CA-SAN FRAN BAY-NATURAL RESOURCE PLAN
Sources Sought for CA-SAN FRAN BAY-NATURAL RESOURCE PLAN. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Contracting and General Services Division (CGS) Region 1 is conducting market research to determine the availability, interest and capability of potential sources qualified and able to facilitate and support an effective resource management planning process that includes a series of workshops for the San Francisco National Wildlife Refuge Complex (Complex). One of the purposes of regional refuge biological program is to foster the development of natural resource management plans (NRMPs) and inventory and monitoring plans (IMPs) for National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs) in Region 8 that promote the effective, efficient and adaptive management of refuge resources. Using the Conservation MeasuresB? Partnership Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation (OS); See http://www.cmp-openstandards.org/download-os/ For Conservation Measures Partnerships (CMP) see http://www.conservationmeasures.org
The contractor would assist and adapt as needed, the existing NRMP process for Region 8 NWRs to the development of an inclusive, transparent, structured and objective work planning process that will result in a draft high-level multi-year NRMP and IMP for the Complex. The resulting plans for the Complex will incorporate adaptive management principles and fully integrate climate change considerations. As part of the planning process, the contractor would work with Region 8 and the San Francisco NWR Complex staff to use Miradi Desktop Software and Miradi Share to store, aggregate and share planning data among refuges and with partners as more detailed plans are developed for the NWRs in the Complex and throughout Region 8. This project is planned to commence upon award on or before 2/15/2017 and ends on or before 10/31/2017.
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The Government requests interested parties submit a brief statement of current capability to perform these services and a letter of interest. Interested and qualified sources should provide the following information: (1) company name, point of contact, e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers, type of business and size [i.e.; Large, Small, SBA Section 8(a), Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZone), Women Owned, and/or Service Disabled Veteran Owned (SDVO)]; (2) a list of your most recent and relevant Government and/or commercial contracts (not to exceed ten) to include a brief description, names, POCs, phone numbers, value & type of contract, and period of performance; and (3) information about your company and why you think you can perform this service. Please limit your submissions to ten pages. Send responses to the Ginger_Thacker@fws.gov.
This is a Sources Sought announcement only; no solicitation exists or is available at this time. Requests for a solicitation shall not receive a response. This announcement shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract. In the event a solicitation is developed, it will be assigned a formal Request for Proposal (RFP) number and the announcement will be published on the FedBizOpps website at www.fbo.gov and the FedConnect homepage https://www.fedconnect.net/Fedconnect. Potential interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation package as well as downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments, if any.
Thacker, Ginger
