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T -- REPUBLICATION OF WATER FOR THE WEST SOL 00W85300004 POC Randale Jackson, Contracting Officer Tel. 303-445-2432 Bureau of Reclamation has a requirement to update the American Public Works Association (APWA) publication "Water for the West": The Bureau of Reclamation, 1902-1977. This project involves contracting a professional historian to conduct the supporting research and prepare an manuscript document, chronicling the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's history. This historian is to be acquired by APWA's Public Works Historical Society. The manuscript will be peer reviewed by a jury of academic advisors and Reclamation personnel. In preparation for Reclamation's centennial in 2002, a new publication is being commissioned. The publication will be a complete rewrite of the original, providing a fresh presentation of material. The historian/author will have academic freedom concerning interpretations and conclusions about historical events, provided the full manuscript is acceptable to a peer review by the academic advisors. The primary purpose of the publication is to document Reclamation's rich history with a comprehensive, analytical research study or archival and secondary sources. Like the original, the publication should provide an unbiased interpretation of Reclamation's affect on water resource management, economic development, the indigenous environment, and western politics. The author is expected to conduct extensive research and produce a scholarly manuscript. As a minimum the author will: (1) Conduct archival and secondary source research to support historical interpretations (2) Document citations with endnotes to establish a research path for other historical and scholarly work.(3) Produce a bibliography of secondary sources(4) Provide an originally written manuscript meeting the academic standards of a professional historian. This publication's revision is to be completed and 7,000 copies published by May 1, 2002. The duration of a contract for the aforementioned work is expected to be 2 years, to begin June/July 2000. The copyright to the original work is owned by the Public Works Historical Society. Basedon information available at this time, and in accordance with 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), implemented by FAR 6.302-1, Reclamation considers the services specified above as sole source from American Public Works Association of Kansas City, Missouri, and it proposes to negotiate a contract with that firm on that basis. However, should additional sources be identified, they will be considered. Any sources who believe they can provide the required service as specified herein are invited to submit, in writing, an affirmative response to this announcement within 45 calendar days of the publication of this synopsis. An affirmative response would include literature, brochures and such other materials which correspond to the required services stated herein. This information will be evaluated and used to determine if competitive opportunities exist. All sources responding to this synopsis shall submit information relating to their business size status, i.e., small, large, minority owned, woman-owned, etc. The Standard Identifier Code (SIC) for this acquisition is 2731 and the small business size standard is not in excess of 500 employees. (See Note 22) Posted 04/19/00 (W-SN446807). (0110)

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