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Juvenile fish monitoring and reporting services for NWCPUD’s Dalles Dam North Fishway Project

Northern Wasco County People’s Utility District is seeking consulting support to monitor juvenile fish passage at its Dalles Dam North Fishway Project. - Government buyer: Northern Wasco County People’s Utility District (NWCPUD), Purchasing Department; the attached agreement template identifies Cole Isaacson as Purchasing Program Manager. - Procurement: Fishery and wildlife/fish management consulting, with the detailed scope focused on juvenile fish monitoring and reporting. No OEMs, prospective contractors, or products are named; no product part numbers are specified. - Work and quantities: The notice lists one fishery management services engagement and one wildlife and fish management services engagement. The detailed scope calls for weekly, 24-hour sampling during the April-through-July season each year. - Key requirements: Obtain permits; identify sampled fish by species; record injury, descaling, disease, and mortality; collect length and condition data; return fish to the bypass system; log river, powerhouse, and spill flows, forebay elevation, and river temperature; verify and analyze data; compare fish take with permitted levels; and prepare weekly summaries and an annual report. The contractor also supplies labor, supervision, equipment, materials, transportation, permits, and incidentals, and coordinates access, post-season inspections, and fish-passage meetings as needed. - Term: Anticipated initial three-year engagement, with a possible mutually agreed one-year renewal. Sampling recurs annually during the season; this is not an annual subscription. - Additional attachment: A blank personal services agreement template contains no separately defined scope, quantities, or contractor. It provides for services to be specified in an executed exhibit.

Description

Northern Wasco County PUD is seeking a consultant to monitor and report on juvenile fish conditions after fish pass through the penstock intake screening structure at the North Fishway Hydroelectric Project. Services include weekly 24-hour sampling from April through July, fish identification and condition data collection, data analysis, weekly summaries, and an annual report. The contractor is responsible for necessary labor, equipment, materials, transportation, and permits; the anticipated initial contract term is three years beginning on or about January 1, 2027, with a possible one-year extension. Proposals are due October 29, 2026, at 4:00 PM PST and must be submitted electronically through OregonBuys.

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