SOLICITATION NOTICE
F -- HYDROLOGIC SERVICES AND ANALYTICAL SUPPORT for Point Reyes National Seashore, CA
- Notice Date
- 1/29/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- PWR - PORE Point Reyes National Seashore Bear Valley Road Point Reyes CA 94956
- ZIP Code
- 94956
- Solicitation Number
- N8530030025
- Archive Date
- 1/29/2004
- Point of Contact
- Kris Swofford Contracting Officer 4154645105 Kris_Swofford@nps.gov
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to Point of Contact above or IDEASEC HELP DESK
(EC_helpdesk@NBC.GOV)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Point Reyes National Seashore seeks hydrologic services and analysis in the planning of a wetlands restoration project for the former Giacomini Ranch in Tomales Bay, California. The project area is located at the southern end of Tomales Bay at the mouth of Lagunitas Creek, the largest subwatershed within the Bay. It is bordered by the town of Point Reyes Station to the east and Inverness Park to the west, in Marin County, CA. Diverse hydrologic influences have resulted in extensive wetland development over much of the project area. Most of these wetlands are considered 'wet pasture' and are dominated by non-native annual and perennial grasses. However, portions of the project area where a mosaic of riparian, marsh, and wet pasture is present were found to support a large number of common and special status wildlife species. This wildlife diversity is further enhanced by the proximity of habitats such as evergreen forest, coastal scrub, and undiked salt marsh that occur on the periphery of the project area. This project will be integral to the development of restoration alternatives. Efforts will be focused on restoring hydrologic processes and to improve and/or refine preliminary alternatives proposed to ensure that those selected for inclusion in a future environmental document are hydrologically feasible and do not violate any of the project objectives. Once the alternatives have been selected, modeling and/or other hydrologic analysis should be conducted to better quantify the conditions expected to occur and degree of potential impacts, both positive and negative. Specific tasks will include: Update historic information on hydrologic conditions in the project area; determine the hydrologic issues that will need to be considered when developing restoration alternatives (i.e., current sediment loads, sediment transport patterns, strategy with regards to existing streams present, strategy for development or reinitiation of tidal creeks/slough network, strategy with regards to flood risks, potential effects associated with sea level rise, etc.); improve and/or refine preliminary alternatives proposed by others on hydrologic feasibility; conduct hydrologic modeling and other methods of hydrologic analysis; evaluate hydrologic impacts to habitat for special status species; prepare plans of both preliminary alternatives and final alternatives selected; attend internal and external meetings to present and/or answer questions with regards to hydrological issues presented; and produce a draft and final technical report. Key personnel must have a strong academic and professional background in hydrology, including a thorough understanding of both tidal and freshwater hydrologic processes; must have demonstrated an understanding of issues crucial to successful tidal wetland restoration design and have implemented this understanding through design of alternatives for tidal wetland restoration projects; must have demonstrated experience conducting hydrologic modeling and analyses of tidal wetland restoration projects, including determining feasibility and potential benefits and impacts of conceptual alternatives proposed; and must have demonstrated experience in collecting and analyzing field data determined to be required for hydrologic modeling and analysis. A technical proposal will be required. Selection will be based on the following criteria: 1) Demonstrated experience in hydrologic planning of wetland restoration projects, specifically tidal wetland restoration projects. The key individual should have had primary responsibility for hydrologic analysis for at least three tidal wetland restoration projects; 2) Level of expertise and appropriateness demonstrated in the detailed technical approach for implementing the project work; 3) Demonstrated understanding of the hydrologic issues that need to be taken into consideration when undertaking a tidal wetland restoration project, particularly one that incorporates both tidal and freshwater influences; and 4) Demonstrated cost-effectiveness of the proposed approach in meeting the project work. The proposed contract period of performance is expected to conclude in approximately one year. Issuance of the Request for Proposal (RFP) is expected to be on or about February 20, 2003 with proposals due 30 days thereafter. The RFP will be available for electronic access only at http://www.fedbizopps.gov, or directly through the DOI National Business Center website at http://ideasec.nbc.gov. This acquisition is unrestricted. All responsible sources may submit an offer which, if timely received, will be considered. The participation in this acquisition by Small Business Concerns is encouraged.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, CA
- Zip Code: 94956
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 94956
- Record
- SN00248970-W 20030131/030129213814 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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