The National Park Service awarded a $149,822.72 firm-fixed price contract to Cadence Group Associates, Inc., a woman-owned small business, to appraise and survey approximately 800 linear feet of C&O Canal Historic Park resource management records. This contract was set aside for total small businesses. Cadence Group Associates has extensive experience as a prime contractor and subcontractor providing records and information management services to federal agencies such as the Department of Justice, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and National Institutes of Health. The contract is part of a $150 million blanket purchase agreement Cadence Group holds with the Department of Justice to provide records and information management support, as well as a $13.3 million CDC blanket purchase agreement to deliver records management services.