1123438 - Three Fires Cultural Heritage Survey_Solicitation.pdf

Issue Date:

BPA No. Project Name

Fremont-Winema NF Bootleg Fire, Three Fires Fence Clearing Heritage Survey

BPA call No. Issuing and Billing Office:

Fremont-Winema National Forest Supervisor’s Office 1301 South G St.

Lakeview, OR. 97630

Contractor:

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ITEM NO.

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SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES

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QUANTITY

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UNIT

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UNIT PRICE

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Amount

Fremont-Winema National Forest Cultural Heritage Survey (Total Acres 432)

0001 Fence Line 0 31 acres

0002 Fence Line 4 21 acres

0003 Fence Line 25 27 acres

0004 Fence Line 26 43 acres

0005 Fence Line 27 18 acres

0006 Fence Line 28 40 acres

0007 Fence Line 29 11 acres

0008 Fence Line 31 22 acres

0009 Fence Line 33 19 acres

0010 Fence Line 34 14 acres

0011 Fence Line 35 18 acres

0012 Fence Line 47 6 acres

0013 Fence Line 48 18 acres

0014 Fence Line 49 5 acres

0015 Fence Line 55 32 acres

0016 Fence Line 56 18 acres

0017 Fence Line 57 17 acres

0018 Fence Line 58 28 acres

0019 Fence Line 59 34 acres

0020 Fence Line 60 10 acres

Known Cultural Site Condition Assessments (Total No. of Sites = 5; Total Acres = 29)

0021 Site 6020300019 (35LK1371) 3 acres $

0022 Site 6020300323 (35LK1378) 15 acres

0023 Site 6020300324 (35LK1381) 5 acres

0024 Site 6020301389 (35LK1389) 1 acres

0025 Site 6020300276 5 acres

Survey Report

0026 Draft Three Fires Survey Report 1 each

0027 Final Three Fires Survey Report 1 each

Remarks: See Attachments for additional terms and conditions. The Period of Performance for this Task Order is from the Date of Award through February 28, 2025

Total Price:

Contractor: (Name and Signature)

Requested By: (Name and Signature)

COR:

Ordered By: (Name and Signature)

Contracting Officer

1. DESCRIPTION/STATEMENT OF WORK

Cultural Heritage Survey

Objective: Within a fifty foot (15 meter) buffer along targeted fence lines, ensure that felled trees damaged by wildfire do not destroy or damage sensitive cultural resources. Within the Three Fires Fence Clearing (Project) boundary, conduct pedestrian survey, flag targeted sensitive cultural resources, and identify and record new cultural resources ahead of timber work crew start.

Prior to pedestrian survey, existing archaeological, historical, and ethnographical information relevant to the project area shall be reviewed by the contractor. This material shall include, but not limited to, past Forest Service survey and site reports, and GIS shape files.

Contact, via a phone call, text or email, the COR and/or Government Technical Monitor (Inspector) when survey crews are on Forest to conduct work and provide progress updates at least once every other week throughout the cultural resource survey.

The Contractor shall maintain a survey notebook with draft copies of site records. The notebook, or a readable copy of the notebook, shall be provided to the Forest Service upon completion of the field survey.

No subsurface testing shall be conducted under this contract, and when conducting pedestrian survey, transect spacing shall be no greater than ten (10) meters. Contractor shall make a reasonable effort to locate sites in areas with minimal mineral soil visibility by closely examining mineral soil exposures such as the back dirt of rodent burrows and root-wads. If mineral soil visibility is less than 10% within a 30 x 30m area, the Contractor can boot scrape one (1) meter square areas. The Contractor shall re-spread the duff removed when examination of the mineral soil in the scraped area is complete.

Avoid areas of extreme health hazard (i.e., hazardous materials, burning fires, etc.), make note of the location of such areas, and make these locations known to the COR. Changes in survey strategy due to environmental conditions shall be discussed with the COR. Significant changes shall be approved by the Contracting Officer (CO) prior to making the change.

Special attention is needed for standing structures, sacred rock stacks, rock cairns, and prayer seats.

These sites must be flagged to avoid destruction by felled trees. When flagging sensitive cultural resources, a thirty (30) meter buffer from the resource is required, and the flagging shall be readily visible and spaced ten (10) meters apart using designated color flagging provided by the COR.

Isolates shall not be flagged.

New Cultural Resource Sites When a new cultural resource site is discovered, using the background information provided by the Forest, determine if the new cultural resource is part of another site, or needs to be thoroughly recorded. Any questions about a potential new cultural resource discovery, for example, if it may be associated with another site, contact the COR and/or Government Technical Monitor (Inspector) for specific guidance.

