BOR-CGB-20-N004 Notice of Intent to Award.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-CGB-20-N004

PROJECT TITLE Study the Efficacy of UV Light to Treat Aquatic Vegetation in an Unlined Canal

RECIPIENT University of Nevada, Reno (UNR)

ANTICIPATED

FEDERAL AMOUNT

$331,208

STATUTORY

AUTHORITY

P.L. 111-11, TITLE IX—Bureau of Reclamation Authorizations, Subtitle F-Secure Water, Sec. 9509 Research Agreement Authority.

SEC. 9509. RESEARCH AGREEMENT AUTHORITY.

The Secretary may enter into contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, for periods not to exceed 5 years, to carry out research within the Bureau of Reclamation.

CFDA NUMBER 15.560

RECLAMATION

POINT OF CONTACT

Scott Fennema/Christina A. Muñoz

SUMMARY OF

PROJECT

ACTIVITIES

The objectives of the project are: (1)determine the efficacy of Ultraviolet-C (UV) light to treat aquatic vegetation in unlined canals;

(2)determine the optimal treatment time during an aquatic macrophyte’s growth cycle; (3)construct a UV treatment time to macrophyte density relationship within unlined canal; (4)quantify aquatic vegetation regrowth rates following UV treatments of varying exposure times.

SELECTION

JUSTIFICATION

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

The University of Nevada, Reno has been leading the charge to research the Ultraviolet-C (UV) treatment system to remove aquatic vegetation.

They have been studying the treatment system both in the lab and in the field with the goal of determining optimal treatments to (1) ensure plant mortality and (2) prevent further propagation. Between UNR's experience and knowledge of treatment systems, they are the research experts in the field in using UV to treat aquatic plants and the only entity that would be able to research the UV treatment systems to treat aquatic plants in unlined canals.

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SIGNATURES

RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY GRANTS OFFICER:

Name: Christina A. Muñoz

Date:

APPROVED BY MERIT OFFICIAL:

Name: Brenda L. Davis

Date: