BOR-MP-19-N013 CCID MPDFS Notice of Intent.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-MP-19-N013

PROJECT TITLE Engineering and Design for the Mendota Pool Fish Screen and Control Structure

RECIPIENT Central California Irrigation District

ANTICIPATED

FEDERAL AMOUNT

$5,761,211.04 / FY19: $3,600,000.00

STATUTORY

AUTHORITY

Public Law 111-11, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, Title X, Subtitle A, Part I, San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act:

Sections 10002, 10004(b)(2)(d)(e); STIPULATION OF SETTLEMENT

CIV NO. S-88-1658-LKK/GGH—PARAGRAPH 2

CFDA NUMBER 15.555

RECLAMATION

POINT OF CONTACT

Jessica Andrieux

SUMMARY OF

PROJECT

ACTIVITIES

This project will design a fish screen, juvenile return pipe, and control structure up stream of the Mendota Pool, resulting in a complete design package that can be funded for construction.

The fish screen is designed to protect the entrainment of juvenile salmonids and other anadramous fish, and all design work and future operations will be conducted in a way to prioritize this objective.

SELECTION

JUSTIFICATION

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

The proposed project will be constructed within the Mendota Pool and will be required to operate in concert with, and will impact or be impacted by, the operations of the other facilities in the pool such as the Mendota Dam, the Ocean-Mendota Canal Check 21 delivery of Central Valley Project water into the pool, Friant Dam, the East Side Bypass Bifurcation Structure, and surface water delivery systems located in the Mendota Pool.

Unique Qualifications (location, technical expertise)

1) Location –Central California Irrigation District (CCID) owns and operates critical facilities including Mendota Dam, Canal structures, levee roads, and property in and around the proposed location of the Project and will operate and maintain the new facilities.

2) Technical Expertise –As the operator for Mendota Pool, CCID directs the operation of all the facilities in the Mendota Pool for

Notice of Intent to Award Template (03/2019) flood control and surface water supply which would include any new component to the Mendota Pool system such as a fish screen.

CCID therefore has critical and unique expertise and knowledge of these facilities and how they will need to be modified and/or operated to work in conjunction with this project. No other entity has a similar level of familiarity and expertise.