DRAFT_SOW_2024_Hydrographic_Data_Collection_IDIQ_-_3-12-2024_1.pdf

Hydrographic Data Collection Services

Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ)

Statement of Work

Interior Region 7: Upper Colorado Basin

U.S. Department of the Interior March 2024

Mission Statements The Department of the Interior (DOI) conserves and manages the Nation’s natural resources and cultural heritage for the benefit and enjoyment of the American people, provides scientific and other information about natural resources and natural hazards to address societal challenges and create opportunities for the American people, and honors the Nation’s trust responsibilities or special commitments to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and affiliated island communities to help them prosper.

The mission of the Bureau of Reclamation is to manage, develop, and protect water and related resources in an environmentally and economically sound manner in the interest of the American public.

Hydrographic Data Collection Services Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite

Quantity (IDIQ) Statement of Work

Interior Region 7: Upper Colorado Basin prepared by

Technical Services Division, River Analysis Group Albuquerque Area Office, Albuquerque NM Ari J. Posner, Senior Physical Scientist Cameron Herrington, Senior Hydraulic Engineer Robert Padilla, Supervisory Civil Engineer

Cover Photo: A portion of the Area of Interest over the San Marcial bridge. (Reclamation)

Acronyms and Abbreviations

3DEP 3-D Elevation Program

ASPRS American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

CORS Continuously Operating Reference Stations

ESRI® Environmental Science Research Institute®

FGDC Federal Geographic Data Committee

GIS Geographic Information system

GPS Global Positioning System

LAS LASer format file for LiDAR products

LiDAR Light Detection and Ranging

NAD 83 North American Datum of 1983

NAVD 88 North American Vertical Datum of 1988

NDEP National Digital Elevation Program

NEEA National Enhanced Elevation Assessment

NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology

NSSDA National Standard for Spatial Data Accuracy

Reclamation Bureau of Reclamation

RM River Mile

RMSE Root Mean Square Error

STD Standard

USGS United States Geological Survey i

Contents

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Acronyms and Abbreviations ............................................................................ iii Contents .............................................................................................................. i Scope of Services Contractor Personnel

a. Responsibility:

b. Key Personnel:

Requirements Service 1: Hydrographic Data Collection

General Requirements:

a. Work Required:

b. Field Conditions:

Field Equipment Requirements:

a. General:

b. Cross-Section and Topographic Surveys:

c. Stream Gaging, Depth Sounding, and Bathymetric Surveying:

d. Sampling and Bed Measurements:

e. Vegetation Removal:

f. Boats:

Government-Furnished Materials or Equipment

a. General:

Field Crew Requirements

a. General

Cross-Section and Topographical Surveys

a. Control and Procedures:

b. Field Notes:

c. Accuracy and Intervals:

Gaging Measurements

a. General:

Bed Form Surveys

a. General:

Sediment/Bed Sampling and Measurements

a. General:

Water Quality Samples

a. General:

Photographic Documentation

a. General:

Service 2: Professional Technical Services

a. General:

Data Collection and Analysis

a. General:

Groundwater Data Collection and Analysis

a. General:

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b. Groundwater Data Documentation:

Geomorphic Assessment

a. General:

Potable Water Systems Analysis and Modeling

a. General:

Design Services

a. General:

Service 3: Technical Services

Reduction of Field Notes

a. General:

Routine Computations and Designs

a. General:

Computer Aided Drafting

a. General:

Service 4: Laboratory Services

a. General:

Grain Size Distribution

a. General:

b. Gravel or Sand Material:

c. Sand, Silt, and Clay Material

Permeability Testing of Granular Soils

a. General

Service 5: Data Cataloguing Services

a. General:

b. Work Requirements:

c. Skill Requirements:

Service 6: Computer Programming Services Data File Format Conversion

a. General:

Other Computer Programming

a. General:

Service 7: Environmental Services

Environmental Investigations

a. General:

Environmental Compliance

a. General:

Environmental Monitoring

a. General:

Service 8: LiDAR Elevation Data

a. Description:

b. Project Coordinate System:

c. Project Scale and Accuracy:

d. Basic Control Data:

e. Supplemental Basic Control Data:

f. Flight Conditions:

g. Geospatial Data Conversion Products:

h. LiDAR Data Quality Requirements:

i. LiDAR Collection Period:

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j. Airborne LiDAR Density, Spacing, and Accuracy:

k. Deliverables:

1. Elevation Accuracy Report:

2. Post-Processed LiDAR Datasets:

i. Metadata:

ii. Raw and Classified Point Cloud:

iii. Digital Surface Model (DSM):

iv. Vegetation Canopy Height Model:

v. Bare-Earth, Hydro-flattened Digital Elevation Model (DEM):

vi. ESRI® Project Geodatabase:

vii. Data Collection Report:

viii. Ground Target Panels and Fixed Features:

