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United States Department of the Interior

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

National Operations Center

Building 50, Denver Federal Center

P.O. Box 2547 https://www.blm.gov

May 3, 2023

Project Title: Yose Canyon Dam Removal

Solicitation # 140L0623R0019

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has a requirement for a Yose Canyon Dam is located on an ephemeral draw in the Bird Draw watershed. The site consists of an earthen stock pond impoundment that has been flanked by an advancing knickpoint. Over time, the stock pond has filled with sediment delivered by the watershed and become elevated above the natural grade of the surrounding valley floor.

The wedge of sediment behind the stock pond forced concentrated flow around the north side of the dam and created a large knickpoint and channel avulsion that migrated around the impoundment. The avulsion created a new channel over 1,000 feet long contributing roughly 19,500 tons of sediment.

A second knickpoint has formed from a tributary draw that if left unmitigated, will result in a similar scale of sediment recruitment. Sediment delivery will be exacerbated by erosion of the material stored upstream of the impoundment and from the material in the impoundment. SE1/4, SW1/4, Sec. 28, T28N, R112W. Project elements include:

• Remove the earthen dam by excavating approximately 15,000 cubic yards of sediment accumulated in the stock pond and located within the dam,

• Eliminate the advancing knickpoint by re-grading the existing incised channels with excavated material from the stock pond and dam,

• Re-grade the existing incised channels to re-establish a broad draw with numerous dispersed micro-channels,

• Address the alignment of the incised avulsion channel to minimize potential interaction with and capture of the tributary draw,

• Seed disturbed areas with a reclamation seed mix; and,

• Use salvaged sage brush and rock for floodplain roughness to temporarily stabilize re-graded surfaces.

• Stockpile excess fill from this project near the roadway or onto a well pad in Yose Canyon to be used where current reclamation efforts have not been successful.

The estimated project magnitude of construction is between $250,000 and $500,000.

This Sources Sought (SS) is intended as a means of conducting market research, which will help determine the best method for the anticipated solicitation and subsequent award. The applicable North

American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this requirement is 237990, “Other

Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction”. The small business size standard is $45.0 million. FAR

52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting, will apply wherein at least 15 percent of the work must be performed by the small business prime contractor and similarly situated small business subcontractors.

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