JA Prosser Hatchery Redacted.pdf

W9127N-20-R-0014

JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL

FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

FALL CHINOOK ACCLIMATION AND RELEASE AT PROSSER

HATCHERY

1. CONTRACTING AGENCY:

The contracting agency is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Portland District (NWP), 333 SW First Avenue, Portland, OR 97204-3495.

2. DESCRIPTION OF ACTION:

USACE NWP intends to award a sole source contract to The Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Y akama Nation (Y akama Nation) consisting of a one-year ordering period with no options. Task orders will be funded with annual Civil Works Operation and Maintenance (O&M) appropriations.

3. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES:

The Y akama Nation will provide all requirements necessary for the annual acclimation and release of up to 1. 7 million sub-yearling upriver bright (URB) fall Chinook juveniles (received from the Little White Salmon Hatchery) at Prosser Hatchery. In addition, if a task order is issued, Yakama Nation will provide for the acclimation and release ofup to 210 thousand yearling URB fall Chinookjuveniles (received from Bonneville Hatchery) at Prosser Hatchery. All juveniles are released from Prosser Hatchery into the Yakima River.

Under a separate agreement, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) collects eggs, incubates and rears the 1.7 million subyearlings at Little White Salmon Hatchery. In April, the USFWS transfers these juveniles to the Y akama Nation at Prosser Hatchery.

Likewise, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) rears 210 thousand yearlings at Bonneville Hatchery. In February, ODFW transfers these juveniles to Yakama Nation at Prosser Hatchery.

Transfer of the juvenile fish, in either situation, is not the responsibility of Y akama Nation. Y akama Nation assumes responsibility after the transfer of fish is complete and the fish are within the facility waters of Prosser Hatchery.

The estimated total value of the contract is .