Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Acquisitions and Contract Administration Section of the Purchasing Division is soliciting Expression(s) of Interest for the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP), from qualified firms to provide architectural/engineering services. PROJECT: The purpose of the project for which bids are being solicited is to provide Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for selected impaired streams in the Cacapon River Watershed (Cacapon River TMDL); The WVDEP generally develops TMDLs in concert with a geographically-based approach to water resource management in West Virginia known as the Watershed Management Framework. Adherence to the framework ensures efficient and systematic accomplishment of statewide TMDL development. As such, each TMDL to be developed will correspond to specific geographical areas, within which impaired waters will be geographically nested into TMDL subwatersheds. The details for this TMDL development project will be accomplished through a specific work directive to the selected Vendor. Prior to vendor involvement, the WVDEP will perform rigorous pre-TMDL monitoring at strategic locations in impaired or potentially impaired waters. Actual monitoring locations will vary based on the drainage pattern of studied watersheds. Station locations will attempt to characterize the extent of impairment. For impairments related to numeric water quality criteria, monthly monitoring will generally be performed for twelve months. Biological monitoring will also be conducted at selected stations to characterize stream health and assess general habitat conditions. Source tracking information will augment pre-TMDL water quality monitoring and biological assessment through the identification and characterization of pollutant sources. The WVDEP will compile the stream monitoring and source tracking information and provide it to the Vendor. The WVDEP will review the results of the pre-TMDL monitoring effort, determine impaired water bodies requiring TMDLs and incorporate this information into the work directive for the TMDL project. WVDEP may also request the Vendor to evaluate model results at delineated subwatershed pour points and, in coordination with WVDEP, present TMDLs for any modeled stream for which the modeling demonstrates nonattainment with applicable water quality criteria. The overarching goal of the project is to provide technical services of watershed modeling to support the development of USEPA approvable TMDLs for the Cacapon River watershed. The vendor shall demonstrate a capacity to complete the project goals by describing: company resources and experience, including the types of environmental services performed relating to the proposed project; length of time in business; project management plan for quality, cost control measures, and punctual deliverable production; location of primary office; and electronic resources available for direct attention to this project. The vendor must provide a detailed description of technical proficiency and necessary resources to accomplish described TMDLs within established timeframes. If the vendor intends to subcontract work, similar information must be provided for the subcontractor. Vendors should discuss any anticipated concepts and proposed methods of approach for achieving each of the listed goals and objectives: 2.1. Data Development It shall be the vendor’s responsibility to gather and assemble all relevant data as specified by the WVDEP to support the model setup and development, with details to be determined for each type of TMDL.
