Purchase Order 12FPC326P0057

The Natural Resources Conservation Service awarded a purchase order to Pinyon Environmental, Inc., a woman-owned small business, on August 26, 2026, for cultural resource inventory and recordation services in Juab County, Utah, with a firm fixed price ceiling of $30,956.00 under a total small business set-aside.

Work encompasses an intensive pedestrian archaeological survey of approximately 436 acres across two private properties (Phil Adams property, 258 acres; Wild Rose Real Estate property, 178 acres) to satisfy Section 106 National Historic Preservation Act compliance prior to NRCS-funded mechanical brush management and range planting. The contractor must conduct literature and historical research, execute transect-based field surveys spaced no more than 15 meters apart, and document identified sites for National Register eligibility. Field crews require direct supervision by qualified crew leaders holding current State of Utah archaeology permits and meeting Secretary of Interior Professional Standards. No artifact collection or subsurface testing is permitted. Payment is structured as 40% upon fieldwork completion, 30% upon draft report submission, and 30% upon final report acceptance. Fieldwork must complete within 60 days of task order issuance; draft reports are due within 30 days of fieldwork completion and final reports within 15 days of receiving NRCS comments. Ultimate completion date is August 31, 2027.