Ecosphere environmental services

Added: Jan 10, 2018 5:11 pm Modified: Jan 17, 2018 10:22 amTrack Changes Amendment Six (06) done to Request for Proposal No. 140A0918R0012 as follows:



1. To include questioned asked and the governments responses:

Questioned Asked: Is BIA obtaining a list of protected species from Navajo Fish and Wildlife or is the contractor?

Governments Response: The contractor needs to secure all current data and information including updated lists based on ESA. If necessary, BIA can provide a reference letter.



ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS ARE TO REMAINS THE SAME IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT

Added: Jan 10, 2018 5:11 pm Modified: Jan 17, 2018 9:23 amTrack Changes Amendment Five (05) done to Request for Proposal No. 140A0918R0012 as follows:



1. To include questioned asked and the governments responses:

Questioned Asked: Will the EA be programmatic in nature? It seems like it would be where individual RMU EAs would tier to the Programmatic EA.

Governments Response: No, the EA will not be programmatic in nature.



The EA would be a reference document used for the federal decision of approving and issuing a grazing permit. If an individual Producer is seeking to develop the range unit, that Producer would be responsible for securing the EA for any project that could disturb the range, such as fencing or water infrastructure.



ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS ARE TO REMAINS THE SAME IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT

Added: Jan 10, 2018 5:11 pm Modified: Jan 16, 2018 1:35 pmTrack Changes Amendment Four (04) done to Request for Proposal No. 140A0918R0012 as follows:



1. To include questioned asked and the governments responses:

Questioned Asked: For the subject solicitation, can you confirm if previous environmental assessment study(s) have been performed? And if so, may we request that the government post a copy of the previous study as part of the bid documents, if possible?

Governments Response: There is no Environmental Assessment done on Eastern Navajo Agency.

Questioned Asked: Please clarify if a biological evaluation for threatened and endangered species it is included with this EA solicitation.

Governments Response: 5.3 Complete a Biological Assessment (BA) of listing for T&E species present, conduct a field survey to address the T&E species listing and the Navajo Nation's species of concern and mitigation changes.



2. To extend the proposal due date to January 22, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. (Gallup, NM time).



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Added: Jan 10, 2018 5:11 pm Modified: Jan 16, 2018 10:19 amTrack Changes Amendment Three (03) done to Request for Proposal No. 140A0918R0012 as follows:



1. To attach the corrected combined synopsis that has the Correct SOW and the Evaluation Factor.



2. To include questioned asked and the governments responses:

Questioned Asked: Is the BIA wanting to update the existing EA to current standards or is the agency wanting to prepare a new EA through the collection of similar data?

Governments Response: The EA will be developed according to the BIA's NEPA guidelines; and CEQ regulations as mentioned in the SOW; therefore it will be a new document with Section 106 and Section 7 consultations.

Questioned Asked:Can proposals be submitted via email?

Governments Response: Yes email is fine.

Questioned Asked: Do you have any additional project maps or GIS shapefiles you can provide?

Governments Response: Yes, we will provide GIS data or project maps.



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Added: Jan 10, 2018 5:11 pm Modified: Jan 11, 2018 3:10 pmTrack Changes Amendment Two (02) done to Request for Proposal No. 140A0918R0012 as follows:



1. To attach the combined synopsis that has the SOW and the Evaluation Factor.



ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS ARE TO REMAINS THE SAME IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT

Added: Jan 10, 2018 5:11 pm Modified: Jan 11, 2018 1:11 pmTrack Changes Amendment One (01) done to Request for Proposal No. 140A0918R0012 as follows:



1. To answer question asked and the Governments Response:



Questioned Asked:Is the proposed action for the eastern agency environmental assessment the same as for that listed in the sample EA listed for the checkerboard area- that is renewal of grazing permits?



Governments Response:The vendor needs to use the EA Outline and Content to prepare the document. The 2000 EA is one that was completed before for grazing permit decisions; it is a document that could be referenced in the current EA that could be used as the background information.



ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS ARE TO REMAINS THE SAME IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT

Added: Jan 10, 2018 5:11 pm ECOSPHERE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES