Crow Creek Stewardship

This is a special notice prepared in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 5.2 Synopses of Proposed Contract Actions. US Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District intends to issue a Firm-Fixed Price contract to Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, 100 Swift Horse Road, Fort Thompson, SD 57339 Services under this cotnract are to upgrade wildlife habitat on US Army Corps of Engineer lands as specified in the Lake Sharpe Stewardship Operational Management Plan. The services fto be completed include native grass rehabilitation, food plot preparation and planting and boundry fence constructin and maintenance. Duration of the contract is from 2 June 2016 through 30 September 2016. Authority FAR 13.106(b)(i) "Soliciting from a single source" (i) Contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines the circumstances of the contract deem only one source resonably available. No other sources have been dteremined to be capable of conducting wildlife habitat upgrade services. The work performed under this contract provides valuable on the job training for Native Americans in one of the nation's most depressed counties. Access to US Army Corps of Engineers land and a majority of the work areas is through Tribal land. The Crow Creek Sioux Tribe has the option to refuse our access across their land or charge a fee for access. A solicitation will not be posted. The Government intends to proceed with this sole source action. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. Interested concerns mus show clear and convincing evidence that competition of this requirement would be advantageous to the Government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. A determination by the Governement not to compete this proposed requirement is soley within the discretion of the Government. Responses and questions shall be submitted to [email protected] The US Army Corps of Engineers is not responsible for any costs incurred by responding to this notice.