3. Breaklines and Stream Features Shapefiles:

4. Coverage Extents:

5. Metadata:

Service 9: Color Aerial Photography

a. Description:

b. Location and Description of Project Coverage Area:

c. Aerial Imagery Quality:

d. Flight Lines:

e. Photography Collection Period:

f. Flight Altitude and Ground Sample Distance:

g. Digital Cameras:

h. Deliverables:

1. Tiled Orthoimages:

2. Orthoimagery Mosaic:

3. Metadata:

Commencement, Prosecution, and Work Hours

a. Commencement:

b. Prosecution of the Work:

c. Work Hours

d. Severe Weather:

Deliverables

a. General:

b. Hydrographic Surveys:

c. Geomorphic Assessment:

d. Designs:

e. Environmental Services Reports:

f. Groundwater Investigation Reports:

Safety Payment

a. General:

b. Labor:

c. Travel

d. Other

Sensitive but Unclassified (SBU) Information References

Scope of Services Work consists of services listed below for sites located within the Bureau of Reclamation’s Upper Colorado region, which encompasses all or parts of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming (see Boundary Map). The majority of the work is expected to be performed within the State of New Mexico, on the Rio Grande, Rio Chama, San Juan, and Pecos rivers. The Middle Rio Grande Project, extending from Velarde, New Mexico to Elephant Butte reservoir, is anticipated to be a focus area for work.

Specific requirements for services will be stated in individual task orders which will include: a complete description of work to be performed; Government-furnished materials or data, if provided; required products to be furnished; schedule required for delivery of products. The services, tests, reports, and documents performed or prepared by the Contractor shall follow engineering and scientific principles, practices and procedures and shall adhere to current Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) standards and guidelines.

The services required under these specifications will provide the Bureau of Reclamation professional products to assess the channel and floodplain conditions necessary to support the Middle Rio Grande Project activities. These services are described in more detail below but are summarized as follows.

1. Hydrographic Data Collection: Collection of field data, possibly including but not limited to the tasks listed below, and preparation of reports documenting data collection activities.

• Cross-section surveys, or topographic surveys, of the river channel and floodplains.

• Collection and laboratory analysis of river bed material samples, floodplain soil samples, and/or suspended sediment samples.

• Collection of water quality samples may also be required on a limited basis.

• Collection of groundwater levels, subsurface well bore logs, piezometer and well completion details, well development details, pressure transducer data, aquifer test data including pumping and observation well drawdown and recovery water level data, collection of in-situ soil samples for geotechnical and aquifer parameters.

• Collection of groundwater samples may also be required on a limited basis.

• Discharge measurements, velocity measurements, water surface elevation measurements, and roughness calibrations.

• Scour measurements, and bank erosion measurements.

• Bed form surveys and bed load measurements.

• Installation and operation of stream gages or data collection devices.

2. Collection of LiDAR elevation data and river channel location adhering to the USGS 3DEP QL0 elevation accuracy standards and specified ASPRS horizontal accuracy standards.

3. Color-infrared aerial photography, adhering to the applicable ASPRS, NSSDA and FGDC accuracy standards for orthoimagery.

4. Professional Technical Services – Hydraulic Engineering: Services for data analysis, studies, alternative analysis, and design work for river engineering projects, possibly include but is not limited to the following types of activities:

• Analysis of hydrographic data and hydrology data, including development of computer models, for hydraulic, hydrologic or sediment transport studies.

• Preparation of Geomorphic Assessment Reports for project areas.

• Preparation of preliminary and final designs, drawings, technical specifications, and cost estimates for project work. Typical project features include structural and non-structural river features such as: bank stabilization structures; flow deflection structures; fish passage and control structures; riverine, wetlands, and terrestrial habitat improvement features.

5. Professional Technical Services – General Engineering: General engineering services for data collection and design activities for the following types of projects:

• Potable Water System Modeling

• Water conveyance structures including canals, pipelines, and diversion works

• Roads, levees, and other geotechnical features

• Small structures including culverts, turnouts, and weirs

• Water wells and piezometers

• Aquifer testing – single well or pumping well and observation wells and analysis for aquifer parameters including: hydraulic conductivity, transmissivity, and storage coefficients

• Groundwater level elevation contour maps.

• Mechanical and electrical features

• Preparation of Alternative Analysis Reports and preferred alternative recommendations.

• Preparation of final construction reports and as-built construction drawings.

6. Technician Services: Work not requiring professional level knowledge and skills, including reduction and tabulation of raw data from field notes, plotting cross sections or other data, and preparation of technical reports not requiring professional expertise. Also included is computer aided drafting work for preparation of preliminary, construction or as-built drawings or Geographic Information System (GIS) maps.

7. Cataloguing and Data Entry Services: Cataloguing of existing reports and other documents for entry into an electronic library.

8. Computer Programming Services: Data file conversion and development of computer programs to allow interface of independent software programs for hydraulic modeling or other applications.

9. Laboratory Services: Laboratory processing of water, sediment or bed material samples.

10. Environmental Services: Performance of environmental investigations and studies;

completion of environmental compliance documents and permit applications; and, performance of environmental monitoring prior to, during and after project construction.

