Combined_Synopsis_Solicitation_140R2023Q0100.pdf

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION

140R2023Q0100

Coleman National Hatchery Infrastructure Review and Alternative Analysis for

Bureau of Reclamation Northern California Area Office (NCAO)

16349 Shasta Dam Boulevard Shasta Lake, CA 96019

Contracting Office:

Bureau of Reclamation Interior Region 10 • California-Great Basin

Acquisitions and Services Division Supply and Services Branch

Sacramento CA 95825

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with FAR Part 13 and additional information included in this notice. The Bureau of Reclamation intends to award a Firm-Fixed Price Purchase Order for Coleman National Hatchery Infrastructure Review and Alternative Analysis represented in the Performance Work Statement. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2023-04 as of June 2, 2023.

This requirement is being solicited as a total set aside for small businesses.

GENERAL INFORMATION

RFQ Number: 140R2023Q0100

Request for Quotation (RFQ) Request for Proposal (RFP) Invitation for Bid (IFB)

North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS): 541690 Size Standard: $19.0 millions

QUOTE DUE DATE, DELIVERY AND CONTACT INFORMATION

QUOTES DUE: August 8, 2023, at 2:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time

EMAIL TO: mphan@usbr.gov

SERVICE LOCATION: Bureau of Reclamation, Northern California Area Office (NCAO), Coleman National Fish Hatchery (CNFH), 24411 Coleman Fish Hatchery Road, Anderson, CA 96007

Vendor’s Business Information:

Business Name: _______________________________

Agency Point of Contact: _______________________________

Unique Entity ID (UEI)/Cage Code: ______________________

Authorized Agent’s Signature/Date: ____________________________________

Please see further instructions for quote submission under Provision 52.212-1 Addendum and 52.212-2 Addendum.

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Proposed Price

00000 The Contractor shall provide all management, personnel, supervision, labor, transportation, special tools, and materials necessary to perform services in accordance with the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS).

Contract Type: Firm Fixed-Price

Period of Performance (Approximately):

September 1, 2023 – March 31, 2025

00010 Coleman National Fish Hatchery Infrastructure Review and Alternative Analysis

1 Activity Unit (AU)

*The quote must include a price breakout for price evaluation purposes to include at a minimum:

1) All Labor Categories, including subcontractor labor categories if applicable, per the Performance Work Statement (PWS).

2) The number of hours for each labor category.

3) The fully burdened labor rates for each labor category – including overtime and/or double time if applicable.

4) The total price for each labor category.

QUOTE/PRICING SCHEDULE

Performance Work Statement

Coleman National Hatchery Infrastructure Review and Alternative Analysis

June 21, 2023

1.0 Scope:

Acquire professional services for an in-depth review of Coleman National Fish Hatchery (CNFH) infrastructure and develop a detailed report with recommendations, analysis, and priorities for improving/modernizing the hatchery’s systems and increasing the hatchery’s aquaculture production potential, resiliency, and efficiency, considering a changing climate and alterations in watershed water management, and minimizing the impact on listed salmonid populations within the Battle Creek watershed.

2.0 Background:

Coleman National Fish Hatchery was constructed as a salmon propagation and rearing facility to partially mitigate the loss of historic habitats in the Sacramento River watershed following the construction of Shasta and Keswick dams. To mitigate the habitat loss, the federal government established the Shasta Salvage Plan, which included the construction and operation of what would eventually become CNFH.

CNFH was constructed in 1942 on Battle Creek, near the city of Anderson in Shasta County, 5.8 river miles (RM) from the confluence with the Sacramento River, with fish culture operations beginning in 1943. It is located at 24411 Coleman Fish Hatchery Rd, Anderson, CA 96007. The Battle Creek watershed is considered a highly important and unique watershed, which historically supported large numbers and a broad diversity of anadromous salmonids. The Battle Creek watershed is part of the Basalt and Porous Lava diversity group, one of four geographic regions in the Central valley considered important to the formulation of Evolutionary Significant Units (ESU) for Chinook Salmon and steelhead. The majority of habitat for this diversity group occurs above Keswick Dam and is inaccessible to anadromous fishes; thus, the Battle Creek watershed is considered highly important in the context of endangered and threatened species recovery planning.

CNFH is currently the largest fish hatchery in continental United States, aiming to produce over 13 million juvenile salmonids, annually. The hatchery is operated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service (USFWS). CNFH production includes Central Valley fall run Chinook Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (fall run Chinook Salmon), Central Valley late-fall run Chinook Salmon O. tshawytscha (late-fall run Chinook Salmon), Sacramento River winter run Chinook Salmon O.

tshawytscha (winter run Chinook Salmon), and California Central Valley steelhead O. mykiss (steelhead). These species are highly important to the economic, recreational, and cultural values of the region. CNFH contributes significantly to ocean commercial, ocean sport, and in-river sport fisheries.

