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ARFQ DNR2100000008 – Bid 03 Solicitation Response(SR) Page 1 of 1 Solicitation Response(SR) Dept: 0310 ID: ESR08182000000001004 Ver.: 1 Function: New Phase: Final Modified by batch , 08/18/2020 Header 1 General Information Contact Default Values Discount Document Information Procurement Folder: SO Doc Code: 758813 ARFQ Procurement Type: SO Dept: Agency Contract - Fixed Amt 0310 Vendor ID: SO Doc ID: VS0000027705 DNR2100000008 Legal Name: Published Date: NV5 Engineers and Consultants, Inc. 8/7/20 Alias/DBA: Close Date: 8/18/20 Total Bid: Close Time: $37,421.00 13:30 Response Date: Status: Closed 08/18/2020 Solicitation Description: Response Time: Addendum No. 01 - Wildlife - 11:12 Mussel Survey & Relocation Total of Header Attachments: 1 Total of All Attachments: 1 https://prod-fin.wvoasis.gov/webapp/prdfin11/advantage/Advantage/document_to_print.html 8/18/2020 REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Mussel Survey & Relocation Solicitation #: ARFQ DNR21*08 August 18, 2020 August 18, 2020 Mr. Jamie Adkins West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Property & Procurement Office 324 4th Ave South Charleston WV 25303-1228 RE: RFP – MUSSEL SURVEY & RELOCATION Dear Mr. Adkins and Selection Committee: NV5 Engineers and Consultants, Inc. (NV5) is pleased to present our proposed fee estimate for the performance of a mussel survey and potential relocation at the St. Albans Roadside Park in West Virginia. The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources is making improvements to the boat ramp and dock located at the St. Albans Roadside Park. Some in-stream work in the Kanawha River is anticipated as part of this construction project, which requires a mussel survey and possibly a mussel relocation. The Kanawha River is classified as a High-Quality Water Group 4 Mussel Stream, which is known to support federally endangered species of freshwater mussels. A Phase I mussel survey following the West Virginia Mussel Survey Protocols (WVMSP) will be conducted within the limits of the construction project and all surrounding buffer zones in order to determine whether a diverse mussel population exists and to delineate these populations if they exist. The Phase I survey will be designed using 1 meter wide transects that run perpendicular to the stream flow. These transects will be placed 10 meters apart in the area of direct impact as well as all surrounding buffer zones. According to section 7.4.5 of the WVMSP, a Phase I survey designed in this manner will provide sufficient data and effort needed to detect an endangered species and aPhase 2 survey will not be required, even if a triggering event occurs during the survey. Depending on the results of the Phase 1 survey, a Mussel Relocation may be required at a later time. Joining our team is Three Oaks Engineering, a woman-owned environmental engineering firm. They will support our efforts as needed with retrieval of mussels from deep water areas using self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (scuba) equipment. NV5 Engineers and Consultants, Inc. personnel have over 50 years of combined experience surveying for freshwater mussels. Tom Fox is the aquatic surveys project manager and was previously a North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission aquatic biologist that was responsible for the surveys and restoration of threatened and endangered mussel species in North Carolina. Tom Fox meets all of the surveyor qualifications as outlined in the March 2020, WVMSP and is currently listed on the 2020 WV Approved Freshwater Mussel Surveyor List. Addendum: We acknowledge receipt of Addendum #1 issued on 8/7/2020 Insurance: We meet the insurance requirements identified on page 15 of the RFQ Fee: We have uploaded our fee proposal to the links provided on wvOASIS and have included in the back of this submittal All surveys and deliverables will be completed within 100 days of notice to proceed. If further information or additional documentation is required please feel free to contact me. We appreciate this opportunity to work for The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. Sincerely, Heather Wallace | Environmental Services Group Manager | [email protected] | cell: 919.357.3646 PO Box 33127, Raleigh, NC 27636-3127 | www.NV5.com | Office 919.836.4800 | Fax 919.836.4801 CONSTRUCTION QUALITY ASSURANCE - INFRASTRUCTURE - ENERGY - PROGRAM MANAGEMENT - ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM EXPERIENCE TOM FOX Project Manager/Senior Biologist Tom is an aquatic biologist with over 15 years of experience in the environmental field. He is a sought-after subject matter expert on North Carolina mussels who routinely speaks at industry symposiums. Tom comes to NV5 from the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC), where he served as aquatic wildlife diversity biologist. Licenses & Certifications Federally Permitted, West