clear creek environmentalwater program noi.xls

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Attached to: Clear Creek Environmental Water Program: Implementation Development
Opportunity number: FWSCLRCRK-1101
Issued by: Department of the Interior

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N O I

Award Data	Description
1. Single Source Justification Criteria	505 DM 2.14 , B(4): unique qualifications (technical expertise).
2. Recipient or Type(s) of Eligible Recipients	ESSA Technologies, Ltd.
3. Award Amount	$259,778
4. Overview - Specific or Generic	The goal of this project is to develop an operational plan for the Environmental Water Program (EWP) acceptable to all parties and to evaluate re-operation of Whiskeytown Dam to release a biologically beneficial, geomorphologically significant pulse flow on Clear Creek. Additional supporting work includes: development of geomorphic and biological effectiveness monitoring plans and implementation of the monitoring within them if the pulse flow is implemented. These flows will provide habitat benefits for fall-run Chinook salmon and federally listed spring-run Chinook and steelhead trout, consistent with the NMFS OCAP Biological Opinion, June 2009. As part of the multi-group Clear Creek pilot pulse flow project , ESSA will provide services pertaining to project management and be the lead sub-recipient for technical facilitation, in-season operational plan development, in-season technical toolkit development, workshop facilitation, and preparation of the final technical memo. ESSA has been thoroughly involved in previous Clear Creek projects for 12 years. ESSA is uniquely qualified to continue leading the Clear Creek pulse flow process for the follwing reasons: 1) they have authored 4 studies/reports that are the foundation of the project that is the funding source for this award; 2) they have developed key operations models that are needed to complete this pulse flow project; 3) they have been involved with and leading the process for 12 years; 4) USFWS received the CalFed grant with the understanding that ESSA would be a sub-recipient and would lead the Clear Creek pulse flow project; 5) this contract is part of the next stage of a multistage process that ESSA has been involved with since the beginning.Additionally, ESSA is highly respected for its ability to work with local, regional and national scientists to faciltitate, and negotiate highly complicated and contentious technical issues. It would be inefficient, uneconomical, and impractical to use any other sub-recipient, as they would not possess the necessary knowledge, specialized expertise, and history with pulse flows on Clear Creek and if hired would have to spend significant amounts of time coming up to speed, and may not ever be able to fill the same role as ESSA. The period of performance of the project is initially scheduled for five years. This award will be made via a grant or cooperative agreement.
5. FWS Point of Contact	For technical questions: Contact Matt Brown at Matt_Brown@fws.gov. 530.527.3043 x253 For administrative questions: Ike Luginbill Dwight_Luginbill@fws.gov 209.946.6400 x340

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Instructions

1. Cite the portion(s) of 505 DM 2.14 that is the basis for justifying award without competition.

2. Name of the recipient or Type(s) of potential recipient(s) eligible to apply to the program.

3. Provide the total award amount, including Federal and cost share/match

4. Provide a succinct (1-2 paragraphs) summary of the project project including location, if part of a larger project or effort; a brief background, citing the legislative authority under which assistance is provided; the need and/or problem this project is designed to address; etc. Although Departmental policy specifies that the written justification must include cost-sharing contribution offered by the proposed recipient, this element appears in the award document and does not need to be re-stated in the Notice of Intent (NOI). or Provide a more generic summary if the NOI is for an entire program.

5. Name, telephone, and email address for the person who posted the Notice of Intent to Grants.gov or in the Federal Register.

Department of the Interior Single Source Policy Requirements

Department of the Interior policy (505 DM 2.14) requires a written justification which explains why competition is not practicable for the single source award. The justification must address one or more of the following criteria and be cited using the numbering parallel to the policy as presented below.

In order for the assistance program/award to be made without competition, it must satisfy one or more of the following criteria:

(1) Unsolicited Proposal - The proposed award is the result of an unsolicited assistance application which represents a unique or innovative idea, method, or approach which is not the subject of a current or planned contract or assistance award, but which is deemed advantageous to the program objectives;

(2) Continuation - The activity to be funded is necessary to the satisfactory completion of, or is a continuation of an activity presently being funded, and for which competition would have a significant adverse effect on the continuity or completion of the activity.

(3) Legislative Intent - The language in the applicable authorizing legislation or legislative history clearly indicates Congress' intent to restrict award to a particular recipient or purpose.

(4) Unique Qualifications - The applicant is uniquely qualified ro perform the activity based upon a variety of demonstrable factors such as location, property ownership, voluntary support capacity, cost-sharing ability, if applicable, technical expertise, or other such unique qualifications.

(5) Emergencies - Program/award where there is insufficient time available (due to a compelling and unusual urgency, or substantial danger to health or safety) for adequate competitive procedures to be followed.

As specified in 505 DM 2.10 B., the grant agreement will set forth the respective rights and obligations of the parties in such areas as project performance and management, partial or total termination of work, changes in the scope of work, period of performance, application of funding and resources, title to property, records maintenance and access, liability, etc. If the proposed award is a cooperative agreement, then a clear statement of agency and recipient involvement must be provided.

Grants.gov Announcement

The Grants.gov announcement for discretionary funding opportunities should state one of the following conditions:

No substantial involvement on the part of the Service is anticipated for the successful completion of the objectives to be funded. It is anticipated that the Service's involvement will consist of standard Federal stewardship responsibilities, such as monitoring project perforamcne, technical assistance at the request of the recipient, etc.

Substantial involvement on the part of the Service is anticipated for the successful completion of the objectives to be funded. In particular, the Service will be responsible for the following: {Identify activities/responsibilities that constitute substantial involvement (refer to 505 DM 2.9 B.)

The statement specifying substantial involvement should be incorporated into the award document.

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