All work performed under this contract will be done in accordance with all applicable Federal, State, and local standards, rules, and regulations. The Contractor will develop and/or collect any necessary data beyond that provided by Reclamation. All work performed for Reclamation shall be considered the property of Reclamation.

Boundary Map. The following map defines the boundary of activities under this procurement action.

Contractor Personnel

a. Responsibility: The following activities shall be supervised by key personnel:

• The Contractor shall provide a Project Manager for each task order, who shall be responsible for scheduling and coordination of the work and shall serve as the primary contact to the Government.

• Field and office work pertaining to river hydraulic engineering work shall be conducted under the technical supervision of a Principal Hydraulic Engineer, and this person shall have responsible charge for the work. Such work shall include: hydrographic data collection, data analysis, geomorphic assessments, studies, and project designs.

• For projects where a complex geomorphic assessment is required, as defined in the task order, field and office work pertaining to geomorphic assessments shall be conducted under the supervision of a Principal Geomorphologist.

• Field and office work for non-river hydraulic engineering work shall be conducted under the technical supervision of a Principal Engineer, and this person shall have responsible charge for the work. Such work shall include: data collection, data analysis, studies, and project designs.

• Field work for collection of cross-section or topographic surveys shall be supervised by a Survey Crew Chief. When hydrographic surveys include data collection such as bed form surveys and sediment or water quality samples, such surveys shall be supervised by a Hydrographic Data Crew Chief. Crew Chiefs shall be with the field crew at all times during performance of the work, and shall be readily available to the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) by cell phone, or other approved means of communication.

• When environmental services are required, all work shall be supervised by the Principal Environmental Scientist.

• When hydrogeologic or groundwater hydrology services are required, all work shall be supervised by a Principal Hydrogeologist or a Principal Hydrologic Engineer with training and experience in groundwater hydrology and water well hydraulics.

b. Key Personnel: By execution of this contract the Contractor certifies that the key personnel working to provide for the performance of any task order issued hereunder shall meet the education, training, and work experience qualifications of those persons shown on the list of Key Personnel, submitted as part of the Contractor’s proposal. An updated list shall be submitted when the Contractor makes personnel changes.

Contractor personnel may be listed for more than one Key Personnel position, provided they meet the qualifications of each position. Additionally, the Contractor may propose more than one person for each Key Personnel position, with different levels of experience or with experience emphasis in certain areas, provided that each person meets the minimum requirements stated below for the position. The type of work required for each individual Task order will determine the appropriate people to be designated for the Key Personnel positions.

The required positions are considered key personnel and the minimum qualifications specified shall apply:

1. Project Manager: A minimum of 7 years of experience in work similar to that required under this contract and a minimum 5 years of experience in project management.

2. Principal Hydraulic Engineer: Must be a registered Professional Engineer and have advanced training in river mechanics, fluvial processes, sediment transport, and river restoration as well as a minimum of 7 years of work experience in these fields.

3. Principal Engineer (for projects not involving hydraulic engineering): Must be a registered

Professional Engineer with a minimum of 7 years of work experience in the specific field of work required for individual projects.

4. Principal Geomorphologist: Advanced training in geomorphology and fluvial processes, and a minimum of 7 years of general work experience in geomorphology, with at least 5 years work experience involving geomorphic assessments of riverine systems.

5. Survey Crew Chief: A minimum of 5 years of experience in the performance of survey work and at least 3 years of experience in the supervision of a survey crew. Training may be substituted for experience, subject to approval.

6. Hydrographic Data Crew Chief: Shall meet the requirements stated for a Survey Crew Chief and have advanced training in hydrographic data collection methods, including stream gaging, bed form surveys, bed sampling, and collection of sediment samples, as well as a minimum of 5 years work experience in these fields. One person may serve as both the Hydrographic Data Crew Chief and the Survey Crew Chief, provided that the qualifications of each position are met.

7. Principal Environmental Scientist: Professional training in the field of environmental sciences and a minimum of 7 years work experience in National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Clean Water Act (CWA) and Endangered Species Act (ESA) compliance.

8. Principal Hydrogeologist or Principal Civil (Hydrologic) Engineer: Professional training in groundwater hydrology, hydrogeology, and well hydraulics and a minimum of 5 years of work experience in developing potentiometric surface maps, planning and implementing single well aquifer tests and pumping well aquifer tests with observation wells, aquifer test analyses and seepage analyses.

Requirements The Contractor shall furnish the required personnel, equipment, surveying and photogrammetric reduction/compilation instruments, aircraft, and land transportation as necessary to accomplish the required services and furnish to the Government the specified data, reports, and other data together with supporting material developed during the field data acquisition process. During the prosecution of the work, the Contractor shall provide adequate professional supervision and quality control to assure the accuracy, quality, completeness, safety, and progress of the work and immediately report to Reclamation any unresolvable complications thereof which may negatively impact the timely and complete delivery of the requested service(s) and deliverable(s). Reclamation shall always be advised when issues arise concerning safety.

