THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) AND NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE
The US Bureau of Reclamation (USBR), Interior Region 10, California-Great Basin, Division of Acquisitions, Supply and Services Branch, Sacramento CA intends to negotiate a contract on a sole source basis with the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation under the authority of FAR 13.501, Only one responsible source using Simplified Acquisition Procedures.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) issued a Clean Water Act 404 permit to Reclamation which requires the purchase of 1.6 aquatic resource credits from the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, Sacramento District Office. The credits are required to offset permanent impacts to waters of the United States resulting from the construction of the Friant-Kern Canal Middle Reach Capacity Correction Project in lieu fee program of the Kern River Watershed Service Area.
Based on the above information National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, is the only responsible source for the resource credits required for this project area. The Army Corps of Engineers CWA permit SPK-2019-00634 directs the purchase of resource credits from an USACE-certified mitigation bank such as the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
Firms which can provide the resource credits above must submit written notice to the Contracting Office and must provide evidence in sufficient detail to demonstrate the respondent¿s ability to meet the stated requirement. This is not a request for competitive proposals. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
Responses shall include the firm¿s Dun and Bradstreet number and Tax Identification Number. Firms shall identify their business size (small, other than small, etc.) in accordance with the size standard $16.5M.for NAICS code 813312 (Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations). This notice is the only official pre-solicitation notice of this requirement.

Please note that any prospective offeror must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov in accordance with FAR Subpart 4.11.

The following information is pertinent to this notice:
1. Responses shall be submitted by 1200 PST, November 30, 2021 to the point of contact below.

2. Point of Contact:

Joe Molina, Contracting Officer
[email protected]

3. Delivery is 5 days after award of purchase order.

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