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| A | 235921 | 119 | Manage and Administer Projects | General Administration of Project | Prepare contract package documents including the SOW, budget, and property inventory. Submit requested accruals, cost share estimates, and ensure correct billing to the BPA COR. Prepare and submit status and annual reports. Respond to questions regarding invoices and provide other information as needed or requested by BPA. | $4,614 | 2.37% | 07/01/2023 | 06/30/2024 |
| B | 235920 | 185 | Produce CBFish Status Report | Periodic Status Reports for BPA | The Contractor shall report on the status of milestones and deliverables in CBFish. Reports shall be completed either monthly or quarterly as determined by the BPA COR. Additionally, when indicating a deliverable milestone as COMPLETE, the contractor shall provide metrics and the final location (latitude and longitude) prior to submitting the report to the BPA COR. | $461 | 0.24% | 10/01/2023 | 06/30/2024 |
| C | 235925 | 132 | Produce Progress (Annual) Report | Submit Annual Report (7/1/22 - 6/30/23) | The annual report summarizes the project objectives, completed and uncompleted deliverables, problems encountered, lessons learned, and long term planning for future improvement. This progress report is for this contract period July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. | $922 | 0.47% | 05/01/2024 | 06/30/2024 |
| D | 235922 | 191 | Watershed Coordination | Planning, Facilitating, and Training for Salmonid Habitat Restoration Sponsors and Projects | This contract provides information and coordination to allow working groups and sponsors to select and implement projects that will restore and enhance fish habitat in the Clearwater Subbasin and lower and Little Salmon portions of the Salmon Subbasin as requested. We will continue to collect new information to refine the prioritization process for habitat projects through coordination with partners.
Coordination is provided via a variety of tasks including information sharing, project development, identifying and securing project funds, preparation and/or editing of memoranda of understanding, linking potential project sponsors with agencies' resource objectives, and policy development. This work is accomplished via meetings, conference calls, the postal system, and may include training.
All partners, including BPA, will be included when dates are determined for the Potlatch Implementation Group (PIG) meetings to update the Potlatch Management Plan and prioritize geographic areas and specific habitat restoration actions. PIG meetings will provide the ability for partners located outside of the Potlatch Watershed, such as BPA, to call in to the meetings and view the relevant material electronically (e.g. GoTo Meeting or Webex technology).
The Focus Coordinator will facilitate meetings, such as the PIG meetings, in a manner that encourages active participation and candid input from of all of the partners. Partners will be provided with a minimum of two weeks to review written documents. Partner comments, questions, and suggested revisions will either be incorporated into the documents, or declined with a written justification that is approved by a consensus or a majority vote of the team.
Meeting notes, which include decisions and action items, will be sent to all of the partners for review within three weeks after each meeting.
This position collaborates closely with Clearwater Focus Program partners, Northwest Power and Conservation Council, Bonneville Power Administration, state and federal agencies, local governments including soil and water conservation districts, boards of county commissioners, and communities.
This position will coordinate and facilitate the Clearwater Technical Group (CTG) and the Clearwater Core Review Team (CCRT), as well as several other groups described under the Contract Summary.
It provides general guidance and assistance to parties interested in steelhead habitat protection in the Clearwater River subbasin and lower and Little Salmon rivers in the Salmon River subbasin.
It also tracks regional programs and policies to ensure partnership coordination and access to funding opportunities; provides restoration partners with policy information and funding availability announcements. Delivers presentations on restoration efforts and opportunities to interested groups; Provides support and coordination as needed/requested for individual project implementation, including contract management assistance. | $57,429 | 29.56% | 07/01/2023 | 06/30/2024 |
| E | 235923 | 122 | Provide Technical Review and Recommendation | Provide Technical Review and Comment on Plans as Requested | Review, as requested, project sponsors' documents, which may include: contracts, status reports, statements of work (SOWs), contract protocols, management plans, final reports, project proposals for funding, environmental compliance documents, draft agreements, strategic plans, and educational materials. Project sponsors may include soil and water conservation districts, non-profit organizations, county governments, state, federal, and tribal agencies, community organizations, and individuals.
On occasion, partner agency report writers will request document editing, e.g. TMDL drafts, strategic plans, or professional papers. Project reviews will focus on best management practices or actions proposed or completed, and programmatic merit relative to the respective funding sources. Recommendations regarding linkages to subbasin management plans and proposed recovery plans will be included. Preparation of project proposals for sponsors will also be classified under this work element.
The Focus Program coordinator works with five soil and water conservation districts, the Nez Perce Tribe, counties, other agencies, and watershed groups working in the Clearwater River Subbasin and lower and Little Salmon 4th field HUCs in the Salmon River. Some requests are anticipated from project sponsors who are coincidently implementing the Northwest Power and Conservation Council's subbasin management plans, but not funded by BPA. Facilitate project reviews by fish and wildlife managers and the public when required. | $57,337 | 29.51% | 07/01/2023 | 06/30/2024 |
| F | 237190 | 165 | Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation | Environmental Compliance for the Clearwater Subbasin Inventory and Potlatch Geomorphic Assessment | Submit all information necessary for BPA to provide environmental clearance for projects identified in this SOW. | $461 | 0.24% | 07/01/2023 | 06/30/2024 |
| G | 237185 | 115 | Produce Inventory or Assessment | Oversee Clearwater Subbasin Inventory Database | The first subbasin inventory was submitted with the Clearwater Subbasin Management Plan. The subbasin implementation database is an Excel spreadsheet that is linked to a subbasin map illustrating the 6th field Hydrologic Unit Codes (HUCs). Habitat restoration and monitoring projects are reported in the spreadsheet, information for each work entry includes identification number for the 6th field HUC, potential management unit, assessment unit, watershed, ESA Section 7 watershed, NOAA population group for steelhead, bull trout presence or absence, management plan objectives addressed by the action, project title, sponsor, funding source(s), RPA addressed, and BPA project number, if applicable. Information regarding project implementation is gathered from sponsors. Due to privacy policies, some projects may not be identified by the exact location. The subbasin implementation Geodatabase will store spatial data for projects identified in the subbasin implementation database.
Agencies and organizations that implement habitat restoration projects and conduct monitoring in the subbasin will be surveyed to update the subbasin inventory database(s). These databases include a project inventory database and a project Geodatabase and will be submitted as an appendix to the annual reports. Information collected may include project title and location, sponsor, funding source(s), population group for steelhead, management plan objectives addressed by the action, BiOp/recovery plan connection, and BPA project number if applicable. | $8,642 | 4.45% | 07/01/2023 | 04/02/2024 |
| H | 236757 | 115 | Produce Inventory or Assessment | Potlatch River Geomorphic Assessment Services | OSC will utilize its geomorphic consulting services contract purchase order ("Geomorphic Assessment Consulting Services for OSC", CPO20220943 through Idaho Division of Purchasing) to determine the current condition of streams in the watersheds within the Potlatch. The resulting geomorphic assessment will help to determine how streams in the watersheds are functioning and how they may respond to natural and human disturbances. The products produced will be used by the Potlatch Implementation Group (PIG) to develop implementation plans for future restoration work to improve ecosystem function to increase freshwater production and productivity of ESA-listed wild steelhead. For this performance period, OSC plans to focus on the East Fork Potlatch River, West Fork Potlatch River, mainstem Potlatch River, and possibly others. | $64,437 | 33.16% | 07/01/2023 | 06/30/2024 |
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