The Government shall obtain access along the Rio Grande. Restrictions to certain areas may apply and the Contractor shall have contingencies where access is restricted.

Service 1: Hydrographic Data Collection

General Requirements:

a. Work Required: Hydrographic data collection may consist of any one or all of the following tasks: cross-sectional or topographic surveys of the river channel and floodplain; water discharge measurements, gauging and soundings; bed form surveys, bed material or suspended sediment sampling; bed load measurements, total load measurements; water quality sampling; photographic documentation; basic aerial work such as photography, videography, etc. The task order will specify the tasks required.

b. Field Conditions: Work may be performed under difficult field conditions such as deep and/or fast-moving water, dense brush, and soft or wet ground. In some cases, field surveys may require crossing of lands under the jurisdiction of other public agencies, or private individuals. The Government will arrange for the necessary permits or land owner permissions. The Contractor will be required to contact land owners prior to beginning field work and to adhere to restrictions imposed by the land owners. Lack of access to the work due to land ownership issues shall be reported immediately to the

COR.

Field Equipment Requirements:

a. General: Except as noted below in Section 3. Government-Furnished Materials or

Equipment, all necessary equipment and supplies shall be provided by the Contractor.

Several schedule items are included to provide payment for use of specialized contractor equipment. No additional payment will be made by the Government for the use of other incidental equipment required for the performance of the work.

b. Cross-Section and Topographic Surveys: Equipment required for survey of the river channel and floodplain shall include: level or total station; survey-grade GPS unit; depth measuring devices; and, associated equipment such as tripods, rods, taglines, and base stations.

c. Stream Gaging, Depth Sounding, and Bathymetric Surveying: Equipment shall meet U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) requirements, or other approved regulating organizations. Equipment specifications shall be submitted for approval prior to use of the equipment. Stream Gaging Equipment, as shown in the Schedule, shall include the use of velocity meters or other specialized equipment for stream measurements that include acoustic and voltage probes such as ADCP and Marsh-McBirney. Additional specialized bathymetric measurement equipment may be required, including electronic sonar sounding or acoustic doppler measuring devices.

d. Sampling and Bed Measurements: Equipment for collection of sediment samples and bed samples or for conducting bed load measurements shall meet the requirements of USGS publications, or other approved governing standards. Water quality samples shall be collected utilizing equipment and containers meeting the requirements of U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Analytical Methods or as recommended by the collection equipment manufacturer or laboratory performing the analysis. Specialized equipment required may include: suspended sediment sampler; multi-parameter water quality monitoring system for measurement of, dissolved oxygen, temperature, conductivity, pH, and turbidity. The cost of such specialized equipment shall be included in the schedule price for samples.

e. Vegetation Removal: Some sections may require brushing to establish lines of sight.

Use of specialized hand tools or chain saws may be required. Brushing that requires more than removal of branches must be approved by the COR.

f. Boats: The Contractor shall provide a powerboat having adequate capacity and sufficient power to carry out data collection work in water of varying depths and velocities. The boat shall be operated by a person experienced in the operation of power boats in moving water, and the Contractor shall submit the name and qualifications of the boat operator prior to use of the boat.

Government-Furnished Materials or Equipment

a. General: Unless specifically stated in individual task orders, no Government furnished materials or equipment will be provided. The Government may elect to provide special notebooks and/or forms to be used for field notes. Such materials will be provided at no expense to the Contractor and shall be used only for fulfilling work under this contract.

Field Crew Requirements

a. General. Field crews shall be of sufficient size to accomplish the specific tasks in a safe and efficient manner and shall include a qualified crew chief, in accordance with section Contractor Personnel and at least one qualified technician. When data collection consists of routine cross-sectional surveys or topographic surveys, the crew shall be supervised by a Survey Crew Chief. When data collection includes one of the following components the crew shall be supervised by a Hydrographic Data Crew Chief: characterization of channel and bed material; velocity measurements or other stream gaging technique; work to be performed in challenging hydrographic conditions.

Cross-Section and Topographical Surveys

a. Control and Procedures: Cross-section surveys of established rangelines perpendicular to the river, or collection of topographical data, within the river channel or on the floodplain. These surveys may be performed with a survey level and tagline, total station, or RTK GPS survey unit. Control points for these surveys will be provided by the Government prior to start of the work. For cross-section surveys, the survey shall be performed between two defined end points, provided by the Government. In some cases, the task order may require an extension of the cross-sections beyond these end points. Cross-section offset distances (tagline distance) shall be from the left end point, facing downstream. For each point along the cross-section the Contractor shall provide the tagline distance and elevation as well as the xyz coordinates of the point. For topographic surveys, the Contractor shall provide the xyz coordinate of each point surveyed. Unless otherwise specified in the task order, xyz coordinates shall be horizontal coordinates in New Mexico State Plane (central zone), NAD83 and elevation using vertical datum NAVD88.

