Lake Meade RASU Monitoring

Amendment 0001 is being issued to provide answers to questions submitted.

The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), Lower Colorado Region has a requirement for monitoring of the Razorback Sucker, one of four large bodied river fish species native to the Colorado River Basin. This fish is currently listed as endangered under the authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

The Contractor shall monitor Lake Mead, AZ-NV to assess the current razorback sucker population(s). In addition, efforts will be made to determine the age of captured individuals and identify any recruitment pattern apparent from the population age structure. A report will be written describing methods, a summary of results, discussion of any problems or situations that may have occurred throughout the project, and conclusions.

The Contractor will attend and present data at the Annual Colorado River Aquatic Biologists (CRAB) meeting, provide monthly data collection reports, one draft report, and one final report for review by Reclamation. The Contractor will address all of the review comments from the draft report and make revisions as necessary before submitting the final report

This requirement is restricted as a 100% Small Business Set-Aside.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code assigned to this project is 541690, Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services with a corresponding small business size standard of $15M.

This acquisition will be procured in accordance with FAR Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Items, and FAR 15 Contracting by Negotiation. The Government contemplates award of one firm fixed price contract with a base year and 4 1-year option periods.

The solicitation and any amendments to the solicitation will be available only through Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) (www.fedbizopps.gov) website and the FedConnect website (https://www.fedconnect.net/). All proposals, and other normal documents required for the proposal submittal, including amendments to the proposal, shall be in paper medium. Electronic medium for the proposal documents will not be allowed.

Registrations: In order to be awarded a contract an offeror must have a DUNS number, be registered and active in the System for Award Management (SAM), http://www.sam.gov, and have completed their Online Representations and Certifications.

Contracting Office Address: Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Region, P.O. Box 61470, Boulder City, NV 89006

Point of Contact: Diane Rodriguez, Contract Specialist, e-mail: DLRodriguez@usbr.gov. All contractual technical questions must be submitted in writing via e-mail to: DLRodriguez@usbr.gov. Telephone questions will not be accepted.

This is a Pre-Solicitation Notice with the intent of synopsizing a proposed contract action prior to issuance of the solicitation. Specific instructions on submitting your proposal will be contained in the solicitation documents to be issued on or about October 2, 2019, posted to the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website at https://www.fbo.gov and the FedConnect website https://www.fedconnect.net/. No documents will be available until the solicitation is issued.

The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), Lower Colorado Region has a requirement for monitoring of the Razorback Sucker, one of four large bodied river fish species native to the Colorado River Basin. This fish is currently listed as endangered under the authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

The Contractor shall monitor Lake Mead, AZ-NV to assess the current razorback sucker population(s). In addition, efforts will be made to determine the age of captured individuals and identify any recruitment pattern apparent from the population age structure. A report will be written describing methods, a summary of results, discussion of any problems or situations that may have occurred throughout the project, and conclusions.

The Contractor will attend and present data at the Annual Colorado River Aquatic Biologists (CRAB) meeting, provide monthly data collection reports, one draft report, and one final report for review by Reclamation. The Contractor will address all of the review comments from the draft report and make revisions as necessary before submitting the final report

This requirement is restricted as a 100% Small Business Set-Aside.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code assigned to this project is 541690, Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services with a corresponding small business size standard of $15M.

This acquisition will be procured in accordance with FAR Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Items, and FAR 15 Contracting by Negotiation. The Government contemplates award of one firm fixed price contract with a base year and 4 1-year option periods.

The solicitation and any amendments to the solicitation will be available only through Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) (www.fedbizopps.gov) website and the FedConnect website (https://www.fedconnect.net/). All proposals, and other normal documents required for the proposal submittal, including amendments to the proposal, shall be in paper medium. Electronic medium for the proposal documents will not be allowed. All dates in this announcement are estimated and are subject to change. No other information will be available before the solicitation is posted.

Registrations: In order to be awarded a contract an offeror must have a DUNS number, be registered and active in the System for Award Management (SAM), http://www.sam.gov, and have completed their Online Representations and Certifications.

Contracting Office Address: Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Region, P.O. Box 61470, Boulder City, NV 89006

Point of Contact: Diane Rodriguez, Contract Specialist, e-mail: DLRodriguez@usbr.gov. All contractual technical questions must be submitted in writing via e-mail to: DLRodriguez@usbr.gov. Telephone questions will not be accepted.