Opportunity Information: Apply for R13SF30002
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- The Bureau of Reclamation Lower Colorado Region in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Lower Colorado River Multi Species Conservation Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.538 Lower Colorado River Multi Species Conservation Program..
- This funding opportunity was created on Dec 6, 2012 and posted on Nov 9, 2012.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Dec 28, 2012. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $100,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $100,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
- Any Federal, Interstate, Intrastate, State, and Local agencies, Public/Private organization/nonprofit institution, State Colleges or Universities, Public/Private Colleges or Universities, for profit companies, small businesses, or Federally recognized Indian Tribes.
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Opportunity Summary:
The Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program (LCR MSCP) grant opportunity, offered by the Bureau of Reclamation (Lower Colorado Region), is a discretionary funding announcement intended to hire one recipient to provide hands-on technical assistance for designing a conservation area at the Parker Dam Camp One site. The work focuses on creating an ecologically functional, disconnected backwater conservation area, with an emphasis on maximizing backwater acreage, incorporating marsh and riparian habitat where it makes sense, and keeping earthwork and long-term maintenance as low as practical. The award will be made as a cooperative agreement, meaning the government expects an active role and ongoing coordination rather than a simple one-time purchase of a deliverable.
The selected applicant is expected to move from early concepts to a final design in a fast, staged process that includes multiple presentations to the LCR MSCP and incorporation of feedback at each step. In the first phase, the contractor must develop two conceptual design alternatives and provide preliminary cost estimates that show rough cost differences between the options. These alternatives must clearly address core engineering and operations topics: how earthwork will be handled (including whether paved roads and sidewalks will be removed or integrated, how grading and contouring will be achieved, how cuts and fills will be balanced, and how ponds will be lined), how ponds will be supplied and drained (including pump count and placement, maintaining target water surface elevations, drainage methods, and an overall preference for reduced pumping and increased gravity-driven flow), how planted vegetation will be irrigated and for how long, and what the future operation and maintenance burden will look like (covering items such as berms, canals, liners, water control structures, pumps, roads, ponds, and created habitat types). A key theme throughout is practicality: minimize offsite disposal of material during construction, reduce energy-intensive pumping where possible, and avoid designs that create high ongoing maintenance obligations.
After presenting the two initial alternatives to the LCR MSCP and using the discussion to guide the next step, the recipient must refine the work into a single, more detailed conceptual alternative paired with a more detailed cost estimate. This estimate needs to be specific enough to support real decisions about whether certain features should stay in the design or be removed due to cost. Deliverables in this stage include a clearer accounting of acreages by land cover type (for example, how much area is marsh versus riparian) and a more complete construction cost picture.
The following phase advances the concept into a developed design that includes, at minimum, a general site plan with pond configuration and elevations, a water delivery system plan, and pond cross sections showing bank lines and adjacent riparian plantings. At this point the cost estimate is expected to be finalized to the best knowledge of the contractor and broken down clearly by materials, equipment, and personnel. The design and cost estimate are presented again to the LCR MSCP, where only minor suggestions are expected rather than major shifts.
Next, the contractor incorporates final comments and prepares a final design and cost estimate presentation for the LCR MSCP Steering Committee. This presentation is planned for the Steering Committee meeting in April 2013 (with the exact date and location to be provided later), and the presentation materials must be submitted to the LCR MSCP two days in advance for review. The project concludes with a final report and complete drawing set, delivered both as two hard copies and in an accessible electronic format (such as CD/DVD, email, or FTP). The overall schedule is tightly defined from the award date: draft alternatives within 30 calendar days, a single refined concept within 60 days, the developed design and final cost estimate within 70 days, and the final report and drawings within 100 days.
Administratively, this opportunity was posted November 9, 2012 (created December 6, 2012) under Funding Opportunity Number R13SF30002 and CFDA 15.538. The program anticipated making one award, with an estimated total funding amount of up to $100,000 (award ceiling $100,000; award floor $0). There is no cost-sharing or matching requirement. Eligibility is broad and includes federal, state, local, and tribal governments; public and private organizations including nonprofits; colleges and universities; for-profit companies and small businesses; and federally recognized Indian Tribes. The original closing date was December 10, 2012, later extended to December 28, 2012, and the opportunity was archived January 9, 2013. For access issues or questions, the listed contact was Shawna Thompson, Grants Officer, at 702-293-8570 or smthompson@usbr.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program (LCR MSCP) Grant
1) What is this grant opportunity for?
This discretionary funding opportunity is intended to select one recipient to provide hands-on technical assistance to design a conservation area at the Parker Dam Camp One site. The design focus is an ecologically functional, disconnected backwater conservation area.
2) Who is offering this funding opportunity?
The opportunity is offered by the Bureau of Reclamation (Lower Colorado Region) under the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program (LCR MSCP).
3) What type of award will be made?
The award will be made as a cooperative agreement. This means the government expects to play an active role, including ongoing coordination, rather than simply purchasing a one-time deliverable.
