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Lake Cascade Water Quality Model Development January 21, 2022 NOTICE OF SOLE SOURCE INTENT. This is not a request for competitive quotes. The Bureau of Reclamation, Columbia-Pacific Northwest Regional... Lake Cascade Water Quality Model Development January 21, 2022 NOTICE OF SOLE SOURCE INTENT. This is not a request for competitive quotes. The Bureau of Reclamation, Columbia-Pacific Northwest Regional Office intends to award a purchase order to Portland State University ¿ Water Quality Research Group, located in Portland, Oregon for the Lake Cascade Water Quality Model Development. Reclamation has found that Portland State University Water Quality Research Group is the only source able to successfully complete the required services. Portland State University ¿ Water Quality Research Group has over 35 years of experience and are recognized experts in water quality model development. Reclamation has utilized their services and/or sought their guidance to develop water quality models for Grand Coulee Dam and Lake Roosevelt, Scoggins Dam and the Tualatin Joint Project, Anderson Ranch Reservoir, and Arrowrock Reservoir. The awarded purchase order will be for a period of 9 months, with no option periods. Reclamation believes that only one responsible source can fully provide the services that will satisfy the agency¿s requirements. The Government anticipates award before March 2022. Vendors that have questions regarding the sole source nature of the requirement or vendors that believe they can fully provide the required services are encouraged to identify themselves and give written notification to Carrie Calleja, ccalleja@usbr.gov, within 15 calendar days of this notice. All responses should include the vendor¿s Duns and Bradstreet (DUNS) Number and Tax Identification Number (TIN). The NAICS code for this effort is 541715. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action based on the responses to this notice is solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Any contractor interested in doing business with the Federal Government must register in the System for Award Management database prior to submission of an offer. SAM is a Federal Government owned and operated FREE website at SAM.gov. All invoices for this procurement must be submitted through the Department of Treasury¿s Invoice Processing Platform located at www.ipp.gov.