The Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region, intends to issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for a Grant/Cooperative Agreement pursuant to the authority of Public Law 108-361, Water Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, Title I California Water Security and Environmental
Enhancement, section 103 (f)(4).
The principal feature of the work is to invite Indian Tribes, irrigation districts, water districts and other organizations with water or power delivery authority to leverage their money and resources by cost sharing with Reclamation on urban and agricultural projects that improve ecosystem health, water supply reliability or water quality of the California Bay-Delta through water use efficiency and conservation.
Period of Performance is from the date of issuance of the Agreement to approximately September 30, 201 4. FOA R12AF20002 will be posted on the GRANTS.GOV web site, at www.grants.gov, on or about January 1, 201 2. The estimated date for receipt of proposals is on or about March 14, 201 2. The FOA must be downloaded at the above web site.
No paper copy of this announcement will be distributed.
Central Contractor Registration (CCR) applied to this FOA.
Prospective recipients must be registered prior to award.
Lack of registration in the CCR database will make an offeror ineligible for award.
Information on CCR registration can be obtained via the Internet at http://www.ccr.gov.
Questions concerning this FOA should be directed to Robert Lowry at rlowry@usbr.gov.