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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 FBO #3953
MODIFICATION

F -- Ariel Spraying for the BIA-Natural Resource, Crownpoint, NM

Notice Date

9/18/2012
 

Notice Type

Modification/Amendment
 

Contracting Office

BIA - Navajo Regional Office Division of Acquisition P. O. Box 1060301 W. Hill Rm 346 Gallup NM 87305
 

ZIP Code

87305
 

Solicitation Number

A12PS02545
 

Response Due

9/20/2012
 

Archive Date

9/18/2013
 

Point of Contact

Charmaine Williams-James Contract Specialist 5058638227 charmaine.williams-j@bia.gov;
 

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

N/A
 

Description

Request for Quotation No. A12PS02545 is amended as follows: 1. To extend the solicitation date to September 20, 2012 at 10:00 am (mountain time). 2.. To include FAR 52.232-99, Providing Accelarated Payment to Small Business Subcontractors clause: 52.232-99 Providing Accelerated Payment to Small Business Subcontractors This clause implements the temporary policy provided by OMB Policy Memorandum M-12-16, Providing Prompt Payment to Small Business Subcontractors, dated July 11, 2012. (a)Upon receipt of accelerated payments from the Government, the contractor is required to make accelerated payments to small business subcontractors to the maximum extent practicable after receipt of a proper invoice and all proper documentation from the small business subcontractor. (b)Include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (b), in all subcontracts with small business concerns. (c)The acceleration of payments under this clause does not provide any new rights under the Prompt Payment Act. 3.. To include the New Scope of Work: I.Background: The Bureau of Indian Affairs, Eastern Navajo Agency Division of Natural Resources (BIA) is responsible for the management and control of noxious weeds and invasive plants. Noxious weeds and invasive plants infestations impact land management activities and decrease forage production for wildlife and domestic livestock. Salt cedar (Tamarix ramosissima), a federally and state listed noxious weed, is infesting the Chico Wash Watershed and Vecenti Arroyo must be removed or controlled to the best of our ability to do so ( Executive Order 13112). These exotic and invasive plants draw excessive amounts of water from the soil, displace native plants, and are practically unusable for food, cover, or nesting substrate by native wildlife. II.Purpose :The purpose of the project is to initiate a control of the salt cedar infestations and to restore the riparian areas. As the lead agency, in cooperation with the Rio Puerco Watershed and the Navajo Nation, the BIA will contract the work by aerial herbicide application to control the salt cedar. III.Project Location :Chico Wash and Vicente Arroyo is located approximately 60 miles North East of Crownpoint, NM, in Sandoval and McKinley Counties (Township 17-18 North, Range 03-05 West) in Land Management Districts (LMD) 20. IV.Project Area Description: The project area is situated in the Rio Grande Basin, Rio Puerco Watershed in the Chico Arroyo, a roughly elliptical and elongated area running along a northwest to southeast line. The watershed area drains approximately 1,365 mi?. Chico Arroyo empties into the Rio Grande River which empties into the Gulf of Mexico Ownership of the lands within the watershed is a complex mixture of Navajo Nation, State, public land and Private. Public Lands within the Chico Wash watersheds are managed by the BLM- Albuquerque Field Office and the BLM-Farmington Field Office. The project area includes 1,400 acres of salt cedar which is about twelve miles of uninterrupted occurrence of salt cedar with 24-feet swath. A. Soils :The project area is composed of four general soil associations and they are as follows:Notal-Escavado - Riverwash Association, 0-1 percent slope;Blancot-Notel Association, gently sloping;Farb-Rock Outcrop-BadlandComplex, 2 to 25 percent slope; andRiverwash Association, 0-3 percent slop flodd plain, clayey setting, poorly drained. B.Vegetation: Major topographic features of the treatment area and associated vegetation are listed below.TopographyDescriptionElevationRangeMajor Plant SpeciesBottomlandsRolling foothills, wide alluvial filled valleys and canyons, generally with deep arroyos? 5,900'alkalai sacatonblue gramagalletasquirreltail broom snakeweedrubber rabbitbrushgreasewoodfourwing saltbushshadscale Riparian areas Assessed and non-assessed areas along perennially, intermittently, and ephemerally flowing streams, standing waters, and springs.? 5,900'sedges rushes cattail salt cedar willow cottonwood The actual treatment area will only extend to the bottomlands at approximately 5,900 feet. C.Climate:The watershed has a semi-arid climate, with a considerable range of temperature and precipitation due to the differences in topography. Precipitation varies from approximately 8 to 9 inches annually, with approximately 50 percent coming as monsoonal thunderstorms in July, August and September. D.Water Resources: Chico Arroyo is part of Stream Reach Number 2105 as designated by the New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission. Its designated uses include irrigation, limited warm water fishery, livestock watering, wildlife habitat, and secondary contact. Secondary contact such as swimming or wading is probably a rare recreational event in the Rio Puerco Watershed. The Chico Arroyo is an ephemeral to semi-ephemeral stream flowing in response to spring snowmelt and summer storms. The ephemeral nature of the stream precludes any fishery, and both livestock and wildlife make extensive use of the stream and adjacent corridor. Water quality assessments by the