MODIFICATION
C -- Engineering Planning Services for the Northern Guam Watershed - Irrigation Project
- Notice Date
- 7/26/2006
- Notice Type
- Modification
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Hawaii State Office, P.O. Box 50004, Honolulu, HI, 96850-0002
- ZIP Code
- 96850-0002
- Solicitation Number
- AG-9251-S-06-0007
- Response Due
- 8/25/2006
- Point of Contact
- Keith Harada, Contract Specialist, Phone 808-541-2600, Ext. 116, Fax 808-541-2613,
- E-Mail Address
-
keith.harada@hi.usda.gov
- Description
- This Amendment to Combined Synopsis/Solicitation 02, hereby, replaces the Amendment to Combined Synopsis/Solicitation 01, as follows: 1. The "Specifications, Engineering Planning Services - Northern Guam Watershed, Irrigation Project" is, hereby, included in the original "Combine Synopsis/Solicitation No. AG-9251-S-06-0007 and is posted at: ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/HI/pub/technical/engineer/Specifications_North_Guam_Watershed_Irrigation_Project.pdf 2. The Form: SF330, Architect-Engineer Qualifications is available at: http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/ep/formslibrary.do?viewType=DETAIL&formId=21DBF5BF7E860FC185256E13005C6AA6 email: Jeffrey.Wheaton@pb.usda.gov b) No less than thirty (30) calendar days before the product is due, the Contractor will present four (4) copies (three (3) printed and one (1) on CD in PDF format) of the draft document (plan) to NRCS for review and comment. Supporting documentation will not be part of the submitted draft, but will be a required component of the final product. c) The contractor will present the draft Project Environmental Evaluation to the project sponsors for review at the same time as the copy is delivered to NRCS. The Sponsors will review the plan and provide comments regarding the plan to USDA NRCS for inclusion in the comments to the Contractor. d) NRCS will provide comments to the Contractor in writing no less than eleven (11) calendar days prior to the end of the performance time. e) All comments will be resolved by the Contractor and the final product will be delivered to NRCS at Mongmong, GU within one hundred twenty (120) calendar days of NRCS acceptance of the schedule of work (functionally the Notice to Proceed). All documents submitted will be clearly marked with the date. NRCS will date stamp documents upon receiving them. 5. Final Plan Preparation and Distribution a) The contractor will prepare the final product and deliver ten (10) unbound copies and two (2) CDs (one (1) CD in MS WORD and one (1) CD in PDF format) to: USDA, NRCS, FHB Building, Suite 301, 400 Route 8, Mongmong, Guam 96910. b) The contractor will deliver all supporting documentation for the planning product to NRCS. Supporting documentation will become the property of USDA NRCS. An index itemizing all supporting documentation will be part of the supporting documentation. 6. Technical References General References: 1. USDA NRCS National Planning Procedures Handbook http://policy.nrcs.usda.gov/scripts/lpsiis.dll/H/H_180_600.htm 2. USDA NRCS National Watershed Manual http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/watershed/NWSM.html 3. USA COE Economic & Environmental Principles and Guidelines for Water and Related Land Resources Implementation Studies http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/inside/products/pub/iwrreports/p&g.pdf 4. USDA NRCS National Environmental Compliance Handbook http://policy.nrcs.usda.gov/scripts/lpsiis.dll/H/H_190_610_Content.htm 5. USDA NRCS National Cultural Resources Procedures Handbook http://policy.nrcs.usda.gov/scripts/lpsiis.dll/H/H_190_601_Content.htm 6. GSA Forms Library, Form: SF330, Architect-Engineer Qualifications http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/ep/formslibrary.do?viewType=DETAIL&formId=21DBF5BF7E860FC185256E13005C6AA6 Project and Area Specific References: Previous Planning Efforts for Tract 1021 - NRCS Documents available at the NRCS Mongmong Office FHB Bldg Suite 301, 400 Route 8, Mongmong, Guam. 1. Northern Guam Resource Report: Ground Water Protection, September 1999 2. Watershed Plan Environmental Impact Statement Northern Guam Watershed, August 1994, with extensive supporting documentation. Exhibit 1 PLAN OF WORK Planning of Northern Guam Irrigation Project Work Item Responsible Party I. Initiate Planning
NRCS & A&E a) Meet with NRCS to review the Schedule of Work submittal proposed by the Contractor, discuss expectations, gather existing supporting data and determine additional data needs
NRCS & A&E b) Discuss and schedule needed surveys
.NRCS & A&E c) Schedule initial site visit
..NRCS & A&E d) Meet with sponsors to discuss project
.NRCS & A&E II. Identify Problems, Opportunities, and Concerns
..A&E & Sponsors a) Field review/reconnaissance of watershed
A&E b) Obtain local input from sponsors, landowners, NRCS