End points provided by the Government will be designated with a bar and cap listing the cross-section number, point identification, and date serviced and steel fence posts (tagline posts) driven into the ground. If the task order requires the Contractor to establish new endpoints, they shall be marked in the same manner. The tagline post shall be painted, flagged, and clearly marked with the cross-section number each time data is collected.

When conditions allow, the river channel bottom shall be surveyed with a level, total station, or RTK GPS unit. When the depth or velocity does not allow this type of survey, the channel bottom may be defined with an approved mechanical depth measuring device suitable for river conditions to be encountered.

b. Field Notes: Notes shall be legible and in a format approved by the COR. If required by the COR, notes shall be kept in special books provided as Government-furnished equipment. Field notes shall clearly document the control points used for the survey, closure on Government provided control points, and closure on Contractor loops.

Notes shall provide information gathered for each surveyed point, including the offset and elevation, or xyz coordinates, and prominent features such as edges of water, benches or berms, islands or bars, and shall distinguish between areas of main channel flow and overbank flow. Notes shall also indicate when points defining the channel bottom were collected by depth measurement.

If data is collected electronically, information on each surveyed point does not need to be recorded in the written notes, but the following minimum level of information shall be recorded in the written notes: date of survey; crew members; instruments used; name of electronic file; features surveyed; control points used; closure information. When bed form surveys, bed load measurements, bed material sampling, or water sampling are required, all pertinent information shall be recorded in the written notes.

Illegible or improperly formatted notes will be cause for rejection, requiring recollection of data without additional compensation. Copied notes or erasures will not be accepted;

corrections shall be made by lining out errors.

c. Accuracy and Intervals: Horizontal distances shall be measured to within 0.1 feet and elevations to within 0.1 feet. Closed loop surveys shall close within 0.05 feet vertically.

The difference between endpoint coordinates, and other control points, provided by the Government and those observed in the closed loop survey shall be reported.

When performing a rangeline cross-section survey the interval of surveyed points shall be such as to define breaks in grade, with spacing of surveyed points not to exceed 20 feet within the active channel and 50 feet on the floodplain. The established rangeline alignment shall be maintained when collecting cross-section points, with each point no more than 5 feet off of the established line (measured perpendicular to the line).

Gaging Measurements

a. General: Shall be made in accordance with USGS standards. Sets of vertical velocity profiles may also be required. Each set of profiles shall include velocity measurements at 2, 4, 6, and 8 tenths of the depth at three locations in the cross section. One velocity profile shall be measured where the average velocity is highest. The other two profiles shall be measured on either side of the highest velocity section.

Bed Form Surveys

a. General: When bed form surveys are required by the task order, the surveys shall be performed in conjunction with the rangeline cross-section surveys. The sediment transport regimes and associated bed forms (i.e. upper regime anti-dune bed, plane bed, lower regime dune bed, etc.) shall be noted with the ranges of tagline distances where each occurs. The tagline distances demarcating the main channel flow areas, side channels, islands, bars, overbank vegetated areas, areas of negligible flow, etc. shall also be noted.

Sediment/Bed Sampling and Measurements

a. General: Suspended sediment and bed samples shall be collected in accordance with

USGS procedures, or other specific procedures provided with the task order. The sampling shall be sufficient as to appropriately represent the bed material or suspended sediment. Multiple samples shall be collected at each cross section to represent variation of bed material or flow. A maximum of five bed material and/or suspended sediment samples per cross section shall be collected unless conditions warrant the collection of more for adequate representation of site conditions.

Field notes shall include the date of sample collection, cross section number, location of sample within the cross section (range of tagline distance represented by the sample), person who collected the sample, equipment used, and notes by the crew chief documenting decisions such as the number of samples taken for the cross-section.

Sample containers shall be labeled with the date, cross section number, and tagline distance. Samples shall be delivered to a laboratory for analysis, or to the COR, as defined in the task order.

Bed load measurements shall be performed in accordance with USGS procedures, and all field measurements recorded in the field notes. Multiple samples shall be collected at each cross section to represent variations of bed load, with the location of each measurement included in the field notes.

Water Quality Samples

a. General: Shall be collected in accordance with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA) Analytical Methods or as recommended by the collection equipment manufacturer or laboratory performing the analysis. Sample collection procedures and equipment shall be documented in the Contractor’s report. When samples require laboratory analysis, containers shall be labeled with the date, cross section number, and tagline distance and shall be delivered to the laboratory for analysis, or to the COR, as defined in the task order.

Photographic Documentation

a. General: When photographic documentation of rangeline cross-sections is specified in the task order, photographs shall be taken at each rangeline to document river, floodplain, and riparian habitat conditions. Generally, photographs will show views looking upstream, downstream and across the cross section. Photographs shall be documented in the field notes and prints shall be appropriately labeled. Photographic documentation shall include cross section or other location where the photograph was taken, date of photograph, and direction toward which the photograph was taken.

