The US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) intends to procure on a sole source basis (IAW FAR 13.106-1) with the University of Georgia, 310 East Campus Rd, Athens, GA, 30602 for research on flood plain restoration. The ERDC Environmental Laboratory (EL) has a requirement for Integrating Landscape Architecture with Engineering With Nature (EWN) Approaches in Flood Plain Restoration and Levee-Based Flood Management. The vendor shall develop a framework that integrates landscape architecture and guides the design/implementation of EWN techniques and natural and nature-based features (NNBF) to be considered as recommendations for flood plain restoration and management. The vendor must: 1. Have worked with EWN concepts, designs, and goals 2. Have worked with landscape architecture with NNBF and flood plain restoration 3. Take the unique ("one of a kind") designs that UGA created an apply them to a framework 4. Designs must be consistent in form and function to apply in a framework 5. Meet project goals and time schedule The proposed procurement meets the criteria for exclusion from full and open competition under the authority cited as the University of Georgia created unique design concepts using landscape architecture for infrastructure projects that will be the framework for the utility and application in a case study. In addition, expertise in EWN, Landscape Architecture, natural infrastructure design/placement for development flood plain restoration make UGA the only entity that can provide the required services. This acquisition is being conducted under 13.106-1(b) There are no set-aside restrictions for this requirement. The intended procurement will be classified under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 541715 with a Size Standard of 1,000 Employees. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation document exists for this requirement. However, parties interested in responding to this notice shall submit technical data, including price, sufficient to determine capability in providing the same or similar product. All capability statements received by the closing date of this publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Capability statements shall be submitted only by e-mail as a Microsoft Office Word, Microsoft Office Excel, or Adobe PDF attachment to
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