Above Henderson Park Habitat Rehabilitation Project

The Above Henderson Park Habitat Rehabilitation Project involves the restoration of the Merced River corridor near Snelling in Merced County, California, through the removal of approximately 74,200 cubic yards of earthen material and the placement of 33,400 cubic yards of sorted fill and 13,700 cubic yards of unsorted fill to recreate a mosaic of natural aquatic habitat features including riffles, pools, and gravel bars. The initiative is led by the State Water Resources Control Board as the lead agency with the Merced Irrigation District as the applicant, and has received regulatory approval under the California Environmental Quality Act through the certification of an Environmental Impact Report and associated mitigation measures. A critical component of the project is the execution of a six-year General Lease for Public Agency Use granted by the California State Lands Commission, which authorizes the use of sovereign land for habitat restoration activities through August 21, 2031. The project’s place of performance is clearly defined along specific assessor parcel numbers in the river corridor, and while environmental compliance and long-term land use authorization are firmly established, no formal procurement contract, solicitation number, evaluation factors, or federal acquisition clauses are present in the documentation. All administrative and approval actions are centered on state-level environmental oversight rather than federal contracting procedures, and no traditional contract elements such as payment instructions, invoicing methods, contracting officers, delivery schedules, FOB terms, or offeror representations are included. The project’s governance relies on CEQA compliance through monitoring and reporting protocols, with oversight responsibilities vested in the State Water Resources Control Board and the California State Lands Commission. Point of contact information is provided for agency staff, but there is no identification of a contracting officer representative or a defined performance start date. The project structure reflects a regulatory land use authorization and ecological restoration effort rather than a competitive federal acquisition, with all key approvals documented and archived through the state’s environmental review system, and no contractual terms or procurement mechanisms beyond the lease and approvals are present.