The Snoqualmie Tribe has cultivated and cared for the natural resources of this area for centuries, and the Tribe continues to build programs that focus on monitoring and managing those lands and their resources. The mission of the Tribe’s Environmental and Natural Resources Department (“ENR”) is to protect, preserve, and enhance the environment of the Snoqualmie Reservation and traditional Tribal lands. This mission is achieved through ENR’s continued efforts to expand habitat restoration, water quality, environmental, and cultural programs in conjunction with other various programs within the Tribe.
In support of its mission, ENR has identified a need to learn more about how the Fall City Floodplain Restoration Project affects local shallow groundwater. In order to accomplish this, ENR seeks a qualified contractor to install an array of shallow groundwater wells with water level logging equipment, and to continuously monitor groundwater levels in the vicinity of the Fall City Floodplain Restoration Project for approximately 2 years. The monitoring project will compare local water table elevation and other metrics before and after construction of the restoration project. The goal of this project is to help the Tribe improve its understanding of how floodplain reconnection projects in the Snoqualmie may influence groundwater-surface water connections and interact with streamflow. This project is supported by the King County Flood Control District Cooperative Watershed Management grant. For more information on budget limitations related to the grant please contact Matt B. at the email address listed below.
The Fall City Floodplain Shallow Groundwater Well Monitoring Study will involve installation of an array of shallow groundwater wells with water level logging equipment to continuously monitor groundwater levels in the vicinity of the Fall City Floodplain Restoration Project for approximately 2 years. Well installation and monitoring should begin as soon as possible, hopefully in late summer or early fall of 2021. The monitoring project will compare local water table elevation and other metrics before and after construction of the restoration project, which is planned to begin in summer 2022. The goal of this project is to help improve understanding of how floodplain reconnection projects in the Snoqualmie may influence groundwater-surface water connections and interact with streamflow.
Please submit an electronic version of the respondent’s proposal (a single PDF file is strongly preferred) no later than 5pm Pacific Standard Time on Friday, July 16, 2021 to:
Matt Baerwalde
Environmental and Natural Resources Department
Snoqualmie Indian Tribe
Email: mattb@snoqualmietribe.us
Late responses will not be accepted or considered.
Matt Baerwalde will serve as the sole contact for the review process for the respondent’s proposal. Any and all questions and communications regarding this RFP should be addressed to Mr. Baerwalde through email at the above address. Any attempt to communicate with other Tribal officials or employees about this RFP may result in the disqualification of a respondent’s proposal.