Bureau of Reclamation, Acquisition Operations Group, Code D-7810, Denver Federal Center, PO Box 25007, Denver CO 80225

B -- CONSULTANT SERVICES SOL 1425-97-SQ-81-92019 POC Evelyn M. Tate, Contracting Officer, 303/236-8040 extension 228 WEB: Bureau of Reclamation Denver Office Acquisition Home Page, http://www.usbr.gov/aamsden. E-MAIL: Contracting Officer's E-mail address, etate@do.usbr.gov. Concerns having the ability to furnish the following services are requested to give written notification, including a telephone number for a POC to the acquisition office listed in this notice within 15 calendar days from the date of synopsis. The Bureau of Reclamation has a requirement to obtain professional services to prepare material on the topics and serve as the main talent for the oral history and training videos. To accomplish this the individual has to have been involved in the historical development of the technical issues; to have substantial and outstanding experiences in applying the technical theory and design principles in practice; have extensive experience in dam design, construction and dam safety engineering; be published in the technical field on the topics to be covered and broadly recognized as an authority; and, to have served as a consultant on major dams internationally. Reclamation believes that Mr. John Lowe III is the only consultant capable of providing the required services based on the information given below. Mr Lowe was the senior outstandingcontributor to and current practitioner of State of Practice in the field.As a graduate student Mr. Lowe worked at Harvard University with Professors Terzaghi and Casagrande, both of whom were involved in investigating and establishing filter requirements and design criteria. Mr. Lowe and his student colleagues worked doing the research and investigations to support development of the filter criteria. Mr. Lowe has been instrumental in developing the state of practice in dam engineering through his involvement in the design and construction of many major dams world-wide in his private practice. As chief operating officer of one of the large international consulting firms, Mr Lowe has encountered many design and operational problems for dams. His work in determining the cause and remedy for sink holes at Tarbella Dam, India was seminal in extending professional knowledge of filtration and filter requirements. Mr. Lowe has done extensive work on the stability of dam slopes under various loading conditions, including rapid drawdown loadings. The work that was accomplished with his coworkers, and his continued exposure to this problem in his individual consulting practice, on stability, particularly rapid drawdown stability, represents State of Practice. This is not a formal solicitation. However, concerns that respons shall provide detailed data concerning their capabilities and may request to receive a copy of the solicitation when and if it becomes available. This notice may represent the only official notice of such a solicitation. See Note 22. (0010)

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