PRESOL | B | Biological Monitoring Services - Conduct Comprehensive, Repeatable Surveys in All Potentially Suitable Habitat Types Within the Lower Colorado River - Yellow-Billed Cuckoo Restoration and Conservation, Multi-Species Conservation Program (MSCP)

FBO DAILY ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 FBO #2134
SOLICITATION NOTICE

B -- Biological Monitoring Services - Conduct Comprehensive, Repeatable Surveys in All Potentially Suitable Habitat Types Within the Lower Colorado River - Yellow-Billed Cuckoo Restoration and Conservation, Multi-Species Conservation Program (MSCP)

Notice Date: 9/28/2007
Notice Type: Solicitation Notice
Contracting Office: Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Region P.O. Box 61470 Boulder City NV 89006
ZIP Code: 89006
Solicitation Number: 08SQ308099
Response Due: 10/29/2007
Archive Date: 9/27/2008
Point of Contact: Sherry Gossett Contract Specialist 7022938348 sgossett@lc.usbr.gov;
Small Business Set-Aside: N/A
Description: The western yellow-billed cuckoo is a neo-tropical migrant species that breeds in deciduous woodlands, restricted to riparian habitat that lines rivers and streams in the western United States. Yellow-billed cuckoo populations in the western United States have declined dramatically over the last 100 years. In 2001, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service found that the western yellow-billed cuckoo warrants protection under the Endangered Species Act as threatened, but precluded by higher priority actions. Cuckoos are listed as endangered by the Nevada Natural Heritage Program, as endangered by the California Department of Fish and Game, and a species of special concern by the Arizona Game and Fish Department. The Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Regional Office, has a requirement for a base and four option years to perform biological monitoring of the western yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus occidentalis) along the lower Colorado River as it exits the Grand Canyon in Lake Mead to the United States-Mexico Southerly International Border to determine long-term population trends. Yellow-billed cuckoo surveys shall be conducted following Halterman et al. 2007, Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo Natural History Summary and Survey Methodology. This survey protocol requires a minimum of four surveys at each site, one during each period (10 - 30 June, 1 - 21 July, 22 -11 August, and 12 August - 2 September) to document presence/absence of yellow-billed cuckoos at approximately 55 sites within 17 study areas. Four visits is the minimum necessary to determine with relative confidence that cuckoos are probably not breeding at a site in that year. Vegetation monitoring and microclimate data shall also be collected in nesting areas to determine specific habitat requirements of the cuckoo. The Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program Habitat Conservation Plan requires the Bureau of Reclamation to restore 5,940 of cottonwood-willow habitat, including 4,050 acres specifically for the yellow-billed cuckoo. For this project, breeding habitat characteristics of the cuckoo need to be determined to aid and evaluate the success of current and future restoration projects on the lower Colorado River. This will be a "best value" procurement with award based on past performance, knowledge of desert riparian systems and biological inventorying and monitoring techniques, education requirement for the team leader and technician, skill in monitoring of low density bird populations and price. All evaluation factors other than cost or price, when combined, are significantly more important that cost or price. The solicitation is unrestricted. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541620 and the related small business size standard in dollars is $6.5 Million. Central Contractor Registration (CCR) and Annual Representations and Certifications, as required by FAR 4.1102, apply to this procurement. Prospective firms must be registered in CCR prior to award and complete Online Representations and Certifications (ORCA) at "http://www.bpn.gov". The point of contact for this acquisition is Sherry Gossett at (702) 293-8348, e-mail address is sgossett@lc.usbr.gov. It is anticipated that the Request for Quotation (RFQ) will be ready for release on or about October 01, 2007. To obtain a copy of the RFQ, please go to the website at National Business Center Interior Electronic Acquisition System-Electronic Commerce at "http://www.fedbizopps.gov" or visit our website at http://ideasec.nbc.gov. For assistance in downloading information from the National Business Center contact the helpdesk at (703) 390-6633.
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Place of Performance: Address: Lower Colorado River; Zip Code: 89005; Country: USA
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B -- Biological Monitoring Services - Conduct Comprehensive, Repeatable Surveys in All Potentially Suitable Habitat Types Within the Lower Colorado River - Yellow-Billed Cuckoo Restoration and Conservation, Multi-Species Conservation Program (MSCP)