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Clarkston Habitat Management Unit (HMU) Sources Sought Notice: W912EF24RSS04

The US Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District is seeking sources to provide personnel, materials, supplies, equipment, transportation, supervision and other items and services for the following: Lower Granite/Clarkston HMUs. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 712190 Nature Parks and Other Similar Institutions and the associated small business size standard is $19.500,000.

The Clarkston Natural Resources Management (NRM) team is responsible for HMUs upriver from and including Lyon's Ferry on the west bank of the Palouse River. The geographic range of items under this Performance Work Statement encompasses approximately 100 river miles and 18,000 acres of land.

Work shall include, but is not limited to, the following major elements:

· Planting and irrigating wildlife food plots

· Establishing and maintaining shrub and tree plots

· Removing invasive tree species such as Tree-of-Heaven and Russian Olive

· Removing invasive Himalayan blackberry and false Indigo shrubs

· Installing new information kiosks

· Placement of boulders for parking areas and trail boundaries

· Removal of waterfowl hunting blinds

· Fence repair/maintenance

· Cleaning vault toilets

· Removing and disposing of litter

· Erecting and maintaining goose nesting tubs, brush pile structures, and gallinaceous guzzlers

· Chemical and biological control of invasive and noxious weeds

· Use of Geographical Information Systems to document weed and pest control activities

· Operation and maintenance of irrigation systems

· Custom mowing/swathing and agricultural bailing

This is not a solicitation. This sources-sought announcement is a tool to identify businesses with the capability to accomplish the work. This is not a solicitation. Only those firms who respond to this announcement by submitting the following information will be used in determining whether to set aside this requirement. Please do not respond to this notice unless you will be responding to the solicitation.

a) A capability statement expressing interest in this requirement, describing your company and its capability to complete a project of this scope, magnitude and complexity. Include a statement detailing any special qualifications and certifications, applicable to the scope of this project, held by your firm and/or in-house personnel.

b) A statement or list of your firm’s current or past technical experience/past performance similar to or the same as the summary scope of work for this requirement. Include a brief description of each project scope, schedule, and dollar value.

c) Provide a statement of your firm’s business size (Large, HUBZone, Service Disabled Veteran Owned, 8(a), small disadvantaged, or woman-owned, etc.) with regards to the NAICS code listed above.

d) Provide a statement that your firm intends to submit an offer on the project when it is advertised.

e) Name of firm with address, phone, and point of contact.

f) Cage Code and SAM Unique Entity Identifier.

The tables below have the work broken down into areas. Please indicate which area(s) you would be interested in.

Granite Lake Areas

Weed Control

Habitat

Irrigation

General Maintenance

Lake Bryan Areas

Weed Control

Habitat

Irrigation

General Maintenance

Lake West Areas

Weed Control

Habitat

Irrigation

General Maintenance

Lewiston Levees

Weed Control

Submit this information to Ruth Johnson, Contract Specialist, via email to ruth.a.johnson@usace.army.mil. Your response to this notice must be received on or before 2:00 on Wednesday, January 17, 2024.