BOR-LC-19-N030.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-19-N030

PROJECT TITLE Navajo MOU Activities RECIPIENT Navajo Nation

ANTICIPATED

FEDERAL

AMOUNT

$750,000.00

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)

SEC. 201. In order to increase opportunities for Indian tribes to develop, manage, and protect their water resources, in fiscal year 2003 and thereafter, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, is authorized to enter into grants and cooperative agreements with any Indian tribe, institution of higher education, national Indian organization, or tribal organization pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 6301– 6308. Nothing in this Act is intended to modify or limit the provisions of the Indian Self Determination Act (25 U.S.C. 45 et seq.).

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

• Many Farms Feeder Canal Intake Sluice Gate Structure Repair – Repair foundation and gates on intake structure.

• Many Farms Diversion Dam – Purchase and install riprap to protect the diversion dam.

• Captain Tom Dam Repair – Earthwork required to increase diversions into the reservoir.

• Many Farms Agricultural Well – Replace obsolete well.

• Leupp Chapter 5T-529 – Replace obsolete well.

• Teesto/Tolani Livestock water improvement projects.

• Leupp Municipal Water System Connection – Connect municipal well to C-Aquifer well.

• Upper Kerley Valley Bridge – Repairs to bridge.

• Red Lake Canal Improvements.

• Livestock water storage tanks – Purchase storage tanks.

• Solar retrofit of wells – Replace existing inoperable or underperforming pumping systems with photo voltaic systems.

Notice of Intent to Award Template (03/2019)

SELECTION

JUSTIFICATION

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

Reclamation and the Navajo Nation (Nation) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on July 17, 2000 to support the development and protection of the Nation’s water resources. The Nation is uniquely qualified to complete this project as all tasks are occurring within the Navajo Nation Reservation (Reservation) boundaries with limited and controlled access to tribal lands.