Service 2: Professional Technical Services

a. General: The requirements of this section apply to hydraulic engineering projects and general engineering projects. Reclamation may require subsurface groundwater investigations that include the installation and development of piezometers or water wells suitable for water level measurements and/or groundwater sampling, installation and development of pumping test and observation wells; well development, aquifer testing and soil and water sampling for physical characteristics and environmental purposes.

Data Collection and Analysis

a. General: Data analysis, modeling, and computations performed by personnel possessing demonstrable engineering knowledge and judgment in the fields of surface and groundwater hydrology, hydraulics, sediment transport, and well hydraulics. Services to be required include but are not limited to: hydraulic, hydrologic or groundwater studies; computer modeling or calculations to obtain information such as water surface profiles, Manning’s n calibrations, sediment load, sediment transport, aquifer parameters, seepage volumes and locations. Data analysis for general engineering projects may include complex design computations and computer modeling specific to the individual project. Data analysis shall include preparation of detailed, professional reports for documentation of processes and results. Contractor participation at Government agency or public meetings may also be required.

Groundwater Data Collection and Analysis

a. General: The contractor shall provide the instruments and equipment necessary to obtain water level data to an increment of 0.01 foot accuracy. This includes but is not limited to water level meters, pressure transducers, data loggers and measuring tapes. The contractor shall supply any other supplies required to install, develop and pump piezometers or water wells. This includes but is not limited to pumps, bailers, pH, temperature, and conductivity meters, subcontracted geoprobes, drilling rigs, well development rigs, and other tools, devices or instruments as required. Piezometer or water well work will be in accordance with the appropriate EPA, USGS or other relevant industry or New Mexico standards as approved by Reclamation.

b. Groundwater Data Documentation: Detailed well logs will be kept that include soil classification descriptions in accordance with ASTM and/or NRCS soil classification standards, depth of first encountered and static water levels and piezometer or well construction details. Well development and purging records will include volumes and flowrates of water evacuated and temperature, conductivity and pH measurements and appropriate regular intervals and other relevant information. Aquifer test documentation will include drawdown and recovery rates for the test well and observation wells, pumping rates, pumping volumes and water level data as required per aquifer test method.

Geomorphic Assessment

a. General: Analysis of field data collected by the Contractor or historic data provided by the

Government, as well as historic data located by the Contractor from other sources, for the purpose of documenting past changes in a reach of river channel and predicting future changes. Field work shall involve observations of river and site conditions such as bed material composition, active bank erosion, bed form structure, recent change in river planform or tributary deposition, changes in slope, channel topography, increase of island and bar height due to deposition, and general vegetation composition and structure. Also, may need to examine profile changes or changes in the sediment and water with time. Field work and analysis of historic data shall be summarized in a Geomorphic Assessment Report, which shall address the following subjects: channel and terrace geology; historic changes in river planform, channel geometry and bed material; historic channel-forming flows;

predictions for future changes to the river channel in the next 5 and 10 years.

Work shall be performed by personnel possessing demonstrable knowledge in the fields of geomorphology, hydrology, and fluvial processes. For routine assessments, the work may be supervised by the Principal Hydraulic Engineer; for complex assessments, as specified in the task order, the work shall be supervised by the Principal Geomorphologist. Contractor participation at Government agency or public meetings may also be required.

Potable Water Systems Analysis and Modeling

a. General: Analysis, modeling, and computations performed by personnel possessing demonstrable engineering knowledge in hydraulic water systems. Services to be required include but are not limited to: water demand studies, computer modeling, storage tank sizing, fire flow analysis, pressure zone boundary delineation, and pump curve modeling.

Analysis shall include preparation of detailed, professional reports for documentation of processes and results. Contractor participation at Government agency or public meetings may also be required.

Design Services

a. General: Typical design services for a project will include preparation of designs, construction drawings, cost estimates and a Project Design Report. Construction specifications may be required for some projects. Specific design services products required will be specified in the task order, as well as the number of review submittals required. When not specified in the task order, construction drawings, cost estimates, and the Project Design Report shall be submitted for review and comment at the 50 percent and 90 percent completion level, in addition to the final submittal.

The Project Design Report shall provide complete documentation of design methods, decisions, assumptions, and computations. If construction contract specifications are not required by the task order, then the Project Design Report shall also include descriptions of material and construction method requirements in order to achieve the design intent. Final specifications shall contain material requirements, construction methods, and quality control testing in sufficient detail for completion of the work by contract. Final drawings shall clearly show locations and details of the work, sufficient for completion by contract.

Conducting an alternative analysis for a project may be required by the task order, in which case the following tasks will be required: outlining feasible alternatives; preparation of feasibility level designs and cost estimates for alternatives; and, preparation of reports documenting evaluation and selection process and outcome.

Typical hydraulic engineering project features include structural and non-structural river features such as: bank stabilization structures; flow deflection structures; fish passage and control structures; and, riverine, wetlands, and terrestrial habitat improvement features.

