Cultural Resource Survey NC

The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R8-Southern Region established this Master IDIQ for cultural resource surveys on March 31, 2016; ordering closed 10 years and 3 months ago and the vehicle is no longer active. The contract was awarded April 12, 2011, and executed 34 firm fixed-price delivery orders totaling $592 thousand in combined potential value, with all amounts obligated by contract close.

Work contracted includes Phase I and Phase II archaeological surveys, site evaluation and documentation, National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) assessments, emergency salvage archaeology, and post-burn monitoring across national forests in North Carolina, principally in the Appalachian, Pisgah, Uwharrie, and Nantahala national forests. Task-order scope ranges from small reconnaissance surveys (roughly 100 acres) to larger pedestrian surveys (600+ acres) and site-specific investigations. Firm fixed-price task orders ranged from approximately $6,000 to $57,000, with typical durations between 120 days and six months.

The vehicle was concentrated among three small-business prime contractors. Shumate, Scott holds 21 of 34 orders and $340 thousand of combined potential value, capturing 57% of available work. Southeastern Archeological Services Inc. holds 11 orders and $221 thousand (37%), and New South Associates Inc. holds the remaining 2 orders and $31 thousand. Ordering activity peaked in 2014 with 10 awards, declining to 9 in 2015 as the vehicle approached closure.

Funding was split between Department of Agriculture Forest Service R8-Southern Region (23 orders, $368 thousand) and the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Research Service Southern Research Station (11 orders, $224 thousand). All 34 task orders carried a total small-business set-aside. No successor vehicle is identified in the source material.

Cultural Resource Survey NC IDIQ