NRRA Forest Management Roll-Out Plan- MISS

Solicitation Number: 140P019Q0031
Notice Type: Pre-Solicitation
Synopsis:
The purpose of this synopsis is to provide notice to the public of the government's intent to sole source award a contract to Drake Consulting L.L.C. for the NRRA Forest Management Roll-Out Plan for Mississippi National River and Recreation Area.
Authority:
DOI-NPS MWR MABO is issuing this notice in accordance with FAR Part 6.302-1 Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements.
Description:
Over the past 2 years, the National Park Service (NPS), Mississippi National River and Recreation Area (Mississippi NRRA) has developed a Forest Management Plan (FMP) for the 72 mile river corridor, based on NPS vegetation mapping and data analysis recently completed for the Park. This plan will allow us to effectively prioritize restoration projects throughout our corridor, something which we have needed for quite some time. In order to complete the Plan we need to collect 500 additional field data points to finish verifying mapped vegetation. Under this contract the National Park Service, Mississippi NRRA will complete the QA/QC portion of this plan through acquisition of 500 additional field data points, as well as provide the Mississippi NRRA with additional site data throughout the Park. This data collection will also need to be coordinated with staff from the Mississippi Park Connection (MPC - friends group to the Mississippi NRRA). This information shall be integrated with the existing database for the FMP.
Deliverables:
Task 1: Data collection and data entry
Task 2: Data analysis and map products
Task 3: Create training webinars and complete training sessions
Task 4: Create user manual and update written FMP document
Contract Type Anticipated: Firm Fixed-Price
(1) Action Code: None
(2) Date: August 20
(3) Year: 2019
(4) Contracting Office ZIP Code: 68102
(5) Product or Service Code: B529
(6) Contracting Office Address: MWRO MABO, 601 Riverfront Dr, Omaha, NE, USA
(7) Subject.
(8) Proposed Solicitation Number: 140P019Q0031
(9) Closing Response Date: August 26, 2019
(10) Contact Point or Contracting Officer: Email christopher_keck@nps.gov
(11) Contract Award and Solicitation Number: None at this time and 140P019Q0031
(13) Line Item Number: 00010
(14) Contract Award Date: To be determined
(15) Contractor: Drake Consulting L.L.C., Arden Hills, MN 55112
(16) Description: Sole Source award for the NRRA Forest Management Roll-Out Plan for Mississippi National River and Recreation Area.
(17) Place of Contract Performance: The MISSISSIPPI NRRA Corridor with office as needed at MISSISSIPPI NRRA headquarters in St. Paul, MN
(18) Set-aside Status: N/A, Sole Source Award is anticipated.