Amend Notice of Sole Source Intent

Amend Notice of Sole Source Intent

Original Notice went out under NAICS 924110 Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs, Correct NAICS is 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

The Bureau of Reclamation, Columbia-Pacific Northwest Regional Office has a requirement for installation/establishment of 4 new gaging stations on the Crooked River at Lone Pine Bridge at river mile (RM) 24.6, Peoples Ditch Diversion Canal (RM 49.4), Rice-Baldwin Irrigation Ditch Diversion Canal (RM 56.8) and Crooked River Central Diversion Canal (RM 41.5), near Prineville, OR. Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD) is the state agency with exclusive legal responsibly for measuring, reporting, and enforcing state adjudicated water rights on the Crooked River in Oregon. OWRD is the Watermaster of the Crooked river with the authority and responsibility for gaging on the Crooked river; this includes ensuring the quality and proper dissemination of water flow measurements (gaging data) for public platforms such as Reclamation¿s hydromet website. OWDR has the sole ability to access private lands and install gages on privately owned diversions.
The Government intends to procure specialized services on a single-source basis, in accordance with 41.U.S.C.1901 as implemented by FAR 13.501, Only One Responsible using Simplified Acquisitions Procedures. The entity to which the Government intends to award is The Oregon Water Resources Department. Reclamation intends to award one firm-fixed-price contract. The awarded purchase order will be for up to a five (5) year period of performance.

THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS and no solicitation will be issued. Interested persons may identify their interest and/or provide a capability statement to Diane Long, Contract Specialist, by email at dlong@usbr.gov. All capability statements received within 10 days after the publication of this announcement will be considered by Reclamation. All responses should include the vendor¿s Duns and Bradstreet (DUNS) and or SAM Unique Entity ID (UEI). Vendors should identify themselves as either a small business or any other than small business under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 541990. The applicable Small Business Size Standard is $16.5 million. Vendors should also describe their full authority to access the Crooked River and other gaging stations on the Crooked river as that is a key requirement during performance. A determination by Reclamation not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of Reclamation. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.

Any Contractor interested in doing business with the Federal Government must register in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to submission of a quote. SAM is a Federal Government owned and operated FREE website at www.sam.gov.