MT - ST. Mary blackfeet ORD. 117 permit

NOTICE OF SOLE SOURCE INTENT

THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES.

The Bureau of Reclamation Missouri Basin Regional Office intends to award a purchase order to the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation to perform Environmental Monitoring as required by the Blackfeet Constitution and By-laws for the construction of St. Mary Diversion Works, Dam Replacement and Fish Modification Project. Under the resultant purchase order, the Blackfeet Tribe will analyze the environmental impacts submitted by Bureau of Reclamation of the diversion dam construction to the nearby aquatic lands and document those impacts with a recommendation in an Ordinance No. 117 permit. The Aquatic Lands Protection Ordinance No. 117 was created to protect water quality and wetlands on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation for present and future generations. The Blackfeet Environmental Office issues permits to persons wishing to conduct work in all water bodies, aquatic and riparian lands, and wetlands on the Blackfeet Reservation. The work at the St. Mary Diversion Dam is being performed approximately 8 miles north of St. Mary, Montana, in Glacier County and will require an Ordinance No. 117 permit. Class 2 Fees apply to Reservation residents desiring to make major improvements to their property, non-residents, corporations, associations, government entities and other entities.

Reclamation anticipates Request for Quote (RFQ) No. 140R6023Q0077 for this requirement will be issued to the System for Award Management (SAM) website on or around September 8, 2023, as a sole source requirement. The quote will be due approximately 7 calendar days after the solicitation is issued. The resulting purchase order will result in a 60 calendar day period of performance. The Government anticipates an award on or around September 22, 2023 and services to begin September 25, 2023.

Reclamation experience is that only one responsible source can fully provide the services that will satisfy this agency requirement, a Determination to Solicit from a Single Source is being prepared. The Bureau of Reclamation has determined not to compete this contract, pursuant to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b)(1), Soliciting from a Single Source. For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract deem only one source reasonably available. This procurement will be conducted using Simplified Acquisition Procedures with only one source reasonably available.

Vendors that have questions regarding the sole source nature of this requirement or vendors that believe they can fully provide the required services are encouraged to identify themselves and give written notification to the Contracting Officer. In order to allow for sufficient Government consideration and potential quote evaluation, vendors must submit their written Letter of Interest no later than September 6, 2023 at 9:00 AM MST. Responses received after September 6, 2023, may not be considered by the Government.

Letters of Interest in response to this notice must be emailed to the Contracting Officer, Charlene Maurer, at camaurer@usbr.gov. All responses should include the vendor SAM Unique Entity Identification (UEI) Number and Tax Identification Number (TIN). Vendors should additionally identify themselves as either a small business or an other than small business under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 924110 - Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs. The Small Business Administration does not have small business size standards established for Sector 92 - Public Administration.

A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action based on the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a competitive requirement.

Any vendor interested in doing business with the Federal Government must be registered in the SAM database at the time an offer or quotation is submitted. SAM is a Federal Government-owned and operated FREE website that consolidates the Central Contractor Registration (CCR), Online Representation and Certifications Application (ORCA), and the Excluded Parties List System (EPLS). This website is located at https://sam.gov.

All invoices for this procurement must be submitted through the Department of Treasury Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) located at www.IPP.gov.

Any questions regarding this proposed action can be directed to Charlee Maurer at camaurer@usbr.gov. For record keeping purposes, telephone responses will not be accepted.