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. ..."- e e bob0l29 CON F IDE N T I A L MEMORANDUM TO: File, National Forests Reserved Rights Claims, Technical Stu~., Correspondence Ruth Yeager / '-/1- FROM: DATE: January 29, 1986 SUBJECT: Selection of Firms to be Short-Listed: Meeting with Bob Hykan on January 29, 1986 Bob and I met to compare our evaluations of the Statements of Qualifications and to determine which firms should be short-listed. We both agreed that Simons & Li and Bishop, Brogden, & Rumph are the two most qualified firms, and should definitely be short-listed. I had rated Boyle as third, whereas Bob had not ranked them as high since they do not have any "big-name" experts in fluvial geomorphology and sediment transport. We agreed though that we should short-list them, mainly because of their reputation as a firm and because of the quality of their work on the Indian reserved rights cases. We both agreed that RBD has impressive credentials in fluvial geomorphology and sediment transport, though W. W. Wheeler (whom they propose to subcontract with for the hydrology) would not necessarily be our choice. For the KKBNA proposal, neither of us was impressed by KKBNA itself, or by having three firms work together for the first time. However, the fluvial geomorphology experts which whom they propose to work, Water & TeChnology, include Schumm, who is a big name in the field. We though it a bit strange that Water & Technology was not proposed as the lead firm in this SOQ since they would be doing most of the work. We both agreed that Simons & Associates is too small to be considered for a contract of this magnitude. Stream geomorphology: I. 2. 3. 4. 5. Simons & Li Bishop, Brogden Boyle RBD Water & Technology Hydrology: I. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Simons & Li Bishop, Brogden Boyle Wheeler Wright Water Lee Rice -------------------------- Bob suggested that we might break the study into two, separating out the hydrology. In this way we could combine a firm which is strong in stream geomorphology with one which is strong in hydrology and hydraulics. Bob is to check today to see if this is feasible legally. If so, then we will short-list the following firms for each part: