Mussel Surveying   2

Background
This Request for Quote (RFQ) is for an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract to provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and services necessary to Conduct Dive Surveys for the presence/absence of Mussels and other Mussel-related information for the Ohio River and Tributaries and portions of the Great Lakes and River Division (LRD) to include the following districts Nashville, Louisville, Huntington, and Pittsburgh in accordance with the attached specifications. The Contractors work and responsibility shall include all planning, programming, administration, management, supervision, communications, and inspection necessary to assure that all services are conducted in accordance with the contract requirements and all applicable Federal, state and local laws and regulations.
The Government intends to award one (1) IDIQ Contract from this Solicitation. This procurement is 100% set-aside for Small Business.

Work Details
Mussel surveys are required to provide necessary maintenance dredging of the Congressionally authorized Navigation Channel of the Inland Navigation System. Mussel surveys will provide information for avoiding mussel resources and evaluating the existing conditions where channel dredging is required to continue commercial barge traffic. Mussel surveys must be accomplished by diver survey with accurate Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) data on each location as specified in the site requirements. All dive surveys will include a qualified Malacologist as supervisor and survey planner along with certified divers for recovering mussels and or substrate data. Dive surveys will be required on the Ohio River and tributaries.

Period of Performance
The geographic location(s) the contract will be performed include Nashville, Louisville, Huntington, and Pittsburgh.

Place of Performance
The geographic location(s) the contract will be performed include Nashville, Louisville, Huntington, and Pittsburgh.