Typical general engineering features include: water conveyance structures; roads, levees, and other geotechnical features; small structures; water wells; mechanical and electrical features.

Service 3: Technical Services

Reduction of Field Notes

a. General: Reduction, analysis, and organization of data collected in the field and preparation for submittal. Original field notes shall be reduced and entered into a MS Excel spreadsheet to be included in final submittals. For cross section surveys, data to be included in the spreadsheet for each cross section shall include the control points used (clearly indicating control point used for tagline distance “Station 0”). For each surveyed point of a cross section, include the following information: tagline distance, elevation, State Plane coordinates, and notable features (including bed form description, if collected). For topographic surveys, spreadsheet data shall include control points used (including occupied points and backsights), State Plane coordinates, elevation, and description for each surveyed point.

Routine Computations and Designs

a. General: Analysis of data collected in the field or from other sources, adjusting or correcting data files, incidental computer programming, and preparation of routine technical reports.

Also included is routine computations, computer modeling, and designs, when performed under the direct supervision of a qualified professional.

Computer Aided Drafting

a. General: Preparation of Geographic Information System (GIS) maps or preliminary, construction, or as-built drawings. Preparation of as-built drawings will involve modification of drawings to reflect constructed conditions, using marked up paper copies of drawings, inspector reports, or other notes provided by the Government. As-built drawings may be created for construction drawings prepared under this contract or for drawings prepared by others for previous projects. Unless otherwise specified in the task order, all GIS maps shall be prepared using software that is completely compatible with ESRI ArcMap, and all drawings shall be prepared using software that is completely compatible with AutoDesk

AutoCAD. Task orders may also require products prepared with UNIX or Linux compatible software.

Service 4: Laboratory Services

a. General: Water, sediment or bed material samples requiring laboratory analysis shall be taken to an approved laboratory. The Contractor shall submit names of laboratories to be used for approval, prior to collection of samples. Laboratory services required may include:

grain distribution size for suspended sediment, river bed material, or other earth material samples; total suspended sediment, reported as a concentration of sediment in mg/l; multi-parameter testing of samples including dissolved oxygen, conductivity, pH, and turbidity.

Grain Size Distribution

a. General: Testing shall be in accordance with ASTM Standards, or specific Reclamation

Standards if specified in the task order. VA tube gradations, hand gravelometers or Wolman pebble counts may be necessary. Grain size distribution of the sample shall be given as a percent by weight passing each designated size and a plot of the grain size distribution. Grain size distribution plots shall be on 8-1/2 inch by 11 inch sheets and have a logarithmic scale for grain size on the horizontal axis and a probability scale for percent passing on the vertical axis. Results shall be submitted as a paper copy, plus a Microsoft Excel compatible spreadsheet containing all gradation information. Each page of submitted results shall include the project, cross section number, date of collection, location of sample collection in the cross section, and range of tagline distances represented by the sample.

1. All laboratory testing shall be conducted by experienced and qualified engineering technicians under the direct supervision of a registered professional engineer.

b. Gravel or Sand Material: For material with a maximum size greater than 0.0625 mm the sieve sizes to be used are USA Alternate and shall include: #230, #200, #100, #50, #40, #30, #16, #10, #8, and #4 for the fine portion analysis; and 3/8”, ½”, ¾”, 1”, 2”, and 5” for coarse portions.

c. Sand, Silt, and Clay Material: For material with a maximum size less than 0.0625 mm a hydrometer analysis of the bed material fraction passing the #230 sieve shall be performed.

Permeability Testing of Granular Soils

a. General: Testing shall be in accordance with ASTM Standards, or specific Reclamation

Standards if specified in the task order.

Service 5: Data Cataloguing Services

a. General: Organization and cataloguing of material for entry into an existing electronic library database. All work will be performed at the contractor’s office. The Government will provide material for cataloging.

b. Work Requirements: Categorization of material and assignment of values; research of previously assigned values, including internet searches to locate these values; and, entry of material abstracts into electronic files. Material consists of books, magazine articles, and technical reports. Personnel performing this work must have knowledge of library systems and data entry skills to ensure accurate entry of information. Additionally, personnel must be able to work independently without close supervision.

c. Skill Requirements: follow specific instructions; review and enter data; identify and correct inconsistent or erroneous coding at point of entry; type with alpha and numeric data entry skills of 9,000 ksph with 99% accuracy rate; use Internet Explorer or Chrome; understand computer file and directory structures and be able to move files around as needed; and, efficiently use a Windows computer.

Service 6: Computer Programming Services

Data File Format Conversion

a. General: Conversion of data files from one format to another or modification of existing data files. Conversion formats and manner of delivery will be specified in the task order.

Conversion programs may be provided by the Government, or the Contractor may be required to develop new programs. Typical requirements will be for source code compatible with Fortran 77 or higher, C++, or visual basic. The Contractor shall provide a copy of the source code or spreadsheet macros for any conversion program developed.