2.1 Hatchery Authority

CNFH is considered an integral part of the Central Valley Project (CVP), authorized under the Central Valley Project Authority 1937 (50 Stat. 850), The First Deficiency Appropriation Act of 1936 (Chapter 689; June 22; 74 Stat.1622) Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 (49 Stat. 115) and the First Deficiency Appropriations Act, Fiscal Year 1936 (49 Stat. 1622), and the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1937 (50 Stat. 844,850) which re-authorized the CVP for construction by the Secretary of the Interior and subject to the Reclamation laws. The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), assumed responsibility for the salmonid production potential that was under the authority of the Reclamation Act Of 1902, as amended, Central Valley Project Authority 1937 (50 Stat. 850), the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1937 (54 Stat.1198,1199) which referenced the fish and wildlife protection aspects of the CVP, and as amended, the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1934, as amended, 16 U.S.C.: Protection and Conservation of Wildlife 16 U.S.C.

661 et seq.; Section 7(a) of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (FWCA) (70 Stat 1122; 16 U.S.C. 742f(a)), National Fish Hatchery System Enhancement 16 U.S.C. 760 et seq.; Section A(a) Findings and purposes (120 Stat. 2058).

2.2 Hatchery Operations

Through a Memorandum of Agreement, dated September 21,1948, Reclamation transferred CNFH to the USFWS, who accepted full custody, jurisdiction, and responsibility for the facility. Under the current Interagency Agreement between USFWS and Reclamation, USFWS operates and maintains CNFH, while Reclamation provides 100% of the funding for the Coleman Project operations, including the provision of water and power to the hatchery. The Coleman Project includes additional supporting components beyond CNFH, including fish health services (e.g., veterinary care), hatchery evaluation services (e.g., brood performance analysis), and fish technology services (e.g., fish genetics evaluations). The Coleman Project also includes Livingston Stone National Fish Hatchery as a substation (note: LSNFH will not be included as a part of this Infrastructure Review project). CNFH is critically important to Reclamation and CVP operations, as the hatchery provides partial mitigation for Shasta and Keswick dams through supplementation of Central Valley salmonid production.

The USFWS holds the responsibility for operations and maintenance of the grounds and infrastructure of the CNFH. The hatchery is operated with a 25-person team. This includes a Project Leader, a Deputy Project Leader, an Administrative Officer, a Fisheries Program Assistant, an Information and Education Specialist, a Supervisory Fish Biologist, two Fish Biologists, six Animal Caretakers, three Seasonal Animal Caretakers, a Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist, a Motor Vehicle Operator, two Electronic Industrial Control Mechanics, an Electrician, two Maintenance Mechanics, and a Maintenance Worker. The primary administrative contacts from CNFH for this effort will be Brett Galyean, CNFH Project Leader, Robert (Bob) Null, CNFH Deputy Project Leader, and Robert (Bob) Clarke, USFWS Fisheries Program Supervisor.

2.3 Fish Production

CNFH produces fall run Chinook Salmon, late-fall run Chinook Salmon, winter run Chinook Salmon (grow out only), and steelhead. The CNFH production of fall run and late-fall run Chinook salmon are managed through integrated-harvest programs, which contribute to harvest in the ocean commercial fishery, the ocean sport fishery, and the freshwater sport fishery. Steelhead production is managed through a segregated program. Steelhead are produced primarily for harvest in the freshwater sport fishery. Production of winter run Chinook Salmon is currently conducted at CNFH as a temporary component of an effort to reintroduce this endangered species to Battle Creek; a long-term role of the CNFH in the winter run Chinook Salmon reintroduction program has not yet been determined.

Annual CNFH production goals:

• 12,000,000 fall run Chinook Salmon juveniles (90 fish/lb. at release)

• 1,000,000 late-fall run Chinook Salmon juveniles (13 fish/lb. at release)

• 600,000 steelhead yearlings (4 fish/lb. at release)

• ~125,000-250,000 winter run Chinook Salmon juveniles (80 fish/lb. at release; grow out only, this is a temporary program and a potential long-term role of CNFH in winter run production has not been defined)

Central Valley fall run and late-fall run Chinook salmon are currently identified as candidate species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and are currently not listed under the California Endangered Species Act (CESA).

California Central Valley steelhead are federally listed as a threatened species under the ESA by National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) final rule on March 19, 1998 (63 FR 13347). Critical habitat has also been established for steelhead (63 FR 7764; February 16, 2000) which includes Battle Creek. Currently, steelhead are not listed under the CESA. Sacramento River winter run Chinook salmon are state and federally listed as endangered. NMFS listed these as a federally endangered species on January 4, 1994 (59 FR 440). Winter Chinook salmon have been listed as endangered under the CESA since September 22, 1989 (California Code of Regulations, Title XIV, Section 670.5).

In addition to their defined mitigation production goals, CNFH is rearing winter run Chinook Salmon on a provisional basis as part of an effort to reintroduce the endangered species to the Battle Creek drainage. The role of CNFH in the restoration of natural salmonid populations in Battle Creek is described in the CNFH Adaptive Management Plan (AMP) and the 2019 Grant agreement with California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). To support this effort, winter run broodstock are collected at the CNFH barrier weir and transferred to the Livingston Stone NFH for spawning. The offspring of Battle Creek and captive brood winter run are subsequently transferred as eyed‐eggs or early fry to CNFH for grow‐out and release in Battle Creek. This operational scheme is a deviation from the traditional role of the hatchery and a deviation from reintroduction process, which is described in the Battle Creek winter run Chinook Salmon Reintroduction Plan (REF). Rearing winter run at CNFH is a temporary element that was implemented in 2017 as an emergency action to mitigate for severe drought in California’s Central Valley. A potential long-term role of CNFH in the culture of winter run is being considered but has not yet been clearly defined. Reintroduction of winter run to suitable historic habitats, including Battle Creek, is integral and critical to achieving recovery of the species (ICF International 2016).

