Opportunity Information: Apply for BOR MP 19 N013
The grant opportunity titled "Engineering and Design for the Mendota Pool Fish Screen and Control Structure" is a federal financial assistance action from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, under CFDA 15.555 (San Joaquin River Restoration Program). It is set up as a cooperative agreement, meaning Reclamation expects to stay actively involved during the project rather than simply issuing a pass-through award. The activity is categorized under environmental work because the central purpose is fish protection and restoration-related infrastructure design tied to the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement and the implementing authorities in Public Law 111-11 (the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009), including the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act provisions referenced in the notice.
This notice is specifically a Notice of Intent to Award, not an open, competitive funding announcement. Reclamation states it intends to issue the cooperative agreement to the Central California Irrigation District, an eligible applicant type described as a special district government. The agency also emphasizes that the decision not to compete the award is made under Departmental Manual 505 DM 2, paragraph 2.14(B)(4), and that this determination is solely within the government’s discretion. In practical terms, this means other organizations are not being invited to submit proposals, and the posting functions mainly as a transparency and administrative step rather than a solicitation.
The project’s main objective is to produce a complete, construction-ready engineering design package for new facilities located upstream of the Mendota Pool. The design scope includes three closely linked components: a fish screen, a juvenile return pipe, and a control structure. Together, these elements are intended to manage flows and physically prevent fish from being drawn into areas where they can be harmed or trapped, while also providing a route to guide juvenile fish back to safer passage. The emphasis throughout the description is that the fish screen is specifically intended to reduce entrainment risk for juvenile salmonids and other anadromous species, and that both the design work and future operations are expected to prioritize that protective function.
Funding levels are substantial and reflect a multi-year or multi-phase effort typical of major civil and hydraulic infrastructure design. The estimated total agreement amount is $5,761,211.04, with Reclamation providing $3,600,000.00 in Fiscal Year 2019. The listing shows an award ceiling of about $5,761,211 and anticipates a single award, consistent with the intent to fund one identified partner for this defined design effort. The opportunity was posted with a creation date of May 8, 2019 and an original closing date of May 22, 2019, which aligns with the short timeframes often used for notices of intent that are not seeking competing applications.
Overall, this opportunity is best understood as targeted federal support for engineering and design work that advances the San Joaquin River Restoration Program’s fish protection goals near the Mendota Pool. The deliverable is not construction itself, but the detailed design package needed to move the project into a fundable and buildable construction phase, with fish entrainment protection for juvenile salmon and other migrating species as the core performance priority.Apply for BOR MP 19 N013
- The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Engineering and Design for the Mendota Pool Fish Screen and Control Structure" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.555.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 08, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 22, 2019. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $5,761,211.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Special district governments.
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