BORCGB20N011 Grants.gov.pdf

Notice of Intent to Award Template (03/2019)

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD

This notice is not a request for applications. This provides public notice of the Bureau of Reclamation’s intention to fund the following project activities without full and open competition.

OPPORTUNITY

NUMBER

BOR-CGB-20-N011

PROJECT TITLE Derby Dam Fish Screen Project

RECIPIENT Farmers Conservation Alliance

ANTICIPATED

FEDERAL AMOUNT

$34,000,000.00

STATUTORY

AUTHORITY

Public Law 85-624, 16 U.S.C. 661 et seq., as amended, and Section 7(a) Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (FWCA), (70 Stat 1122; 16 U.S.C. 742f(a)), as limited and delegated by the Secretary of the Interior delegation of authority to the Bureau of Reclamation at 255 DM 1.1B, Section (a); and Public Law 108-7 Division D, Title II, Section 207, enacted February 20, 2003 Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003; Public Law 113-79 Title II, Section 2507, enacted February 7, 2014 Agricultural Act of 2014 (Farm Bill)

CFDA NUMBER 15.517

RECLAMATION

POINT OF CONTACT

Leanne Henderson

SUMMARY OF

PROJECT

ACTIVITIES

This modification to the base agreement provides an additional statutory authority for Objective 4.1, incorporates additional funding, and continues the following objectives:

a. Complete NEPA, cultural resources, and permitting

b. Develop design data

c. Design screen

d. Pre-construction activities

e. Construct screen

f. Provide spare components

g. Initial commissioning

h. High-flow commissioning

i. Low-flow commissioning

j. Public outreach

SELECTION

JUSTIFICATION

Reclamation did not solicit full and open competition for this award based on the following criteria: Farmers Conservation Alliance (FCA) was selected Non-competitively based on Unique Qualifications for the Derby Dam fish screen project. FCA is uniquely qualified to perform the design, installation and construction of the horizontal fish screen design which was selected based on the criteria set forth by National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) who established its horizontal fish screen criteria for the protection of anadromous salmonids. The Farmer’s Screen, as patented and provided exclusively by FCA, is a horizontal flat-plate fish screen which is unique and innovative as the screen does not require a passage-barrier dam to operate, no electricity is required for screen operation and cleaning, there are no moving parts, and the horizontally oriented screen works with the diverted flow of water rather than against it.