January 29, 2021
USACE Funding Opportunity: Environmental Monitoring Research
REQUEST FOR STATEMENTS OF INTEREST
Number W9126G-21-2-SOI-2252
Project to be initiated in 2021
Applicants must be a member in one of the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU):
Preferred Regional Units Include: Californian, Great Basin & Pacific Northwest
Project Title: Environmental Monitoring, NIWC Pacific
Responses to this Request for Statements of Interest will be used to identify potential investigators for a project to be funded by Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific which provides professional and technical support to its Energy and Environmental Science Branches which Navy Region Southwest in order to facilitate successful implementation of a comprehensive assessment of environmental sensing and in vitro assay methods used for determining presence of environmental hazards.Methodologies are used to protect natural resources on military based as well as protect military forces and or any forwardly deployed organization in need of safe water
resources. This cooperative agreement will be awarded using 16 U.S.C. § 670(c) (1) – (SIKES ACT) that is one of five authorities that have been delegated to the Fort Worth
USACE to execute cooperative agreements.
Approximately $80,000 is expected to be available to support this project for the base period. Additional funding ($80,000 for each optional period) may be available for follow on work in subsequent fiscal years to the successful Recipient/Awardee, subject to availability of funding.
Background:
The intent of this agreement is to provide environmental program support for Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific in complying with a suite of federal environmental and natural resources laws and regulations, including the Endangered Species Act (ESA), Clean Water Act (CWA), and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)/Executive Order 12114 (EO 12114), Invasive Species Management (EO 13112) and the Sikes Act (16 USC 670). NIWC Pacific requires environmental monitoring research support to work closely with the NIWC Pacific Environmental Science project manager in assessing emergent environmental monitoring capabilities.
Please send responses or direct questions to:
Alisa Marshall
Grants Specialist
USACE Ft. Worth District
Alisa.Marshall@usace.army.mil
Office: 817-886-1068
Kathy Mitchell
Project Manager
USACE Ft. Worth District
Kathy.S.Mitchell@usace.army.mil
Office: 817-886-1709
Timeline for Review of Statements of Interest: The RSOI is required to be posted for at least 30 days prior to the Government making a decision and requesting full proposals.
Responses due by 1 March 2021.