Ream out selected test wells to a larger diameter.

Perform pumping tests for selected water wells.

Perform Title 22 water quality analysis for water wells.

Properly abandon any test wells that are not productive.

SELECTION

JUSTIFICATION

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

The La Jolla is uniquely qualified to complete this project as all tasks are for the improvement and expansion of the La Jolla irrigation systems within the Reservation boundaries with limited and controlled access to tribal lands.