2.4 Infrastructure Components

CNFH is situated on 75 acres of land, and an additional 63 acres exist in perpetual easements. The hatchery contains all the necessary components for salmonid production.

CNFH facilities includes,

• In-river barrier weir, with associated fish ladders and distribution channels,

• Hatchery building, containing incubation stacks and early rearing tanks,

• Spawning building, with indoor and outdoor adult holding,

• Outdoor rearing raceways: Twenty-eight 15x150 ft concrete raceways, Thirty 8x80 ft concrete raceways,

• Water intakes, canals, pumps, and other water conveyance infrastructure,

• Feed storage building,

• Administration building,

• Garage, warehouse, maintenance, and storage buildings,

• Electrical sub-station infrastructure (max capacity?),

• Power generation infrastructure (max capacity?),

• Ozone generation, water treatment plant, and associated structures,

• On-site staff residences (3),

• Pollution abatement pond,

• Fish Health Center offices and laboratories,

• As well as other infrastructure and equipment.

Modifications to the CNFH infrastructure has occurred sporadically over the years to improve hatchery operations. These include water treatment infrastructure to reduce fish diseases, a new barrier weir and fish ladder system, and a water intake screening system (Intake #3) to limit entrainment of natural origin juvenile salmonids. Unfortunately, the infrastructure associated with Intake #3 has been deemed a design failure, as the screens could not operate under the sediment-rich conditions of Battle Creek. As such, CNFH often relies on unscreened water intakes. These unscreened intakes can cause the unwanted take of naturally-produced salmonids from the upper Battle Creek watershed, which may negatively affect Battle Creek restoration and the winter run reintroduction. The CNFH intake system is in need of significant improvements.

The Ozone Treatment Plant can treat up to 30,000 gallons per minute and greatly reduces the risk of fish pathogens being introduced into the facility. Operation of the ozone water treatment facility has substantially reduced the occurrence of viral, bacterial, and protozoan organisms that could infect fish being reared in the hatchery and the potential for disease transmission to naturally-produced stocks. The current ozonation system needs updating and replacement. Ozonation generators are beyond their useful life and replacement parts are no longer manufactured by the sourcing company. From the ozone station, water is piped to the hatchery building and rearing units, and then discharged to the pollution abatement pond located at the western edge of the hatchery complex.

The facilities for assembling and collecting broodstock at the CNFH consist of a barrier weir, fish ladder, and holding ponds. The CNFH barrier weir and fish ladder are located approximately six miles up from Battle Creek’s confluence with the Sacramento River. The weir is permanent and extends across the full width of Battle Creek (approximately 90 ft). The primary purpose of the barrier weir is to congregate salmonids and divert them into the hatchery’s adult collection and holding ponds. Modifications were executed in 2008 to improve the capability of controlling fish migration in Battle Creek that were successful for their intended purpose. With the inclusion of the winter run reintroduction effort on Battle Creek, adjustments may be made to weir infrastructure to include a trap and sorting facility. This would allow for upstream passage of native fish and natural origin salmonids into the BC Restoration area.

Adult holding and spawning facilities at CNFH consist of five ponds of various configurations and a mechanized facility for crowding, sedating, sorting, and spawning collected adults. Upon ascending the hatchery’s adult collection ladder and lower part of Pond 2, salmonids ultimately enter Pond 3, which measures 200-ft by 36-ft (a volume of 30,600 cubic-ft [ft3]). Fishes collected in Pond 3 are routed into the spawning building by way of a cross-channel equipped with a hydraulic fish-crowder. The spawning building includes a spawning and sorting facility water fed by the pumping station on Neves Creek. A hydraulic lift located in the spawning building raises fish into a sedation tank infused with carbon dioxide (CO2). Non-target fish can be returned immediately to Battle Creek during the initial sorting process by diverting them down a tube emptying into Neves Creek approximately 40-ft from confluence of Battle Creek above the CNFH barrier weir. Hatchery broodstock can either be spawned immediately or shunted to Pond 3, Pond 4, or Pond 5 until they’re ready for spawning. Ponds 4 and 5 measure 81.5-ft by 41-ft each (23,390 ft3) and are also enclosed in the spawning building. Pond 1, also called the pre-release pond, measures 201-ft by 60-ft, and is used to hold post spawn steelhead. Pond 1 has concrete sides and a gravel bottom. An altered trap sorter is requested by USFW to automate and improve fish handling and sorting during endangered winter run broodstock collection periods to reduce the take of the listed species.

Egg incubation facilities are housed in the hatchery building. Incubation units consist of 178 sixteen-tray vertical fiberglass incubators (Heath Incubation Trays). The top tray of each incubation stack is not used, which serves to limit the exposure of incubating eggs to light and silt. Also located in the hatchery building are sixty-seven 16-ft by 3.33-ft fiberglass tanks used for early rearing of steelhead.

