Blanket Purchase Agreement 1240BE21A0011

The Department of Agriculture's Forest Service awarded a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) valued up to $7,500,000 to Alta Archaeological Consulting LLC, a certified Women-Owned Small Business, to provide a wide range of cultural heritage services for Regions 6 and 10, covering Oregon, Washington, and Alaska. This 5-year BPA, awarded on June 14, 2021, enables the Forest Service to issue task orders for archaeological surveys, eligibility assessments, data recovery, traditional cultural property studies, historic structure reports, resource management plans, and interpretive development. The scope of services includes archaeology, history, anthropology, ethnography, architectural history, curation, archival research, and GIS specialization to support the agency's cultural resource management responsibilities under the National Historic Preservation Act. This comprehensive agreement builds upon Alta's prior experience conducting cultural resources investigations and field work for various federal agencies, including the Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service.

The original solicitation, set aside for small businesses, was released by the Forest Service in March 2021 to establish a parent BPA for cultural heritage services across the three-state region. This procurement action aims to ensure the agency can efficiently acquire a wide range of cultural resource management support, from field surveys and eligibility assessments to resource planning and interpretive development, to fulfill its obligations to identify, investigate, and protect cultural resources on the lands it manages.