SOURCES SOUGHT
F -- Soil Moisture Monitoring
- Notice Date
- 3/4/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Bureau of Reclamation - LC - Lower Colorado Regional Office 500 Fir Street Boulder City NV 89005
- ZIP Code
- 89005
- Solicitation Number
- 11017LC
- Response Due
- 3/18/2011
- Archive Date
- 3/3/2012
- Point of Contact
- Brian Switzer Contract Specialist 7022938514 bswitzer@usbr.gov;
- E-Mail Address
-
Point of Contact above, or if none listed, contact the IDEAS EC HELP DESK for assistance
(EC_helpdesk@NBC.GOV)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a sources sought synopsis for acquisition planning purposes and no formal solicitation exists at this time. All qualified concerns may submit capability statements for consideration. Capability statements received will be reviewed to determine the technical, administrative, management, and financial capability of such offerors to perform this type of work. The capability statements will be used to determine appropriate procurement strategy, in particular whether a set-aside is warranted or an alternate procurement strategy is warranted.The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this acquisition is: 541620, Environmental Consulting Services. The small business size standard for NAICS Code 541620 is $7 million. The purpose of the proposed project is for soil moisture monitoring at select Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program (MSCP) Habitat Creation and Restoration Sites. The contractor must provide all personnel, equipment, tools and materials supervision and other items and services necessary to perform soil moisture monitoring at an estimated 300 to 500 acres of land. The need for microclimate and soil moisture data associated with wildlife species and their surrounding habitat is unarguably of primary importance to any habitat creation and restoration program. Microclimate, including soil moisture, is known to influence wildlife species' use of riparian habitat. Likewise, riparian habitat could not exist without sufficient soil moisture needed to support this complex system. In order to effectively evaluate the habitat at select habitat creation sites, microclimate data are needed for correlations with vegetation data that in turn can help explain the presence or absence of MSCP covered species.Soil moisture is one of the most important variables when measuring the following; planting success (mortality), changes in size and structure of plants, community composition, and soil quality attributes. Should you be interested in this effort, please submit a capability package to Brian Switzer at the address listed below. Capability statements are to be submitted no later than March 4, 2011. The capability statement shall address the work listed above, demonstrate the company's capability to perform the work, describe previous procurements performed of similar size and complexity, and to provide examples of past performance related to soil moisture monitoring. Additionally, all responses to this sources sought shall include company name and address, business size and type (8(a), HubZone, Small Business, etc), and point of contact to include e-mail address and telephone number. Capability statements shall not exceed five pages in length. This information will be used to assist the Contracting Officer in developing the procurement strategy, in particular, including whether an 8(a) or Hubzone set-aside is warranted or if another socio-economic set-aside strategy is more appropriate. All responses to this sources sought notice shall be provided to Brian Switzer/LC-10114, Contract Specialist, P. O. Box 61470, Boulder City, NV 89006-1470 or via e-mail bswitzer@usbr.gov. When it is determined that a formal solicitation will be issued, a pre-solicitation notice will be posted on Federal Business Opportunities web site at http://www.fedbizoipps.gov/.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Havasu National Wildlife Refuge near Needles, California, Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge located near Parker, Arizona, Cibola National Wildlife Refuge Unit #1, Cibola Valley Conservation Area and Palo Verde Ecological Reserve.
- Zip Code: 92225
- Zip Code: 92225
- Record
- SN02393538-W 20110306/110304234152-cd10db64cb9f6f6a95ca29a6e07ce7d4 (fbodaily.com)
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