Z--SOLE SOURCE ACQUISITION WITH A & B IRRIGATION DISTRICT PURSUANT TO RECLAMATION EMERGENCY DROUGHT RELIEF ACT OF 1991 (P.L. 102-250).

The Bureau of Reclamation, Pacific Northwest Regional Office, 1150 N. Curtis Road, Suite 100, Boise Idaho 83706-1234 intends to award a Sole Source contract to A & B Irrigation District, P.O. Box 675, Rupert , Idaho 83350 for the rehabilitation of Federallly-owned water supply wells located in the North Side Pumping Division of the Minidoka Project as a result of approval of an application for drought relief pursuant to Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 (P.L. 102-250). This is a 50 percent or greater in-kind cost share match project. The cointract is to be time and material in nature. The work includes pulling and resetting pumps, rehabilitation of pump bowls, extending the columns, oil tube and drive shafts, rewinding motors, and drilling, if needed. Although this notice is not a request for competitive proposals, the Government will consider responses received by February 20 2008, that clearly demonstrate a bonafide capability to provide the required services. The Government will evaluate information received in response to this notice only to determine whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination to compete the proposed acquisition is at the sole discretion of the Government.