10--Elk Exclosure for Dworshak Dam

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Walla Walla District in Walla Walla, Washington, has a requirement to furnish and install Elk Exclosure t-post wire fencing at Dworshak Dam. This synopsis is not a Request for Quotes (RFQ) or proposals (RFP). This announcement is for information and planning purposes only and is not a commitment by the Government, implied or otherwise, to issue a solicitation or award a contract. SUMMARY OF WORK: The following specifications pertain to the supply and install of fencing for Dworshak Dam. The NAICS code is 238990 and FSC code is S208. Salient characteristics will be in the solicitation. The contractor shall be required to deliver and install .71 miles of fencing, designed to exclude ungulates in moderately steep vegetated terrain. Map locations shall be provided. RFQ number W912EF14Q0221 will be issued in the near future. The closing date and time will be detailed in the RFQ and any amendments that may be issued. A site visit is set-up for July 22 at 1:00 PM at Grandad Campground. IMPORTANT NOTE: The FedBizOpps response date listed elsewhere in this synopsis is for FedBizOpps archiving purposes only. It has no relationship to the actual solicitation due date and time. Conducting Business with the Government: In order for contractors to conduct business with the Department of Defense, the contractor must provide registration information to the System for Award Management Registration (SAM). All Offerors must be SAM registered prior to receiving an award. Registration instructions may be obtained and online registration may be accomplished, at www.sam.gov. By submission of a quote, a vendor acknowledges the requirement to be registered in the SAM database prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract resulting from the solicitation. When available, the solicitation documents for this project will be accessible via FedBizOpps at www.fbo.gov. No CD's or hard copies will be available. Offerors are responsible for checking the referenced page for any update(s) to the Notice. The Government is not responsible for any loss of Internet connectivity or for an offeror's inability to access the document posted at the referenced website.

1. INTENT The following specifications pertain to the purchase and installation of fencing designed to protect a select area of habitat from ungulate herbivory in the Grandad Elk Mitigation Area around Dworshak Reservoir in Clearwater County, Idaho. The fence shall be designed to exclude elk from the area for a minimum of five years, to allow the forage within the exclosure to mature, and then to be relocatable to other sites. 2. BACKGROUND Dworshak Dam and Reservoir (Dworshak Project) has several congressionally authorized purposes, one of which is to develop and sustain fish and wildlife habitat. In addition, it has a federal mandate to provide elk habitat (Design Memorandum 15 quote mark The Plan for Development of Rocky Mountain Elk Habitat quote mark ). The implementation of this plan resulted in the acquisition and development of the Grandad Elk Mitigation Area, a 5,000 acre block of land designed to meet specific winter elk habitat objectives. Approximately 3,000 acres of the 5,000-acre Grandad Elk Mitigation Area (see the attached area maps) was clear-cut and burned in the 1970s to promote the production of winter browse species for elk. Although the efforts in the '70s were generally successful, today some of the clear-cut and burn units have very little elk winter forage and are thought to have inadequate seed source of these plants in the ground. Both of these conditions are primarily the result of elk herbivory. Although the '70s burns provided ample winter forage early on, years of continued elk herbivory have prevented winter forage from maturing, and harsh winters have killed many of the existing plants. Without maturing, these plants are kept from producing seed. The exclosure will allow stunted plants to mature and produce seed. After several years, the fencing will be removed by the Government. The plants will have provided a new seed source to the landscape, and the mature, more vigorous plants will also be able to provide food for the elk without compromising plant survival. 3. SCOPE The Contractor shall be required to conduct site preparation and deliver and install 0.77 (based on three dimensional resource grade GPS measurement) of fencing, designed to exclude ungulates in moderately steep vegetated terrain. Coordination of the installation schedule shall be done with the Project Point of Contact (POC).