The CNFH facility has a combination of twenty-eight 15-ft by 150-ft raceways and thirty 8-ft by 80ft raceways for juvenile rearing. The concrete raceway ponds are in satisfactory condition and appear to be structurally sound; however, some of the joints appear to be leaking with minor scouring erosion on the walls of the raceways. USFWS power-washes these ponds to reduce disease and biological contamination, and the high-pressure washing is likely contributing to the erosion. Additions or alternatives should be explored to extend the useful life of the raceways, provide shade and cooling for summer months, expand the 8-ft by 80-ft raceway walkway, and explore potential water efficient measures. A research fish area is also requested by USFWS to provide fish for research requests. This would require inquiry of additional space to incorporate these additional circulars for holding.

The Shop Building has a bat infestation and was determined by Northern California Area Office (NCAO) that it does not meet the current seismic code, thus mitigation is required. Heavy equipment stored here and in the vehicle storage building are inadequate in space, necessitating that some machinery to be stored outdoors and exposed to the elements.

These areas should be expanded and serviced to maintain their useful life. The life expectancy of the administration building, and mural should be addressed to determine if there is any life safety issues. Electrical to all buildings is not up to code and safety standards and must be updated or replaced with potential for solar panel installation. Asphalt throughout the facility has minor damage and cracking which should be addressed.

In addition to CNFH, CA/NV Fish Health Center (CA/NV FHC) that consists of two former residences converted into offices and lab spaces, and a Wet Lab located on the south side of the facility. Located on the hatchery grounds adjacent to the Wet Lab is the Anderson Field Office, which is a satellite trailer workstation of the Red Bluff Fish and Wildlife Office (Red Bluff FWO). This facility should be expanded onsite to include a permanent building. An additional visitor center building should be considered to accommodate large crowds that come to visit the largest federal hatchery in the country. These buildings should all be considered within the infrastructure review for maintenance given they receive partial funding from NCAO and are buildings under the Coleman Project.

2.5 Water Supply

CNFH has non-consumptive water rights to withdraw up to 122 cubic feet per second (cfs) from Battle Creek, with a maximum requirement of 109 cfs being used for fish culture and an additional 13 cfs that is diverted through the hatchery intake and delivered to downstream water users. USFWS monitors water use at the hatchery to ensure compliance with the water rights. The hatchery has redundancies in its water delivery infrastructure, including three water intake structures on Battle Creek, which supports uninterrupted delivery of rearing water to the facility.

Intake #1 and expanded #1 are located in the tailrace of the Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) Coleman Powerhouse, which empties into Battle Creek approximately 1.6 miles upstream of the hatchery property. In combination, Intake #1 and expanded #1 can discharge approximately 122 cfs. Intake #1 and expanded #1 utilize water from the powerhouse releases, which is the coldest available source stemming from the upper watershed; thus these are preferentially used as the hatchery’s primary intakes. Intake #2 is an auxiliary intake located on the south bank of Battle Creek, near Intake #1.

Intake #2 draws water directly from Battle Creek and is used as an emergency back-up to Intake #1. Intake #2 shares the same water delivery infrastructure as Intake #1, thus the combined capacities of the two intakes are interlinked. Because Intake #2 is not screened, it is used to supply water to the hatchery only during emergency periods, when water cannot be supplied through Intake #1 or #3. Intake #3 draws water directly from Battle Creek, approximately 0.4 miles downstream of Intake #2, and 1.2 miles upstream of the hatchery. It consists of a concrete structure with four intake portals, each equipped with an electric motor-driven rotating fish screen (currently inoperable). A 48-inch diameter steel pipe connects Intake 3 and expanded 1 to discharge at a rate of 33 cfs into two water treatment settling basins for CNFH supply. Water can also be supplied to the settling basins by the water supply canal via a 30-inch diameter steel pipe. USFWS automated Intake 3 to take water from Battle Creek when the water level in the water supply canal drops below the minimum level required to meet hatchery water demands.

At present, intakes 2 and 3 are unscreened, causing unwanted capture and mortality of adult and juvenile ESA-listed salmonids at all water entry points when in operation. Intakes #1 and expanded #1 present no risk of entrainment as the water source is effectively screened at the source of PG&E diversion from Battle Creek. However, Intake #1 and expanded #1 will become inoperable with the probable decommissioning of PG&E’s Battle Creek Hydroelectric Project (FERC license expires in 2026). This will leave CNFH with an unreliable water source. Additionally, Intake #2 one-way flap valve appears to be malfunctioning causing flowing water from Intake #1 to backflow through Intake #2. This backflow of water can attract migrating adult salmonids, thus delaying their migration further up Battle Creek during the spawning season. Intake #3 is considered a design failure by Reclamation O&M. USFWS stated that fine sediment passes through the screens and settles out in a sump immediately downstream, instead of being flushed through the discharge manifold. The traveling screens have become blocked by this fine sediment and their rotating mechanism has broken, causing hatchery staff to remove them. This may significantly affect the hatchery’s take of listed species, potentially leading to violations of regulatory obligations. All deficiencies include broken plastic and metal screens, broken sprockets, motor issues, sediment buildup, debris/brush build up on the screens, vandalism of unprotected controls, sediment-plugged filters on the spray bar system, and two broken precast concrete covers on the control deck. The underground pipelines supplying the water to the facility have not been inspected since 2000, consideration of their useful life should be assessed for rust and root intrusion.

