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South Dakota's Technical Service Provider (TSP) Program is intended to help professionals interested in providing technical assistance to landowners and farmers under one of the Farm Bill conservation programs.
How to become a TSP
Register to become a TSP through the TechReg Web site.
South Dakota TSP Meeting (November 16, 2015 at Huron, SD)
A meeting was held on November 16, 2015, at the NRCS State Office in Huron, SD, for Technical Service Providers. This information was presented at the meeting:
South Dakota TSP Meeting (March 4, 2015 at Huron, SD)
A meeting was held on March 4, 2015, at the NRCS State Office in Huron, SD, for Technical Service Providers. This information was presented at the meeting:
South Dakota TSP Meeting (March 4, 2014 at Huron, SD)
A meeting was held on March 4, 2014, at the NRCS State Office in Huron, SD for Technical Service Providers. This information was presented at the meeting:
Reimbursement and the Technical Service Payment Rates (formerly Not-to-Exceed (NTE) Rates)
Technical Service Payment Rates (TSPR) - TSPs in most cases will not be reimbursed by the NRCS. It is the program participants responsibility to hire and pay the TSP. The NRCS will reimburse the program participant. The reimbursement is based upon the TSPR. The NRCS bases TSPR on local NRCS data, procurement, and market data. The NRCS goal is to encourage the highest quality technical services for its participants with the most cost-effective expenditure of government dollars. Adjustments are periodically made to the TSPR at the state level.
Technical Service Practice Payment Worksheets
Statements of Work and/or Conservation Practice Standards
The SOW is a document that details what is necessary to complete the technical services for program participants and/or TSPs.
For example, if the Waste Storage Facility (313) CPS is to be completed, the SOW will detail exactly what is expected of the TSP to satisfactorily complete the required technical services for each component (design, installation, and checkout) of the practice.
Each SOW provides information about how to complete a practice and has specific information about "deliverables" for each component which are required to meet NRCS-SD Standards and Specifications. The "deliverables" are the technical services required for each practice for which a client hires a TSP to provide.
How to Access the SOW or CPS on the e-FOTG Web site:
- Go to NRCS-South Dakota's FOTG Web site
- Select the SD county where the project is located
- On the Main Menu on the left side of the opening screen, select Section IV of the FOTG, then select Sub-section A -
Conservation Practices
- Select (highlight) a CPS
- Below the name of the highlighted CPS will be a selection which repeats the selected CPS name along with the words "Standard" or "Statement of Work"
- Select the desired document for the selected CPS.
TSP Guidance Documents
General
Guidance for Program Participant
Guidance for TSP
Guidance for NRCS Employees
NRCS State Directives System (to find TSP Program Updates)
Technical Resources
SD NRCS Contacts
TSP Program and Engineering Information: Jay B. Cobb, State Conservation Engineer, (605) 352-1260