Virginia Qualified Mussel Surveyor North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission - Endangered Species Permit ENVIRONMENTAL for freshwater mussels, fish, crayfish, snails, Neuse River Waterdog, Eastern Hellbender, and Mudpuppy; Statewide, NC Cary, NC [email protected] North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission Scientific Fish Collecting License for all species statewide 919.858.1893 NOAA Permit to take/collect, receive/possess, and import/export protected species parts for scientific purposes: Atlantic Sturgeon and Shortnose Sturgeon EDUCATION M.S. Fisheries, Wildlife, and PADI Open Water Diver Certification (1997) Conservation Biology, North PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Certification (2005) Carolina State University, 2013 B.S., Biology, The George Project Experience Washington University, 2006 NCDOT, PROTECTED AQUATIC SPECIES SURVEYS EXPERIENCE VARIOUS COUNTIES, NC 15 years Since 2018, Tom has completed 37 tasks for NCDOT that would potentially have direct impacts to federally listed aquatic species. Tom served as the project manager for each project and was responsible for survey design, transect/grid layout, survey completion, supervision of field staff, data collection, data analysis, map design, and report writing, as well as writing the scope of work, developing fee estimates, and coordinating with various state and federal agencies. NCDOT, NC 191 WIDENING AQUATIC SPECIES SURVEYS BUNCOMBE COUNTY, NC NV5 performed surveys for USFWS federally listed, USFS Species of concern, and North Carolina state listed species along a four-mile widening project of NC 191. Aquatic surveys of fish, mussels, amphibian and crustaceans included USFWS listed blotchside logperch (Percina burtoni), longhead darter (Percina macrocephala), hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis), Appalachian elktoe (Alasmidonta raveneliana), and French Broad crayfish (Cambarus reburrus) in addition to 26 USFS and North Carolina special concern or listed species along 5,600 linear meters of aquatic habitat. In addition, NV5 biologists performed habitat assessments and noted potential habitat for federally protected northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis), and Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis). Additional botanical, arthropod, avian, Mussel Survey & Relocation | Solicitation #: ARFQ DNR21*08 NV5.COM TEAM EXPERIENCE TOM FOX herpetological, and terrestrial gastropod surveys were Eastern Creekshell (Villosa delumbis), Eastern Lampmussel conducted in 9.89 acres of forest service property potentially (Lampsilis radiata), Notched Rainbow (Villosa constricta), affected by the widening project. Notable discoveries included Savannah Lilliput (Toxolasma pullus), Triangle Floater new occurrences of Federally endangered Appalachian (Alasmidonta undulata), Wavyrayed Lampmussel (Lampsilis elktoe (Alasmidonta raveneliana), North Carolina threatened fasciola), Yellow Lampmussel (Lampsilis cariosa), Eastern creeper mussel (Strophitus undulatus), and North Carolina Pondmussel (Ligumia nasuta). River basins worked in: Tar, endangered slippershell mussel (Alasmidonta viridis) in the Neuse, Chowan, Roanoke, Cape Fear, Lumber, Yadkin-Pee French Broad River. In addition, biologists confirmed the Dee, Catawba, French Broad, and Little Tennessee. continued presence of French Broad Crayfish (Cambarus reburrus) in Bent Creek. A Biological Evaluation was prepared NCWRC, TAR RIVER SPINYMUSSEL (PARVASPINA for this project to summarize findings of field investigations STEINSTANSANA) BROODSTOCK COLLECTION, and predict potential effects on RTE species. Tom Fox served PROPAGATION, AUGMENTATION, AND MONITORING as the aquatics project manager. EASTERN NC Tom was the project lead from 2015-2018. Freshwater NCDOT, PROGRAMMATIC BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT mussel surveys via snorkeling and view scoping were VARIOUS COUNTIES, NC conducted throughout the range of the Tar River Spinymussel The purpose of the Programmatic Biological Assessment (PBA) (Parvaspina steinstansana) in the Tar and Neuse River basins. was to evaluate the potential effects of proposed NCDOT All live individual Tar River Spinymussels were collected and bridge and culvert replacements, repairs, and rehabilitations transported to the Conservation Aquaculture Center in Marion, with a federal nexus in NCDOT divisions 2, 4, 5, and 7 on a North Carolina where captive propagation efforts took place. pair of aquatic species proposed for federal listing, and any All juveniles that grew to a size of >15mm were individually future associated designated critical habitat associated with tagged and released into the river. To date, more than 14,000 those species in accordance with Section 7 of the Endangered mussels have been released at seven locations in Fishing Species Act (ESA). The PBA evaluates 584 individual
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