2.6 Battle Creek Watershed Restoration and Watershed Water Management

Traditionally, CNFH has utilized water supplied from the PG&E powerhouse, via Intake #1 and expanded Intake #1. This water source has provided a consistent source of cooler water for hatchery operations. The water is supplied through a series of dams and channels operated by PG&E. In 2018, PG&E has decided not to pursue a renewal of its FERC license for the Battle Creek Hydroelectric Project (which expires in 2026). The USFWS and Reclamation are not interested in taking over the Battle Creek Hydroelectric Project. As such, all diversions are expected to be removed and CNFH will soon be reliant on a water supply directly from Battle Creek. Infrastructure upgrades are needed to address these water supply concerns (see Battle Creek Hydroelectric Project Alternative Evaluation Report).

The Battle Creek watershed has been and continues to undergo significant restoration efforts. These efforts are intended to allow access of spring-run Chinook Salmon, winter run Chinook Salmon, and steelhead to headwater habitat. These efforts include dam removal, barrier modifications, and incorporating fish ladders and screens. Phase 1A included the removal of Wildcat Diversion Dam, automatic fish screen and ladder installation on Eagle Canyon and North Battle Creek Feeder Diversion Dams, and a barrier weir installation on Baldwin Creek to prevent natural fish from accessing Darrah Springs Hatchery. Phase 1B included a penstock line to bypass the Inskip Powerhouse and a tailrace connecter built to connect the Inskip Powerhouse to Coleman Diversion Dam. These installations were intended to prevent North Fork water from entering the South Fork. Phase 2 restorations will begin in 2024 and be completed by 2027. The designs and anticipated actions have been altered to reflect PG&E’s expected decommissioning. The modified restoration actions that will occur include the removal of the Soap Creek Feeder, Lower Ripley Creek Feeder, and South Diversion Dam (with canal filled in). The inclusion of a tailrace connecter at the South Powerhouse and fish screen and ladder on the Inskip Diversion Dam have been removed from the project plan. These actions are no longer taking place due to PG&E’s announcement and erosion concerns at Inskip Diversion Dam. With the PG&E plans to decommission their hydroelectric operations in Battle Creek, alterations to operational diversion dams to include fish friendly passage will be removed with each decommissioned component of the hydropower project and the primary source for cool, fish-friendly waters at the CNFH will become unavailable.

2.7 Purpose and Need of Infrastructure Review and Alternatives Analysis

CNFH infrastructure was built for the intended purpose of producing juvenile salmonids, contributing to the harvest potential in ocean and in river sport and commercial fisheries. However, some programmatic goals have shifted or been modified at CNFH, and the current infrastructure has not always been retrofitted to achieve these objectives. Additionally, portions of CNFH’s original infrastructure are still in operation and have gone past their useful life. Other portions need to be completely redesigned to properly meet safety and regulation standards or to adapt to a changing landscape in Battle Creek. Some infrastructure is relatively new and could be repurposed in the process of updating the facility. Due to the large size and production scale of CNFH, there is a strong desire to modernize infrastructure that can maintain long-term resiliency and efficiency. There will be a priority to minimize costs and disruption to production. Reclamation’s Review of Operation and Maintenance (RO&M) reports have highlighted infrastructure related issues that need to be addressed at CNFH, while other infrastructure issues have been brought to Reclamation by USFWS hatchery staff. A comprehensive infrastructure review is needed to map out project goals and what infrastructure is needed to implement them.

CNFH needs infrastructure improvements to ensure the future for Reclamation’s ability to meet regulatory requirements and mitigation thresholds. Hatchery facilities will need to undergo significant infrastructure improvements to ensure facility’s operational resiliency and flexibility. Some of the major infrastructure improvements may require temporarily interrupting aquaculture. Special consideration must be incorporated into the repair process to ensure that hatchery sees minimal interruption and can meet its production goals. Clearly defining alternatives to the current system will provide a pathway for Reclamation and the USFWS to select and construct cost-effective, efficient, and programmatically-viable infrastructure.

3.0 Tasks:

The consultant shall provide the personnel (e.g., fish culturists, biologists, engineers, drafters, climate change specialists, and project managers), materials, and travel to complete the project objectives. The consultant understands that only the Contracting Officer (CO) has the authority to make changes to this Agreement. The principal scope of work to be performed by the consultant will consist of the following Tasks.

3.1 Task 1. - Review the current state of the CNFH facility, related systems, and environmental setting, identifying infrastructure problems and shortcomings.

i. Review the hatchery’s facilities and planning documents, design plans and drawing of the facility,

ii. Complete site visit(s) to evaluate the facility and systems,

iii. Gather information on current aquaculture capacity,

iv. Investigate the status/condition of facility systems/components,

v. Investigate the historical, present and projections of environmental and climatic conditions of the watershed,

vi. Investigate the on-going Battle Creek watershed restoration efforts,

vii. Investigate the ramifications of PG&E-operated infrastructure decommissioning in Battle Creek,

viii. Define the current infrastructure deficiencies, inefficiencies, and missing components.

