Ririe mitigation contract 2025-2030

NOTICE OF SOLE SOURCE INTENT This notice is not a request for competitive quotes. The Bureau of Reclamation, Pacific Northwest Regional Office intends to award a purchase order to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game located in Boise, Idaho for the continued management of lands acquired and transferred to the State of Idaho on behalf of Reclamation towards mitigating negative effects of wildlife habitat due to the construction of the Lower Teton Division Project and Mitigation Lands.

Reclamation has found the Idaho Department of Fish and Game the only reasonable source able to successfully complete the required services due to Idaho statute and established cooperative agreements. The Teton Mitigation Areas are located in Eastern Idaho and are managed by the State of Idaho and include portions of the Tex Creek Wildlife Management Area (WMA), located to the southeast of Ririe Reservoir; Cartier Slough WMA, located north of Ririe Reservoir; and the Ririe Outlet Channel, located west of Ririe Reservoir.

The Resource Management Plan (RMP) supporting this initiative addresses current and anticipated future issues to permit the orderly and coordinated development and management of lands and facilities and the water surface under Reclamation jurisdiction in the RMP area.

The awarded purchase order will be a firm-fixed contract for a base period of 12 months and include four (4) 12-month option periods. The NAICS coded is 924120.

ESTIMATED PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE:
BASE YEAR: 9/1/2025 - 8/31/2026
OPTION YEAR 1: 9/1/2026 - 8/31/2027
OPTION YEAR 2: 9/1/2027 - 8/31/2028
OPTION YEAR 3: 9/1/2028 - 8/31/2029
OPTION YEAR 4: 9/1/2029 - 8/31/2030

Reclamation believes that only one responsible source can fully provide the services that will satisfy the agency's requirements. A Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition is being prepared.

The Government anticipates award before Aug 2025. Vendors that have questions regarding the sole source nature of the 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 listed below within 15 calendar days of this notice. The statutory authority for other than full and open competition is 10 USC 2304 (c)(1), only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements (Refer to FAR 6.302 for a list of exceptions).

Responses to this notice can be e-mailed to tmest@usbr.gov. All responses should include the vendor's Unique Entity ID (UEI) Number and Tax Identification Number (TIN). The NAICS code for this effort is 924120. No small business size standard is established for this Sector 92 Public Administration Sector. 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 procurement. Any contractor interested in doing business with the Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management database prior to submission of an offer. SAM is a Federal Government owned and operated FREE website at www.sam.gov. Quotations or proposals received in response to this notice will not be accepted since this synopsis is not a request for quote or a request for proposal.