SOURCES SOUGHT
F -- Sources Sought for Hydrogeomorphic (HGM) Evaluations and Management Options for: Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge (NWR); San Luis Valley of Colorado; Baca NWR; Monte Vista NWR; Alamosa NWR: and, Quivira NWR
- Notice Date
- 3/22/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- US Fish and Wildlife Service, CGS Contracting and General Services134 Union Blvd Lakewood CO 80228
- ZIP Code
- 80228
- Solicitation Number
- 60181AQ028
- Response Due
- 3/26/2010
- Archive Date
- 3/22/2011
- Point of Contact
- Scott E Rogers Contracting Officer 3032364335 scott_rogers@fws.gov;
- E-Mail Address
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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
- SOURCES SOUGHT FOR THE US FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE, REGION 6, MOUNTAIN & PRAIRIE REGION, CONTRACTING & GENERAL SERVICES. THIS IS NOT A PRE-SOLICITATION OR A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. THE PURPOSE OF THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE IS TO GAIN MARKET KNOWLEDGE OF POTENTIAL BUSINESS SOURCES AND THEIR SIZE CLASSIFICATIONS, EITHER OTHER THAN SMALL BUSINESS, SMALL BUSINESS (SB0, HUBZONE, 8(a), OR SERVICE DISABLED VETERAN OWNED BUSINESSES (SDVOB) RELATIVE TO PROVIDING HYDROGEOMORPHIC (HGM) EVALUATION OF ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT OPTIONS UNDER A FIRM FIXED PRICE CONTRACT FOR THE FOLLOWING NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES (NWR): Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge San Luis Valley of Colorado Baca National Wildlife Refuge Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge Quivira National Wildlife Refuge THE CONTRACT WILL CONSIST OF THE VENDOR PROVIDING ALL PLANT, LABOR, TOOLS, TRANSPORTATION, MATERIALS AND INCIDENTALS NECESSARY TO PERFORM HGM EVALUATIONS OF THE INDICATED NWR'S. THE NAICS FOR THIS ACQUISITION IS: 541690, WITH A SIZE STANDARD OF $7.0 M. RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICES SHALL INCLUDE: COMPANY NAME; ADDRESS; POINT OF CONTACT; AND SIZE OF BUSINESS. PLEASE RESPOND TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: 1. IS YOUR FIRM A SMALL BUSINESS UNDER NAICS CODE 541690?2. IS YOUR FIRM CERTIFIED UNDER SECTION 8(a) OF THE SMALL BUSINESS ACT?3. IS YOUR FIRM A CERTIFIED HUBZONE BUSINESS?4. IS YOUR FIRM A SERVICE DISABLED VETERAN OWNED BUSINESS?5. IS YOUR FIRM AN OTHER THAN SMALL BUSINESS? THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION AND REPONSES WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED AS PROPOSALS TO PERFORM THE WORK AN IN NO WAY OBLIGATES THE GOVERNMENT TO AWARD A CONTRACT. THIS IS MARKET RESEARCH INFORMATION ONLY. RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED AS A RESPONSE TO ANY SOLICITATION, OR A REQUEST TO BE ADDED TO PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS LIST, OR TO RECEIVE A COPY OF ANY SOLICITATION. NO SOLICITATION IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE TO SCOTT ROGERS: SCOTT_ROGERS@FWS.GOV. TELEPHONE RESPONSES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. PROVIDE RESPONSES IN WRITING NO LATERE THAN MARCH 26, 2010. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Perform HGM Evaluations: Evaluations of conservation and management strategies for ecosystems in North America have evolved to incorporate information, and base landscape-scale decisions, on: 1) geomorphology, soils, and topography of landforms; 2) basic ecological processes that created and sustained communities especially hydrology, disturbance mechanisms, and community dynamics; and 3) relative degree and type of alteration to structure and processes. These landscape-scale evaluations are embodied within the contemporary "hydrogeomorphic methodological (HGM)" approach. HGM is a three-stage process that: 1.Determines the historic condition and ecological processes of an area/region and its surrounding landscapes from a variety of historical and current information including geomorphology, soils, topography, hydrology, floral and faunal accounts, maps, etc.2.Identifies physical, ecological process, and biotic changes to the ecosystem in the region from the historic condition.3.Identifies options and approaches to restore and manage specific communities and ecological conditions. Specifically, the first part of the HGM approach determines and models the historic landscape context and configuration within a region by developing a "matrix" of understanding of which plant communities historically occurred in different geomorphic, soil, topographic, and hydrological settings. The matrix is developed using comprehensive scientific data discovery and field calibration using published literature, community reference sites, and botanical correlation. For example, wet meadow habitats in Western U.S. Intermountain floodplains are often distributed on older Holocene alluvial terraces, on silty-clay soils, within the 2-5 flood frequency occurrence topography, and where surface water sheetflow occurs. The beauty of the first part of HGM is that landscapes ranging in geographic scale from site-specific areas (individual refuges) to entire watersheds (e.g., the San Luis Valley) can be mapped in an objective way based on scientific information and analyses - and, this information provides perspective on which communities belong in which locations and how they interacted and were juxtaposed. The second part of HGM describes real-world alterations to system hydrological condition, topography, vegetation community structure and distribution, and resource availability to key fish and wildlife species by comparing historic and current landscapes. This analyses essentially is a detailed assessment of current condition and the types and magnitudes of changes to ecosystem structure and function, including assessment of which communities are most destroyed and degraded, their resilience to changes, and the possibilities of reversing degradations. Third, HGM provides options and approaches to restore and manage specific areas, communities, and sites within the landscape-scale context chosen. The foundation of ecological history coupled with assessment of current conditions helps to determine which system processes (e.g., periodic spring overbank flooding from tributaries of the Rio Grande River) and habitats (wet meadows) can be restored or enhanced, and where this is possible, if it is at all. Obviously, some landscape changes are more permanent and less reversible (e.g., water-control dams on the Rio Grande River) than others (e.g., conversion of native grass or shrubland to small grain production). Through development of the HGM matrix, NWR managers and other conservation conerns can identify: 1) which, and where, habitat types have been lost or altered the most and establish some sense of priority for restoration efforts, 2) where opportunities exist to restore habitats in appropriate geomorphic, soil, hydrological, and topographic settings including both public and private lands, 3) how restoration can replace lost functions and values including system connectivity and provision of key resources to meet life cycle requirements of endemic species, and 4) what management methods, infrastructure, and intensity will be needed to sustain restored communities. In summary, HGM provides a science-based approach to understanding the physical and ecological attributes of landscapes and specific areas within them such as NWRs, how the NWR area historically contributed to larger geographical scale ecosystem functions and values, and essentially its possible role in contemporary and future conservation of these landscapes.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Various: See Description
- Zip Code: 80225
- Zip Code: 80225
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