3.2 Task 2. - Compare the hatchery’s fish production goals and objectives under current operations to the future operational needs.

i. Review the current and historic hatchery production goals and aquaculture practices (e.g., rearing densities, targeted release timing)

ii. Review relevant Hatchery Genetics Management Plan(s) and Biological Opinion(s),

iii. Review Battle Creek Re-introduction documents,

iv. Review PG&E Hydroelectric Decommissioning documents,

v. Communicate with Reclamation, USFWS, and NMFS staff on foreseen future production changes and

Battle Creek programmatic goals in relation to possible areas of infrastructure expansion

3.3 Task 3. - Identify the most cost-efficient and programmatically viable infrastructure alternatives for fish propagation programs/systems at CNFH, consistent with their missions and mitigation responsibilities and current and future production goals with respect to what is feasible/reasonable under changing climate

i. Identify potential infrastructure alternatives for repairing, upgrading, or replacing existing facilities/systems, including but not limited to:

i. water intake system,

ii. water conveyance systems,

iii. water treatment systems,

iv. hatchery building and incubation systems,

v. spawning building and spawning components,

vi. adult holding ponds and tanks,

vii. raceways,

viii. effluent systems,

ix. office buildings,

x. residences,

xi. storage buildings,

xii. fish transportation,

xiii. gates/fences, and

xiv. drivable surfaces (asphalt and concrete).

ii. Consider fish production alternatives which:

i. ensure late-fall Chinook Salmon, winter run Chinook Salmon, and steelhead juvenile production can be maintained under difficult environmental conditions,

ii. ensure winter run Chinook Salmon adult holding can be maintained under difficult environmental conditions,

iii. Consider alternatives to aquaculture methods and practices due to ESA listing designation changes

iv. Consider holding capabilities and how many adults and offspring are on station throughout the year

v. Consider existing and new technologies to increase fish production efficiency and to maximize water efficiency

vi. remain relatively low fish rearing densities, with a max density index of 0.3,

vii. Consider recirculating aquaculture capabilities and/or offsite holding

iii. Consider water supply and conveyance infrastructure alternatives which:

i. Consider a revised water intake structure to supply reliable cold water to the facility while maintaining separation of natural spawning and rearing salmonids

ii. Maintain dissolved oxygen at 100% saturation and all other gases at less than or equal to 100% saturation

iii. Maintain water temperatures between 48° and 56° F, with a maximum fluctuation of 2 F° per hour.

iv. Maintain water turbidity and suspended solids at low levels (e.g., less than 10 NTU)

v. Where possible, maintain the hatchery as a gravity-fed system

vi. Ensure hatchery effluent systems are appropriately sized and effective to meet the requirements of the NPDES standards.

vii. Consider CNFH water rights and diversion amounts for downstream water users

iv. Consider general infrastructure alternatives which:

i. Ensure staff ergonomics and safety,

ii. Promote operational flexibility

iii. Evaluate hatchery infrastructure electrical components and ensure power demand is feasible with local grid limitations or explore other potential options,

iv. Consider alternative that reduce short and long-term maintenance requirements

v. Ensure current and future infrastructure that meets programmatic goals with a potentially long useful life remains

vi. Provide estimated useful life of suggested infrastructure additions and alterations

v. Consider the climatic and seasonal weather patterns and how they affect aquaculture and facilities operations (i.e., sweltering summer air temperatures, extreme sun exposure, and cold winter weather),

i. Consider infrastructure alternatives for addressing increasing temperatures and their impacts on over-summer rearing

ii. Consider raceway sun exposure and the impacts of rearing juveniles.

vi. Consider both production needs and Winter run rearing needs and the hatchery’s impact to the winter run reintroduction program on Battle Creek

3.4 Task 4. - Assess the biological and environmental risks associated with current infrastructure and each alternative identified.

i. Define potential fish health and safety risks including

i. transportation risks,

ii. water quantity and quality risks,

iii. disease and biocontamination risks,

iv. security risks,

v. infrastructure risks (e.g., power failures), etc.

ii. Define water quality risks associated with intake infrastructure etc.

i. Consider requirement of screens and its impact to the winter run reintroduction program and ESA listed natural spawning and rearing salmonids

ii. Consider the decommissioning of the PG&E hydroelectric powerplant and it’s impacts on Intake

1 and expanded 1

iii. Determine a reliable source of incoming cold water or an alternative method

iii. Define biological risks to the natural populations of salmon and steelhead.

iv. Define water quality risks associated with effluent discharge, etc.

i. Consider biological exposure and water treatment methods

ii. Consider water efficiencies in rearing ponds

iii. Consider alternatives that promote reduces reliance on chemicals

iv. Consider alternatives that promote effective effluent systems, which return clean water to Battle

Creek.

3.5 Task 5. - Estimate the short-term and long-term economic costs, in current year dollars, of each alternative identified.

i. Include initial construction and/or repair costs to include,

i. design,

ii. permitting,

iii. personnel moves,

iv. fish transportation,

v. operation and maintenance costs, etc.

ii. Provide prioritized list of alternatives,

iii. Estimate annual repair and maintenance budgets,

iv. Base work around continued fish production.

4.0 Type of Contract:

The government will award a firm fixed price contract.

5.0 Period of Performance:

This project will be completed over an 18-month period (approximately from September 1, 2023 to March 31, 2025) after date of award.

6.0 Performance Requirements Summary:

Please see attached Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP).