.A&E III. Conduct Planning Studies
.A&E a) Analyze Existing Data
...A&E 1. From NRCS, sponsors, others
..A&E 2. Review existing leases/easements
A&E b) Environmental Evaluation (EE)
A&E 1. Complete EE for existing condition and document findings
A&E 2. Determine level of NEPA documentation required.................................NRCS 3. Conduct resource inventories and watershed assessment
.A&E a. Prime Farmland
...A&E b. Water Quality, Public water supply, sole source aquifer; threats to ground water quality (nutrients, pollutants, biologic), paths to aquifer; e.g. sink holes, fractures
...A&E c. Water Quantity, Surface and Ground
..A&E i. Identify existing water distribution system and capacity, sizes of lines, storages, locations
...A&E ii Quantify current water consumption within the planning area
.A&E d. Threatened and Endangered Species
...A&E e. Fish and Wildlife habitat
.A&E f. Archaeological and Historical Resources
A&E i. Consultation with Government of Guam Department of Parks and Recreation, Office of Historic Preservation
.A&E ii. Conduct cultural resources surveys of project area
.A&E g. Economic and Social condition of planning area
A&E 4. Identify low income populations, minorities, etc
..A&E c) Formulate Possible Alternatives to Documented Resource Problem
.A&E 1. Determine agricultural water requirements over a normal dry season, on a seasonal and average daily basis
...A&E 2. Identifying possible sources of supplemental agricultural water supply. Note: physical location of water supply need not be restricted to the study area. Wells, catchments, recycled (gray) water, etc. may all be considered.....A&E a. Estimate yield from supplemental water supply sources, daily, seasonal (wet). Identify aquifer extend and current estimates of sustainable yield
...A&E b. Evaluate suitability of identified water supplies for use as irrigation
...A&E 3. Identify potential water storage facilities for operational needs (regulation), or collection and storage of surface water for dry season use. Possibilities may include, but are not limited to elevated tanks, excavated and lined impoundments, embankments, sealed sinkholes, etc
A&E a. Geology suitability for excavated storage, bearing strength for elevated storage
A&E b. Soil properties and possible embankment sites for surface water storage
..A&E d) Examine Possible Alternatives in light of regulations, permits, known limitations, and with Sponsors
A&E, Sponsors, NRCS 1. Select most feasible supplemental water sources for further Evaluation
...A&E 2. Identify water distribution (one outlet per parcel) configuration(s) for selected feasible water sources
.A&E e) Evaluate Most Feasible Alternatives (including no action)
.A&E 1. Environmental Impacts
...A&E a. Human health and safety
A&E b. Improved production
..A&E c. Erosion and sedimentation
.A&E d. Economic and social
..A&E e. Archaeological and Historical resources
A&E f. Threatened and Endangered Species
..A&E g. Fish and Wildlife resources
A&E h. Water quality/quantity
A&E i. Transportation/Infrastructure
..A&E j. Land Use and Management
A&E k. Prime Farmlands
A&E 2. Costs
A&E a. Installation, Engineering, Contract Administration, Construction
A&E b. Operation and Maintenance
...A&E c. Average Annual Costs for the Design Life of the Alternative
...A&E 3. Benefits
A&E a. Agricultural Production
..A&E b. Environmental
A&E c. Average Annual
..A&E 4. Benefit Cost Ratio
...A&E IV. Prepare Supplemental Watershed Plan/EE
.A&E a) Prepare draft document for technical review
...A&E 1. Technical review by NRCS
.NRCS 2. Review by sponsors
A&E, Sponsors 3. Review final draft plan/EE
..NRCS b) Prepare Final Product
..A&E 1. Deliver ten (10) unbound copies and two (2) CDs of final plan/EE
.A&E 2. Deliver supporting documentation (data, computations, notes, computer printouts, etc.)
..A&E Exhibit 2 WATERSHED PLAN FORMAT Cover/Fly Sheet/Title Page Table of Contents Summary Current Condition of the Planning Area Problems and Opportunities Alternatives Considered Description of Most Feasible Alternatives No Action (Future Without Project Condition) Other Alternatives Environmental Evaluation Comparison and Effects of Alternatives Recommended Plan Summary Costs Benefits Actions Required Prior to Installation Operation, Maintenance, Repair, and/or Replacement Comparison of Structural Physical Data Risk and Uncertainty List of Preparers Tables 1-6 Watershed Project Map Maps Showing Action Alternatives (Water Supply and Distribution System) NOTE: THIS NOTICE MAY HAVE POSTED ON FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (26-JUL-2006). IT ACTUALLY APPEARED OR REAPPEARED ON THE FEDBIZOPPS SYSTEM ON 29-SEP-2006, BUT REAPPEARED IN THE FTP FEED FOR THIS POSTING DATE. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Northern Guam Watershed
- Country: GUAM
- Country: GUAM
- Record
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