BOR-LC-20-N006.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-N006

PROJECT TITLE Smart Meters & Irrigation System Upgrades RECIPIENT La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians (La Jolla)

ANTICIPATED

FEDERAL AMOUNT

$94,641.53

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

Smart Meters for Water Conservation Identify tribal buildings that will receive smart water meters.

Research commercial smart water meters to ensure compatibility with Verizon cell phone network. Seek three bids to purchase the most suitable Smart Water Meter System to use on the Reservation.

Purchase the selected Smart Water Meters. This will include approving a contract with a Smart Meter company to provide “cloud-based” information services.

Install the Smart Water Meters and related items: water meter boxes, plumbing items, shut-off valves, etc., as needed.

Install smart meters on selected Tribal administration buildings and between Tribal homes.

Monitor the smart meters each month, using the data for water conservation, for public education, and for water system leakage monitoring.

Irrigation System Upgrades & Fire Suppression Build clean-outs in two problem areas so the pipelines can be flushed out and properly maintained in the future.

Complete the construction of the Upper Cedar Creek and J.M. Creek debris filters and sand traps.

Complete the installation of steel roofs on two non-potable irrigation wells.

o Weld (fabricate) and install steel roofs on the 13-Acres Well and the Waterpark Well.

Install a new Air-Release Valve at the high point of the 13-Acres water pipeline that connects the well to the irrigation water tank.

Clean out mud and debris in the Cedar Creek Irrigation Water Tank.

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.