Attachment 1: Performance Work Statement for MRRIC Chair Services

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS)

MISSOURI RIVER RECOVERY IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE

CHAIR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (USACE)

MISSOURI RIVER RECOVERY PROGRAM (MRRP)

1.0 General Information.
1.1 Background. In 2006 at the request of USACE and other agencies in the Basin, the U.S. Institute for Conflict Resolution conducted a situation assessment regarding the feasibility of a collaborative forum in the Missouri River Basin to advise the agencies on species recovery issues and their impacts to Basin interests. Based on the findings of the assessment, USACE and other federal agencies in the Basin asked the U.S. Institute to convene a multi-party stakeholder group to develop a charter for such a group. The charter drafting process began in 2007 and the final charter for MRRIC was approved by USACE in July 2008 and is available at https://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/mrrp/mrric/.
The Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee (MRRIC) was authorized by Congress in Section 5018 of the 2007 Water Resource Development Act (WRDA) to serve as a basin-wide collaborative forum to come together and develop a shared vision and comprehensive plan for Missouri River recovery and mitigation plan. The MRRIC is a Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA)-exempt, multi-stakeholder body composed of representatives from federal, state, and tribal agencies, and nongovernmental and local governmental stakeholder interests in the basin. The MRRIC consensus-building process is a coordinated effort involving the USACE, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and the Contracted Committee Chair (Contractor/Chair), in addition to approximately 140 Committee members and their alternates.
The Chair’s primary role is to support the diverse Committee members in enabling members to articulate their underlying interests and perspectives and formulate consensus-based recommendations to the lead agency, so that the lead agency can make informed decisions with a full picture of basin-wide interests. The Chair should have enough knowledge about the endangered and threatened species, and their Missouri River habitat needs to follow technical discussions, and ensure MRRIC discussions are within the scope of the USACE Missouri River Recovery Program (MRRP) and Section 5018 of the 2007 WRDA. At the same time, the Chair should demonstrate processoriented knowledge in order to partner with the meeting facilitators and lead agency and be familiar with multi-party consensus building. The Chair should communicate this information in a manner that reinforces Committee