Sacramento Regional Water Bank Water Management Operations Pilot (WMOP)   2

Sacramento Regional Water Bank Water Management Operations Pilot (WMOP)
This is a sources sought notice and is for INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. This is NOT a request for proposal, quotations, or bids.
The Department of the Interior, Interior Region 10 - California Great Basin, Division of Acquisitions, requests responses from Small Business, 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), HUBZONE, and/or Women Owned Small Business (WOSB), or Other than Small Business (Large Business) contractors interested in providing services including (1) technical support to improve the groundwater module within CalSim 3, (2) use of the refined and updated model to develop mutually-beneficial operational criteria for the proposed federally-recognized Water Bank, and (3) development of deliverables associated with items 1 and 2. The contractor shall provide project management, technical coordination, CalSim 3.0 operational model refinement, formulation of water bank operations, draft and final report, and communication and outreach plan. Additional details regarding the required efforts are provided in the attached draft Performance Work Statement. The proposed contract type is a hybrid contract Firm-Fixed Price and Time and Materials and the approximate period of performance is March 1, 2022 through February 28, 2024. The draft Performance Work Statement is attached to this announcement.
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 541620 Environmental Consulting Services which has an associated small business size standard of $16.5 million.
All organizations interested in providing these services should respond to this announcement by 2:00 PM PST on December 2, 2021. Responses to this sources sought announcement shall be in writing and sent via email to Mouang Phan, Contracting Officer at mphan@usbr.gov Please include notice number 140R2022Q0011 in your response. Responses should include the following information:
1. Name of organization, address including zip code, Point of Contact including phone number and email address, and the organization s DUNS number.
2. Confirmation of organizations active System for Award (SAM) registration with expiration date.
3. Business size and classification to include any designations as Certified Small Business, HUBZone Certified Small Business Concern, Section 8(a) contractor, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Women Owned Small Business, or Large Business Concern.
4. Number of years of experience in this type of services.
5. Provide a minimum of two (2), but no more than five (5) similar requirements completed within the past five (5) years from the date of this announcement which demonstrates experience in providing all services included in this requirement.
6. Your company's intent to submit a quote should a solicitation be issued.
Responses to this notice are strictly for market research purposes and will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a request for quote or ultimately award a contract nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. The Government will in no way be bound to this information if any a request for quotation is issued.