Y--Paradox Valley Unit Brine Management and Disposal

Purpose: This Request for Information (RFI) is issued by the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), a water management agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior. Reclamation is seeking solutions from any entity interested in contracting with the government to manage and dispose of concentrated brine extracted by the existing Paradox Valley Unit of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program located in Western Colorado near Bedrock, Colorado.

Disclaimer: This RFI is not subject to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes; it does not constitute a solicitation or any promise to issue a solicitation. This RFI does not commit Reclamation to contract for any supply or service. Responders are advised that Reclamation will not pay any costs incurred in response to this RFI. All cost associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested party¿s expense.

Format: No specific format or structure is requested for the content of your response, but responses should clearly address the objectives and questions in the attached Statement of Objectives. Responses shall be electronic copies in .pdf format or Microsoft Word, Power Point, or Excel format(s). Responses shall include a brief Executive Summary that includes the responding entity¿s name, address, phone number, email address, website URL (if available), and the name of a point of contact and his/her title, phone number and email address. If the responding entity is registered in the federal System for Award Management (SAM), provide the entity¿s Unique Entity Identification number.

Timing: To be assured consideration, all responses must be received via email by Reclamation no later than 15 August 2023.

Submittal: Reclamation will accept responses via email to: sstone@usbr.gov.

Questions: Questions regarding this RFI will be accepted via e-mail to: sstone@usbr.gov.

Submitted questions and their answers may be posted on this website to make them available to all interested parties. The party submitting the question will not be identified.

Tours of the existing Paradox Valley Unit facilities may be arranged by contacting Andy Nicholas, Facility Operations Specialist, anicholas@usbr.gov, (970)859-7214.

Notification of Receipt: An e-mail acknowledgement of receipt will be provided. The Reclamation email server will reject any email with a file size larger than 25MB; if your response contains a file or files larger than that limit, please break your file or files into smaller sizes and transmit as multiple emails. Acknowledgements will be sent in reply to received emails.

Business Confidentiality: The information received in response to this RFI will be shared with state-level stakeholders as Reclamation seeks solutions to the objectives. Proprietary or confidential information should not be provided in responses to this RFI. Responses to this RFI will not be returned.