State of New Mexico have identified the Chico Arroyo and its tributaries as not fully supporting designated uses, because of stream bottom deposits or sediment. The activities or agents suspected as sources of the sediment include grazing, streambank modification, loss of riparian vegetation, and road maintenance. However, the state did not include the non-perennial reaches of the Chaco or its tributaries (such as those in this watershed) in the assessments because sufficient data were not available. The majority of the treatments will occur on deeply gullied alluvial valley bottoms in the Riverwash soil association. Treatments occurring on other soil associations will generally involve dirt dams, springs, and isolated salt cedar patches in 4th to 8th order tributary channels. Groundwater in the area generally varies in depth from 200-500 feet with most being excess of 500 feet deep. Pesticide DRASTIC index rating for the Alluvial Basins groundwater region 2J - score 155 (low-moderate concern); Pesticide RAVE (a rating system which is for shallower water tables and takes into account the type of pesticide used) rating - score 54 (low-moderate concern). See Glossary for explanation of DRASTIC and RAVE. No farming or other cultivation practices are being conducted immediately downstream of the treatment area. E.Cultural Resources: There will be no ground disturbance since the herbicide will be applied by helicopter. The herbicide application will be precisely applied to the plants using GPS coordinates. Therefore, it is expected that no harm will be done to non-target areas. F.Threatened, Endangered & Other Special-Status Species: Special status species that are known to occur within the area include: bald eagle (accidental migrant), and mountain plover. The area is outside of the bald eagle's normal range, which is along the Rio Grande corridor; however, they have been observed migrating over the area. Federally listed and proposed species that have the potential to occur within the area but have not been specifically identified include the American and Arctic peregrine falcons, mountain plover, Western burrowing owl, loggerhead shrike and ferruginous hawk. The falcons could pass through the area during spring and fall migrations. The mountain plover is found throughout northern New Mexico in shortgrass prairies and could occur within the general area. The Western burrowing owl, loggerhead shrike and ferruginous hawk occur throughout the area wherever their particular habitat sites (e.g., prairie dog towns, open pi?on-juniper savannas) occur. Species in the shrub-grassland community include the bald eagle, Western burrowing owl, ferruginous hawk and loggerhead shrike. None of the threatened or endangered, proposed or other sensitive species appear to be limited or especially dependent upon the pi?on-juniper woodland community. In addition, numerous unique, special-feature habitats exit within the area (e.g., springs, caves, cliffs). These habitats are generally confined to small areas and scattered throughout the two broad vegetative communities. Several species are "obligate" to these specific features, such as caves or cracks in cliffs; that is, they cannot survive except where the features exist. These species include bats (occult little brown, spotted, big free-tailed, Yuma myotis, fringed myotis, long-legged myotis, long-eared myotis and small-footed myotis). Medium-sized cliffs (50 to 75 feet in height) occur within and adjacent to the watershed, and could provide habitat for nesting raptors, ravens and cliff swallows. With improvements in the vegetative and hydrologic conditions of the Chico Arroyo Watershed there is the long term potential to develop habitat suitable for the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher. Currently, no suitable habitat for this species occurs within the watershed. V.Objective and Methodology The objective is to establish control of salt-cedar using an aerial application of herbicide by helicopter. A.The contractor shall: 1.Be a Certified Aerial Pesticide Applicator; 2.Apply herbicide "Habitat" on the salt-cedar by geo-referencing the location using GPS points provided by the BIA; and 3.Apply the herbicide according to the product label and adhere to label instructions during handling, mixing, application and disposal. 4.Contractor will supply their own water for the project. B.The BIA shall: 1.Be on site daily to monitor the work; 2.Provide the topographic maps with the GPS points with UTM coordinates; and 3.Coordinate with the local land board members and/or the chapter official(s) to inform the permittees and resident(s), if any, of the herbicide application. VI.Performance times and delivery Dates September 13, 2012 is the target date of application and timed to the phenology of the salt cedar life cycle or when the plant starts to go dormant. This has been the best time to treat salt cedar effectively and recommend from experience. VII.Attachment(s) A.Map of the Project Area B.GPS Points in UTM coordinates C.EA any mitigation measures provided by Navajo Nation HPD and Fish & Wildlife Service 4. THERE IS A project shape files (electronic maps), PLEASE CONTACT ME AT (505) 863-8227 OR EMAIL ME AT charmaine.williams-james@bia.gov WITH YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS SO I SEND YOU THE INFORMATION. ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS REMAINS THE SAME IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOI/BIA/RestonVA/A12PS02545/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Crownpoint, NM

Zip Code: 87313
 

Record

SN02888151-W 20120920/120919002117-aa487f909e6e0bc1b71c9c7a179231f8 (fbodaily.com)
 

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