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This is a non-personnel services contract to provide compensation for the loss of spawning and rearing habitat for 6,000 wild, adult steelhead in Dry Creek, compensation for the loss of spawning and r... This is a non-personnel services contract to provide compensation for the loss of spawning and rearing habitat for 6,000 wild, adult steelhead in Dry Creek, compensation for the loss of spawning and rearing habitat in the East Branch of the Russian River above Coyote Valley Dam for an estimated 4,000 wild, adult steelhead. The Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein. Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the Contractor who, in turn is responsible to the Government. Description of Services/Introduction: The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform propagation, rearing and releasing services of 200,000 steelhead Oncorhynchus mykiss from the Congressman Don Clausen Fish Hatchery (DCFH; also known as Warm Springs Hatchery) and 200,000 steelhead from the Coyote Valley Fish Facility (CVFF) as defined in this Performance Work Statement except for those items specified as government furnished property and services. The contractor shall perform to the standards in this contract. Objectives: Propagate, rear and release 200,000 steelhead from the DCFH to compensate for the loss of spawning and rearing habitat for 6,000 wild, adult steelhead. Propagate, rear and release 200,000 steelhead from CVFF to compensate for the loss of spawning and rearing habitat in the East Branch of the Russian River above Coyote Valley Dam for an estimated 4,000 wild, adult steelhead. Relocate Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytschta adults returning to DCFH to the Russian River above the confluence of Dry Creek and those returning to CVFF to the main-stem Russian River or to the West Fork, Russian River. Provide night and weekend surveillance of the Coho facility (when USACE staff are not present), process any Coho returns to DCFH or CVFF, and provide spawning and releasing transportation support. Scope: The Contractor shall operate and maintain the hatchery and fish facility, including, but not limited to adult fish attraction, holding and harvesting systems; water conditioning systems; pollution control systems; egg taking, incubating and hatching systems; fish rearing systems; fish imprinting systems and fish transportation and releasing systems in accordance with the Operation and Maintenance Manuals for DCFH (Warm Springs Hatchery) and Coyote Valley Fish Facility. Services include Propagation, rearing, marking (adipose fin clip), ensuring fish health, and releasing of steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) to meet mitigation requirements prescribed in the biological opinion. The contractor shall accomplish these services by performing preventive and corrective maintenance on all furnished facilities and operating equipment for effective operation of the hatchery. CAPABILITY STATEMENT The following is requested to apprise the US Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, of any prospective interested contractors. Please provide your response with the following information: Name, address, point of contact, phone number, and e-mail address. Capability to perform the contract of this magnitude, complexity and comparable work performed within the past three (3) years. Provide a minimum of two (2) examples. Provide a brief description of the project, effort required, customer name, performance evaluation/customer satisfaction, and magnitude/dollar value of the project or contract. Business size. Large or Small business. 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Respondents will not be notified of the results of the review of respondent's submission. The Government will complete an analysis of respondents to this notice and determine whether to solicit the requirement as small business set-aside, full and open competition, or other than full and open competition. All responses will be used to determine the appropriate acquisition strategy for the potential future acquisition.