JUSTIFICATION.pdf

SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION

For purchases made under FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures

(Under $250,000)

Name and Location of the organization making the purchase:

Federal Highway Administration Quantum Park, 22001 Loudoun County Parkway Building E2, Suite 200 Ashburn, VA 20147

Describe supplies and/or services being procured:

Purchase of nutrient credits to mitigate/offset water quality impacts generated from construction of the proposed project.

The proposed project will increase impervious surface area, resulting in permanent water quality impacts. The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) authorized the generation and sale of nonpoint source nutrient credits pursuant to the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nutrient Credit Exchange Program (VA Code §62.1-44.19:14 et seq) and the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board’s Guidance on Stormwater Nonpoint Nutrient Offsets.

Requirements under the regulation include the purchase of nutrient credts based on the following hierarchy:

a. Upstream of where the discharge reaches impaired waters, if credits are available;

b. Within the same 12-digit HUC, if credits are available;

c. Within the same 10-digit HUC, if credits are available;

d. Within the same 8-digit HUC, if credits are available;

e. Within an adjacent 8-digit HUC within the same tributary, if credits are available;

or

f. Within the same tributary

Name and Contact Information of Required Source:

Blue Frog Environmental, LLC c/o Andrew Hindman 6799-A Kennedy Road Warrenton, VA 20187

Point of Contact: Allison Austin, 703-220-8672 or aaustin@vawaters.com

Rationale supporting the sole source acquisition (Authority under FAR 13.106-1(b))

“(b) Soliciting from a single source:

(1) For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available (e.g., urgency*, exclusive licensing agreements, brand name or industrial mobilization). “ mailto:aaustin@vawaters.com

The purchase of nutrient credits is required to offset water quality impacts generated from construction of the project per the Cheasapeak Bay Preservation Act and Virginia Stormwater Management Program. The Two Song Nutreint Bank is located with HUC 2070010 and serves HUCs 2070010, 2070008, and 2070011. The proposed project is located within HUC 2070010.

A total of 1.21 nutrient credits are required to offset permanent water quality impacts.