Other Computer Programming

a. General: Development of programs that allow the interface of independent software programs, such as ESRI GIS series of software, U.S. Corps of Engineer's HEC-RAS, Microsoft Excel, Autodesk Land Desktop, etc., to produce a product that otherwise would be labor intensive. Examples of types of programs to be developed may include but are not limited to the following.

• Converting HEC-RAS results to a format that can be displayed graphically with one of the other softwares.

• Programming an add-in function to HEC-RAS or developing an interface between HEC-RAS and Microsoft Excel to adjust user entered information in HEC-RAS for a minimization of errors simulation (root mean square error) between HEC-RAS calculated values and observed values.

• Producing scripts or programs that run within Autodesk or ESRI software’s that allow for calculations specific to river hydraulic engineering to aid with the design process or reduce time for a labor-intensive step by combining the activities.

Programming details and manner of delivery will be specified in the task order. Example programs may be provided by the Government, or the Contractor may be required to develop new programs. Typical requirements will be for source code compatible with Fortran 77 or higher, C++, Python, AutoLisp, Matlab, R, or visual basic. The Contractor shall provide a copy of the source code or spreadsheet macros for any conversion program developed.

Service 7: Environmental Services

Environmental Investigations

a. General: Investigations in the areas of aquatic and terrestrial ecology, water quality, fisheries, aquatic plant management, aquatic pest control, wetlands, federally listed species, and general wildlife biology. Investigations may include collection and analysis of field data, or analysis of Government-furnished data.

Environmental Compliance

a. General: Assistance to the Government in National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Endangered Species Act (ESA), and Clean Water Act (CWA) compliance activities. NEPA assistance may include: public scoping activities; preparation of scoping reports; conducting environmental analyses; preparation of some or all sections of Environmental Assessments, and associated decision documents. ESA assistance will require knowledge of the federally threatened and/or endangered species along the Rio Grande and Pecos River in the state of New Mexico, and may include preparation of some or all sections of Biological Assessments.

CWA assistance may include wetland delineations or preparation of permit applications.

The Contractor may also be required to support Reclamation in preparation of other documents such as project revegetation plans, weed control plans, or other natural resource management plans, or for performing studies and surveys pertaining to topics such as economic or risk analysis.

Environmental Monitoring

a. General: Monitoring of environmental conditions throughout the construction phase of a project, or at specified intervals after completion of construction, to insure environmental compliance during construction and to determine environmental impacts or improvements as a result of the project work. Post-construction monitoring may include, but is not limited to the following: biological surveys to determine impacts to threatened and endangered species resulting from construction activities; vegetation surveys to determine success rate of revegetation work completed during construction.

Service 8: LiDAR Elevation Data

a. Description: These services provide the Bureau of Reclamation professional aerial LiDAR data acquisition to assess the channel and floodplain conditions necessary to support the Middle Rio Grande Project.

In the interest of Reclamation’s contribution to and participation in the USGS National Digital Elevation Program (NDEP) and 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) initiative in response to the National Enhanced Elevation Assessment (NEEA), This LiDAR collection will meet the USGS 3DEP Quality Level 0 (QL0) specifications.

b. Project Coordinate System: Unless specified otherwise, the preferred horizontal datum for deliverables GIS vector data, imagery, and LiDAR is the NAD 1983 State Plane New Mexico Central FIPS 3002 Feet as defined by the applicable projected coordinate system definition within the ArcGIS version specified.

Unless specified otherwise, the preferred vertical datum for deliverable data is the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88) in vertical units of U.S. feet as defined by the corresponding vertical coordinate system definition within the ArcGIS version specified.

c. Project Scale and Accuracy: The project map scale and accuracy requirements for aerial

LiDAR services will at a minimum meet the United States Geological Survey (USGS) 3D Elevation Program (3DEP ) Quality Level 0 (QL0) requirements for LiDAR data with exceptions for the accuracy as may be agreed to by the Contractor and the COR. Horizontal accuracy of LiDAR data products shall meet the ASPRS Class 1 standards for 30 cm RMSE in the X and Y directions, with a product resolution of 30 cm or better.

Aerial orthoimagery will meet the ASPRS Class 1 accuracy standards for 30 cm Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) in X and Y for the Horizontal Accuracy Class, with a product resolution of 30 cm or better. Exceptions for the accuracy as may be agreed to by the Contractor and the

COR.

d. Basic Control Data: The Contractor shall secure from the National Geodetic Survey, Reclamation, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the U.S. Geological Survey, locations and descriptions of any horizontal and vertical control points of third order accuracy or higher in the vicinity of the areas to be mapped. This data shall be submitted to the COR prior to beginning the project.

Airborne GPS and CORS stations shall be utilized to provide control for the aerial data acquisition and for any subsequent analytical aero triangulation, orthorectification, or post-processing that may be necessary.

e. Supplemental Basic Control Data: Ground GPS units or known basic control points (ground targets) shall be placed on the ground during the flights as required to achieve the necessary horizontal and vertical accuracy.