4) How many awards were expected?
The program anticipated making one award.
5) How much funding is available?
The estimated total funding amount is up to $100,000. The award ceiling is $100,000 and the award floor is $0.
6) Is cost sharing or a match required?
No. There is no cost-sharing or matching requirement.
7) Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is broad and includes: federal, state, local, and tribal governments; public and private organizations including nonprofits; colleges and universities; for-profit companies and small businesses; and federally recognized Indian Tribes.
8) What is the site and what is being designed?
The work is to design a conservation area at the Parker Dam Camp One site. The intended outcome is a disconnected backwater conservation area designed to be ecologically functional.
9) What are the main design goals emphasized in the announcement?
Key goals include maximizing backwater acreage, incorporating marsh and riparian habitat where appropriate, keeping earthwork as low as practical, and keeping long-term operation and maintenance demands as low as practical.
10) What practical constraints or preferences are highlighted?
The opportunity emphasizes practicality, including minimizing offsite disposal of material during construction, reducing energy-intensive pumping where possible, favoring increased gravity-driven flow where feasible, and avoiding designs that create high ongoing maintenance obligations.
11) What is the overall process the recipient is expected to follow?
The recipient is expected to move quickly from early concepts to a final design in a staged process. The process includes multiple presentations to the LCR MSCP and incorporation of feedback at each step, culminating in a final presentation to the LCR MSCP Steering Committee and delivery of a final report and complete drawing set.
12) What are the first-phase deliverables?
In the first phase, the recipient must develop two conceptual design alternatives and provide preliminary cost estimates showing rough cost differences between the options. The alternatives must address core engineering and operations topics such as earthwork handling, pond supply and drainage, vegetation irrigation, and future operation and maintenance burden.
13) What specific earthwork topics must the conceptual alternatives address?
The conceptual alternatives must address how earthwork will be handled, including whether paved roads and sidewalks will be removed or integrated, how grading and contouring will be achieved, how cuts and fills will be balanced, and how ponds will be lined.
14) What water supply and drainage considerations must be addressed?
The alternatives must address how ponds will be supplied and drained, including pump count and placement, maintaining target water surface elevations, drainage methods, and an overall preference for reduced pumping and increased gravity-driven flow.
15) What does the opportunity require regarding vegetation and irrigation?
The recipient must address how planted vegetation will be irrigated and for how long.
16) What operation and maintenance (O&M) elements must be considered?
The alternatives must include a view of future operation and maintenance burdens, covering items such as berms, canals, liners, water control structures, pumps, roads, ponds, and the created habitat types.
17) What happens after the two initial alternatives are presented?
After presenting the two initial alternatives to the LCR MSCP and using the discussion to guide the next step, the recipient must refine the work into a single, more detailed conceptual alternative with a more detailed cost estimate.
18) How detailed must the refined conceptual alternative cost estimate be?
The refined estimate must be specific enough to support real decisions about whether certain features should remain in the design or be removed due to cost.
19) What additional information must be included in the refined conceptual stage?
Deliverables include a clearer accounting of acreages by land cover type (for example, how much area is marsh versus riparian) and a more complete construction cost picture.
20) What is included in the developed design phase?
The developed design must include, at minimum: a general site plan with pond configuration and elevations, a water delivery system plan, and pond cross sections showing bank lines and adjacent riparian plantings.
21) What are the requirements for the final cost estimate?
The cost estimate is expected to be finalized to the best knowledge of the contractor and clearly broken down by materials, equipment, and personnel.
22) How many presentations are expected, and to whom?
The staged process includes multiple presentations to the LCR MSCP, and a final design and cost estimate presentation to the LCR MSCP Steering Committee after final comments are incorporated.
23) When is the Steering Committee presentation planned?
The Steering Committee presentation is planned for the Steering Committee meeting in April 2013. The exact date and location were to be provided later.
24) When must presentation materials be submitted before the Steering Committee meeting?
Presentation materials must be submitted to the LCR MSCP two days in advance for review.
25) What must be delivered at the end of the project?
The project concludes with a final report and a complete drawing set, delivered as two hard copies and also in an accessible electronic format such as CD/DVD, email, or FTP.
26) What is the project schedule from the award date?
The schedule is tightly defined from the award date: draft alternatives within 30 calendar days; a single refined concept within 60 days; the developed design and final cost estimate within 70 days; and the final report and drawings within 100 days.
27) What is the Funding Opportunity Number and CFDA number?
The Funding Opportunity Number is R13SF30002 and the CFDA number is 15.538.
28) When was the opportunity posted and when did it close?
It was posted on November 9, 2012 (created December 6, 2012). The original closing date was December 10, 2012, later extended to December 28, 2012.
29) What does it mean that the opportunity was archived?
The opportunity was archived on January 9, 2013, indicating it is no longer an active, open solicitation under that posting.
30) Who is the contact for access issues or questions?
The listed contact is Shawna Thompson, Grants Officer. Phone: 702-293-8570. Email: smthompson@usbr.gov.
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