7.0 Milestones/Timeline/Schedule:

Period Start Date Completion Date Contract Award Date Award Date plus 18 months

Deliverable per Task Schedule Task 1 - CNFH Infrastructure Review Draft Award Date + 8 months Task 2 - Future Hatchery Goals Draft Award Date + 10 months Task 3 - Alternatives Draft Award Date + 12 months Task 4 - Biological and Enviro Risks Draft Award Date + 14 months Task 5 - Economic Cost and Priorities Draft Award Date + 16 months Final Project Report Award Date + 18 months

8.0 Deliverables and Reporting:

The consultant shall compile all project information into draft reports and a final project report. Each objective has a required deliverable of a draft document. Draft must be delivered to Reclamation for review and editing. The Final Reports shall be provided in both electronic (e.g. MS Word and/or PDF) and hard copy (10 copies).

9.0 Key Personnel:

The key personnel will be provided after date of award.

10.0 Place of Performance

Coleman National Fish Hatchery

24411 Coleman Fish Hatchery Rd Anderson, CA 96007

11.0 Government Furnished Property Services

CNFH is owned by the Service and supplied with funding, power, and water from Reclamation.

12.0 Administrative Information:

(a) Recognized Holidays – The Contractor is not required to work on the following Federal Holidays:

New Year’s Day Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday President’s Day Memorial Day Independence Day Labor Day Columbus Day Veteran’s Day Thanksgiving Day Christmas Eve/Christmas Day Juneteenth National Independence Day

13.0 Real Property:

No Real Property is acquired in whole or in part under this contract.

14.0 Research Agreement:

No patents and inventions will result from this contract.

15.0 Key Documents, Data, and Report (provided with solicitation):

Cramer Fish Sciences. 2016. Coleman National Fish Hatchery Adaptive Management Plan. Prepared for: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation.

Huber, A. and Brown R. 2019. Memorandum: Battle Creek Water Temperatures for Battle Creek Hydroelectric Project Proposed Alternatives. Sacramento, CA.

ICF International. 2016. Battle Creek Winter-Run Chinook Salmon Reintroduction Plan. (ICF 00148.15.) August.

Sacramento, CA. Prepared for California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Sacramento, CA.

ICF International. 2019. Battle Creek Hydroelectric Project Alternatives Evaluation Report. Prepared for: NMFS, USBR, USFWS, CDFW, and California State Water Resources Control Board.

Mayer, T. and Plison, S. 2018. Coleman National Fish Hatchery Water Rights Summary. Resources Branch, USFWS.

Attachment: Coleman National Fish Hatchery Flow Map.

National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW; formerly known as California Department of Fish and Game) & Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). 1999. Memorandum of Understanding.

NMFS. 2014. Biological Opinion: Coleman National Fish Hatchery Complex Artificial Propagation Programs. File Number: 151422SWR2000SA5806. NOAA Report. West Coast Region. Sacramento, CA.

Sverdrup and Tetra Tech/KCM, Inc. 1999. Intake Alternatives Study for Coleman National Fish Hatchery. Prepared for

USFWS.

Terraqua Inc. 2004. Battle Creek Restoration Project Adaptive Management Plan. Prepared for: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, National Marine Fisheries Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and California Department of Fish and Game.

USBR and USFWS. 1993. Interagency Agreement between US Fish and Wildlife Service and US Bureau of Reclamation concerning the funding and operation of Coleman National Fish Hatchery a feature of the Central Valley project.

USBR. 2018. 2018 Review of Operation and Maintenance (RO&M). Coleman National Fish Hatchery. Mid-Pacific Region.

USBR. 2021. Final Value Planning Report-Coleman National Fish Hatchery Trapping and Sorting Facility –Phases 1 & 2.

Interior Region 10 – California-Great Basin, Bay-Delta Office.

USFWS. 1987. Coleman National Fish Hatchery Station Development Plan. Division of Engineering, Region 1.

USFWS. 2011. Biological Assessment of Artificial Propagation at Coleman National Fish Hatchery and Livingston Stone

National Fish Hatcher: program description and incidental take of Chinook salmon and steelhead. USFWS Report. Red Bluff Fish and Wildlife Office, Red Bluff, CA. Coleman National Fish Hatchery Complex, Anderson, CA.

USFWS. 2013. Hatchery Genetic Management Plan: Livingston Stone National Fish Hatchery.

USFWS. 2016. Hatchery Genetic Management Plan: Livingston Stone National Fish Hatchery Integrated-Recovery Supplementation Program.

USFWS. 2018. Summary of Actions to Jumpstart the Reintroduction of Sacramento River Winter-run Chinook Salmon to Battle Creek. USFWS Report. Red Bluff Fish and Wildlife Office, Red Bluff, CA.

USFWS. 2020. Reintroduction of Winter-Run Chinook Salmon to Battle Creek: A plan to manage the Transition from the

Jumpstart Project to the Winter-run Chinook Salmon Reintroduction Plan. USFWS Report. Red Bluff Fish and Wildlife Office, Red Bluff, CA.

USFWS. 2021. Coleman National Fish Hatchery Annual Report. USFWS Report. Coleman National Fish Hatchery Complex, Anderson, CA.

USFWS. 2022. Coleman National Fish Hatchery Annual Report. USFWS Report. Coleman National Fish Hatchery Complex, Anderson, CA.

END OF PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

SECTION C - COMMERCIAL CLAUSES

52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference February 1998

This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

http://www.acquisition.gov/far/

The clauses in the table below are incorporated by reference.

