Wetlands Reserve Program Technician

This Notice is a Pre-Solicitation Notice and at this time the Federal Government expects a Solicitation to be released in about 45 days from April 19,2010. Please Note that this is a Pre-Solicitation Notice Only. ABSOLUTELY NO PHONE CALLS FOR THEY WILL NOT BE ENTERTAINED. EMAILS ONLY. U. S Dept of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service The NAICS Code for this position is 541330 size $4.5 million and this is a Small Business Set-Aside. This position at the discretion of NRCS (Natural Resources Conservation Service) and consistent with NRCS standards shall perform initial visits and/or eligibility inventory & evaluation (gather data to serve as basis for NRCS staff to determine WRP eligibility) with landowners whose primary interest is wetland restoration, enhancement or creation. Task would involve assessing potential for wetland restoration and for WRP (Wetlands Reserve Program) and explaining general wetland restoration options with the landowner. It would also include completion of the WRP ranking worksheet with a map as the end product including recommendations as to which areas and acreages are potentially restorable wetlands that could be eligible for WRP and completed ranking worksheet. The Contractor shall assist in work associated with preparation of documents associated with WRP conservation planning and WRP program participation including development of conservation plans, preliminary wetland restoration plans and related supporting documents such as cost estimates consistent to NRCS work standards. The reviewing, acceptance and signature shall be a NRCS Function. Work is to be preformed within one year of the date of award. This is non-engineering work, however all work that leads to a final engineering package by NRCS will be completed using the NRCS review and approval process of the NRCS District Conservationist and NRCS engineering staff. All work will meet the conservation practice standards in the Pennsylvania Technical Guide and the National Planning Procedures Handbook. Work deemed to be inherently governmental or done specifically by a government employee such as contract administration will not be done by an entity receiving the award. This position is not to be a federal government employee but rather will work as a Technical Service Provider (TSP) for NRCS. Resumes submitted shall indicate the past three years work experience beginning with FY 2009. This acquisition shall be a Base year contract with two Option years. This Position may have different Contractors performing this function during the Calendar year. Evaluations will be made based on: Work that is technically acceptable and price reasonable ABSOLUTELY NO PHONE CALLS FOR THEY WILL NOT BE ENTERTAINED. EMAILS ONLY AT THIS TIME THERE IS NO SOLICITATION. THIS POSITION IS A NON-GOVERNMENT POSITION.