PRESOL | F | Irrigators needed to control water release and be present all hours when water use isneeded. Leaking ditches will also have to be shovel stopped.. Reasonable fitness will be needed to walk fields.

FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JUNE 03, 2010 FBO #3113
SOLICITATION NOTICE

F -- Irrigators needed to control water release and be present all hours when water use isneeded. Leaking ditches will also have to be shovel stopped.. Reasonable fitness will be needed to walk fields.

Notice Date: 6/1/2010
Notice Type: Presolicitation
Contracting Office: Division of Contracting and General Services U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service911 NE 11th Avenue Portland OR 97232
ZIP Code: 97232
Solicitation Number: 80181AQ380
Response Due: 6/21/2010
Archive Date: 6/1/2011
Point of Contact: Jan Douglas Contract Specialist 5032316700 ;
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: Total Small Business
Description: Pre-solicitation for US Fish & Wildlife80181AQ380 / Calipatria CA. / Project:The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, Oregon, has a requirement at the Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, Irrigation Workers Ground Maint., NAICS Code 115115, PSC F006 Small Business size standard 7 Mil.Up to ten farm fields will be flood-irrigated under this contract. To accomplish irrigation services at SBSS NWR an irrigator will need to be present during all hours when water is being delivered by the irrigation district. Irrigation water is usually delivered in 24 hour cycles to concrete ditches at the top of each refuge farm field. The irrigator will be responsible for determining how much of the water can be spread over the sections of the field (flood irrigating) through slide gates without overflowing the ditch. When the portion of the field being irrigated is finished, the irrigator will be responsible for opening the next group of slide gates and irrigating the next sections of the field until the whole field is irrigated. This may take anywhere from 24 hours to three days depending on the size of the field. The irrigator will be expected to communicate with refuge staff and/or the irrigation district zanjero as appropriate in case of conflicts with field irrigations (e.g. insufficient water, too much water, leaking ditches etc). The irrigator is expected to be able to communicate by cell phone or other means with the refuge staff, supply their own transportation to and around the worksite as well as their own tools. Some shoveling of soil is expected to efficiently distribute water across all portions of the field. Minimum tail-water loss should occur. Some liquid fertilizer will be mixed in some of the irrigation water by refuge staff. Refuge staff will coordinate irrigation schedules with the contractor.Interested contractors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) and complete online representation and Certifications (ORCA) at http://www.bpn.gov prior to award of contract.This is a small business set aside.
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Place of Performance: Address: Calipatria CA; Zip Code: 922339744
Record: SN02164469-W 20100603/100601234115-48a8241bb92ae28c9c291d29f9fa4253 (fbodaily.com)
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F -- Irrigators needed to control water release and be present all hours when water use isneeded. Leaking ditches will also have to be shovel stopped.. Reasonable fitness will be needed to walk fields.