Lake Mohave Razorback Sucker Monitoring
This is a sources sought notice for acquisition planning purposes only. No formal solicitation exists at this time. This is NOT a request for proposals and is NOT to be construed as a commitment by the Government.
All businesses, regardless of size, capable of providing these items are invited to respond to this announcement and submit a capability statement for consideration. Capability statements received will be reviewed to determine a firm's previous experience performing similar work as well as their technical, administrative, management, and financial capability. The capability statements will be reviewed and used to determine an appropriate procurement strategy, in particular whether a set-aside is warranted or an alternate procurement strategy.
The applicable North American Industry Classification (NAIC) code is 541690 - Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services and the Small Business Size Standard is $19 Million.
Proposed Project:
The 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 requirement will be for a base and four (4) one (1) year option periods. This fish is currently listed as endangered under the authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973. The Razorback Sucker was historically abundant throughout the Basin and was predominantly found in the main stem river and major tributaries of Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Tasks for monitoring the razorback sucker population(s) in Lake Mohave, AZ-NV, shall include:
- Locating and capturing/contacting adult razorback suckers
- Locating and capturing larval razorback suckers
- Recording biological data (e.g. sex, total length, weight), documenting the PIT tag number, and examining the general health and condition of captured adult razorback sucker
- Collecting tissue samples from captured adult razorback sucker for genetic analysis (Samples may be provided to the designated Contracting Officer's Representative [COR] or shipped directly to a lab of Reclamation's choosing. The contractor is not responsible for reporting results of these analyses.)
- Marking of captured adult razorback sucker with PIT tags for individual identification (only if fish have not been previously tagged)
- Using mobile, remote PIT tag scanning units capable of deployment in both slack water and riverine sections of Lake Mohave
- Participating in a maximum of two (2) annual, weeklong, multi-agency, survey events to take place in the spring (March) and fall (November or December) of each contract year (In the event these surveys do not take place, the contractor may conduct additional remote scanning during these periods.)
- Providing estimates for current repatriate, and if possible, wild, razorback sucker populations
- Assimilating Lake Mohave razorback sucker capture/contact data collected by other federal and non-federal entities into population estimates
- Providing monthly progress reports summarizing all field, laboratory, or office work completed in the course of this effort
- Providing copies of all data sets generated in the course of this work to the designated COR
- Providing a draft interim report during each contract year for review by LCR MSCP staff
- Providing a final interim report for each completed contract year
- Providing a draft project report during the final option year
- Providing a final project report for the complete contract
- Attending the annual CRAB meeting and presenting monitoring results
Capability Statement/Package:
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 or an alternate procurement strategy is warranted.
Capability statements should demonstrate the firm's experience and capability to perform the principal components of services listed above. Packages should include the following information:
- Capturing multiple life stages of native, endangered fish
- Recording standard biological data for captured fish species
- Marking juvenile and adult fish with passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags for individual identification
- Using mobile, remote PIT scanning units to contact marked fish
- Assimilating fish capture and contact data from multiple entities
- Estimated population size or abundance
Interested sources are welcome to submit a capability statement package to include the following information:
1. Capability statement shall address your company experience performing the work listed above and identify available resources (specifically equipment & personnel) for performing this type of work.
2. Provide your business name, address, point of contact, phone number and email address.
3. Unique Entity ID Number (Formerly the DUNS Number)
4. Size status/SBA certifications (Small business, Women Owned Small Business, HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, other).
5. The capability statement shall demonstrate that your company is capable of performing under a contract of this magnitude and complexity. Please provide a list of ALL RELEVANT projects (projects of a similar size, scope, and complexity of the proposed project are considered relevant), either Government or commercial, performed within the last five (5) years, with a brief description of the project, contract number, project title, dollar amount, timeliness of performance, and customer satisfaction. Include the customer's name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and points of contact with phone numbers. Indicate whether or not you were the prime contractor, and, if you were a subcontractor, provide the name and point of contact information for the prime contractor. Include the percentage of self-performed work, how the work was accomplished, and the performance rating for the work.
All businesses are encouraged to limit responses to not more than six (6) pages in length. The purpose of this notice is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities and qualifications of potential contractors for solicitation planning purposes only.
Information provided by industry in response to this announcement is voluntary. The Government will not pay for any information submitted in response to this sources sought notice.
Interested sources should submit their capability statement on or before 2:00 PM local time, October 10, 2024. All responses to this sources sought notice shall be provided to Kathleen (Kathy) Berry, Contract Specialist, via e-mail at kberry@usbr.gov. The subject line shall clearly reference the Solicitation Number associated with the announcement. If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Berry at kberry@usbr.gov.
When it is determined that a formal solicitation will be issued, a pre-solicitation notice will be posted on System for Award Management (SAM), as required by FAR 4.1102, will apply to any resulting procurement. Prospective contractors must be registered in SAM at the time an offer or quotation is submitted. Lack of registration in the SAM database may make an offeror ineligible for award. Information on SAM registration can be obtained at the following web address: https://www.sam.gov.