52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance Aug 2020

(a) Definition. As used in this clause–

Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code means–

(1) An identifier assigned to entities located in the United States or its outlying areas by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Branch to identify a commercial or government entity by unique location; or

(2) An identifier assigned by a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or by the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) to entities located outside the United States and its outlying areas that the DLA Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Branch records and maintains in the CAGE master file. This type of code is known as a NATO CAGE (NCAGE) code.

(b) Contractors shall ensure that the CAGE code is maintained throughout the life of the contract for each location of contract, including subcontract, performance. For contractors registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), the DLA Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Branch shall only modify data received from SAM in the CAGE master file if the contractor initiates those changes via update of its SAM registration. Contractors undergoing a novation or change-of-name agreement shall notify the contracting officer in accordance with subpart 42.12. The contractor shall

Clauses Title Date 52.203-12 Limitation on Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions

Jun 2020 52.203-17 Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights and Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights Jun 2020

52.204-4 Printed or Copied Double-Sided on Postconsumer Fiber Content Paper May 2011 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance Oct 2018 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions—Commercial Products and Commercial Services Dec 2022 52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations Jun 2013 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors Mar 2023 52.237-2 Protection of Government Buildings, Equipment, and Vegetation

Apr 1984 52.242-15 Stop-Work Order Aug 1989 52.242-13 Bankruptcy Jul 1995 http://www.acquisition.gov/far/ https://www.acquisition.gov/far/subpart-42.12#FAR_Subpart_42_12 communicate any change to the CAGE code to the contracting officer within 30 days after the change, so that a modification can be issued to update the CAGE code on the contract.

(c) Contractors located in the United States or its outlying areas that are not registered in SAM shall submit written change requests to the DLA Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Branch. Requests for changes shall be provided at https://cage.dla.mil. Change requests to the CAGE master file are accepted from the entity identified by the code.

(d) Contractors located outside the United States and its outlying areas that are not registered in SAM shall contact the appropriate National Codification Bureau (points of contact available at http://www.nato.int/structur/AC/135/main/links/contacts.htm) or NSPA at https://eportal.nspa.nato.int/AC135Public/scage/CageList.aspx to request CAGE changes.

(e) Additional guidance for maintaining CAGE codes is available at https://cage.dla.mil.

(f) If the contract includes Federal Acquisition Regulation clause 52.204-2, Security Requirements, the contractor shall ensure that subcontractors maintain their CAGE code(s) throughout the life of the contract.

(End of clause)

52.204-21 Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems Nov 2021

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause—

Covered contractor information system means an information system that is owned or operated by a contractor that processes, stores, or transmits Federal contract information.

Federal contract information means information, not intended for public release, that is provided by or generated for the Government under a contract to develop or deliver a product or service to the Government, but not including information provided by the Government to the public (such as on public websites) or simple transactional information, such as necessary to process payments.

Information means any communication or representation of knowledge such as facts, data, or opinions, in any medium or form, including textual, numerical, graphic, cartographic, narrative, or audiovisual (Committee on National Security Systems Instruction (CNSSI) 4009).

Information system means a discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information ( 44 U.S.C. 3502).

Safeguarding means measures or controls that are prescribed to protect information systems.

(b) Safeguarding requirements and procedures.

(1) The Contractor shall apply the following basic safeguarding requirements and procedures to protect covered contractor information systems. Requirements and procedures for basic safeguarding of covered contractor information systems shall include, at a minimum, the following security controls:

(i) Limit information system access to authorized users, processes acting on behalf of authorized users, or devices (including other information systems).

(ii) Limit information system access to the types of transactions and functions that authorized users are permitted to execute.

(iii) Verify and control/limit connections to and use of external information systems.

(iv) Control information posted or processed on publicly accessible information systems.

(v) Identify information system users, processes acting on behalf of users, or devices.

(vi) Authenticate (or verify) the identities of those users, processes, or devices, as a prerequisite to allowing access to organizational information systems.

(vii) Sanitize or destroy information system media containing Federal Contract Information before disposal or release for reuse.

(viii) Limit physical access to organizational information systems, equipment, and the respective operating environments to authorized individuals.

https://cage.dla.mil/ http://www.nato.int/structur/AC/135/main/links/contacts.htm https://eportal.nspa.nato.int/AC135Public/scage/CageList.aspx https://cage.dla.mil/ https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.204-2#FAR_52_204_2 http://uscode.house.gov/browse.xhtml;jsessionid=114A3287C7B3359E597506A31FC855B3

(ix) Escort visitors and monitor visitor activity; maintain audit logs of physical access; and control and manage physical access devices.

(x) Monitor, control, and protect organizational communications (i.e., information transmitted or received by organizational information systems) at the external boundaries and key internal boundaries of the information systems.

(xi) Implement subnetworks for publicly accessible system components that are physically or logically separated from internal networks.

(xii) Identify, report, and correct information and information system flaws in a timely manner.

(xiii) Provide protection from malicious code at appropriate locations within organizational information systems.

(xiv) Update malicious code protection mechanisms when new releases are available.

(xv) Perform periodic scans of the information system and real-time scans of files from external sources as files are downloaded, opened, or executed.

(2) Other requirements. This clause does not relieve the Contractor of any other specific safeguarding requirements specified by Federal agencies and departments relating to covered contractor…