SOLICITATION NOTICE
F -- Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan Services
- Notice Date
- 5/22/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541620
— Environmental Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, California State Office, 430 G Street, Suite 4164, Davis, CA, 95616-4164, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- AG-9104-S-07-0004
- Response Due
- 6/19/2007
- Archive Date
- 8/19/2007
- Description
- The United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) seeks the services of qualified firms to provide planning and implementation services for Comprehensive Nutrient Management Planning (CNMP) over a period of 3 years for specific dairies in Southern San Joaquin Valley of California (includes Kings, Madera, Tulare and Fresno counties). The primary goals of a CNMP are to minimize the potential for ground and surface water pollution from dairy production area facilities and land application of manure. The CNMP addresses manure and wastewater storage and handling facilities, nutrient management and land application, runoff and erosion control. Contracted services do not include the design of needed facility improvements but do include implementation assistance to the producer to carry our manure nutrient management actions identified in the CNMP. Firms must: 1. have access to staff who have expertise in manure systems engineering 2. have staff who are certified by the American Society of Agronomy as either a CCA or Certified Professional Agronomist 3. have complete understanding of how California dairies and manure management systems operate 4. Demonstrate and/or provide evidence they possess the knowledge, skills and abilities needed to do the work described. Firms interested in providing these services are to submit: 1. Completed signed offer and bid schedule (Section A) and provision 52.212-3 2. Information that will assist with the evaluation of proposals in meeting selection criteria below Firms will be evaluated and ranked using the following selection criteria: 1. Past performance in developing CNMPs following procedures similar to California NRCS procedures and 2. History of providing timely and complete work products on previous NRCS contracts are equal in importance. 3.Knowledge of local dairy manure management practices and experience providing manure-nutrient management services to producers 4. Experience in planning (considering all aspects of an operation; systematic process of inventorying resources, identifying problems, developing and evaluating alternatives and documenting a course of action), and 5. Capacity to provide dairy engineering and manure nutrient management services are equal in importance but less important than Items 1 and 2. 6. Proximity to Jobs and 7. Price are equal in importance but less important than Items 3 through 5. The solicitation package will be uploaded to fedbizopps approximately 5/24/2007. Offers will be due by 3:30 p.m., local time, 6/19/2007.
- Record
- SN01300086-W 20070524/070522220309 (fbodaily.com)
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