Blanket Purchase Agreement 12467020A0033

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service Southern Region has awarded a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to Apalachee Research Archaeological Consultants Inc., a small business subchapter S corporation, to provide archaeological and cultural resources support services across national forests in South Carolina. The $1 million BPA has a base period of 12 months and four 12-month option periods, allowing the Forest Service to contract these services as needed to support its natural resource management programs and ensure historic preservation compliance prior to land management activities such as commercial thinning, prescribed burns, and timber stand improvements. Under this BPA, Apalachee Research has received multiple firm fixed-price task orders valued up to $183,511 for cultural resources surveys covering over 9,700 acres across the Francis Marion, Andrew Pickens, and Sumter National Forests. The task orders have Total Small Business set-aside designations. This contracted work supports the Forest Service's stewardship of lands under its jurisdiction by identifying and documenting cultural sites and artifacts before undertaking forest management activities.