Central or off-site datums shall be established at each new cultural site found. Each datum tag shall be inscribed with the date of documentation and a Fremont-Winema Forest site number.

Datums shall be identified by the Contractor using two aluminum tags supplied by the COR. The

COR will provide instruction on how to number the sites according to the Fremont-Winema Forest numbering system. If a tree is used as a datum point, then one tag shall be nailed to the base (no more than 6" from the ground) and one tag shall be nailed to the trunk at eye level. Do not use trees with trunks less than 10-inch DBH. Do not pound in the nails so that they are flush with the trunk. Ensure that a ¼ of the length of nail protrudes outward from the trunk to allow for tree growth. The site form shall contain a description of the datum and the cardinal direction the tag is facing.

A UTM coordinate shall be taken for each new cultural site datum, prehistoric diagnostic artifact, historic diagnostics used to date a historic site, oddities, features associated with the site using sub-meter accuracy Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment capable of being downloaded and post-processed or real time corrected. A minimum of thirty (30) points shall be collected at the datum using a maximum PDOP of eight (8) or an insurance of sub-five (5)-meter accuracy and utilizing the coordinate system NAD_1983_Oregon_Washington_Albers. For sites larger than Thirty (30) meters diameter, a GPS polygon representing the area of the site shall also be collected.

Collected GPS data must contain an attribute table with fields referencing the Fremont-Winema Forest site number, type (e.g., artifact concentration, projectile point, depression etc.), and number.

Mapping products must be compatible with ArcGIS Pro 3.1 and provided as a geodatabase (.gdb) and .pdf/.jpeg formats, complete with associated data, without broken links. Final data must be in the coordinate system used by Region 06 Forest Service: NAD_1983_Oregon_Washington_Alber.

All new cultural site records shall be documented using USDA site forms. Each site record shall include at a minimum: a cultural site form, sketch map, location map, and labeled photographs.

Each cultural site record shall contain a statement giving directions to the site, as part of the site location information. Directions to the site shall be specific, giving road names and/or numbers, distances, and direction. Directions shall be sufficient for someone to navigate from the Silver Lake or Paisley Ranger District offices as appropriate to the site without prior knowledge of the area.

New cultural site data should provide a detailed description of the site, including an overall description of the site, artifact and feature descriptions, artifact densities, artifact and feature sketches or maps, and whatever other information is pertinent and necessary to characterize the site.

Site data shall include a NHPA, National Register of Historic Places determination of eligibility recommendation. The contractor shall gather enough data via a field assessment without subsurface testing and a literature review to support the recommendation. Consider and describe the site’s integrity and significance using the four criteria.

If diagnostic artifacts are present, an appropriately referenced date range for each artifact shall be indicated on the site form.

Descriptions of disturbances to the new site shall be detailed. Whenever possible describe the severity of the impacting agent(s). For example, use words like “intense,” “minimal,” or “light.”

If erosion is noted, describe the erosion type (i.e., rill, pedestalling, and/or sheet erosion). Describe cattle damage in detail (i.e., post holing, trampling, wallowing, and/or trailing). If cattle are trailing, describe the number of trails and the depth and width of the trails.

Report the discovery of human remains, burial sites, looting or vandalism to the COR immediately.

The COR will ensure that NAGPRA and ARPA provisions are implemented such as contacting appropriate tribes, law enforcement, medical examiner, and the forest archaeologist. Human remains shall always be treated with the utmost respect and dignity. For looting and/or vandalism cases, keep personnel out of the area, note site location, take at least five overview photographs with photo documentation noted on a separate photo log and leave the area. Vendors may be approached by and should cooperate with law enforcement.

Document whether the new site may be sensitive to fire. For example, describe the fuel load present on and/or around the site (i.e., Is highly flammable vegetation present? What is the fuel load depth?). Document wood remains at historic sites. Note if an arborglyph, cambium tree or other culturally modified tree is in a dense thicket of immature trees. Note if the cultural material or features present on site could be affected by thermal alteration.

New cultural site sketch maps shall be on 8-1/2 x 11-inch graph paper, complete with appropriate scale, orientation (north arrow) and legend identifying symbols used. The site datum, site boundaries, site buffer, notable ecological features, cultural features, diagnostic artifacts, non-diagnostic tools (bifaces, hammerstones, groundstone, etc.), looted/vandalized disturbance areas and pertinent cultural data shall be included on the site sketch maps. All attachments shall be clearly labeled and identified. All compass readings will use the current established magnetic declination for the latitude and longitude of Silver Lake, Oregon. The declination used will be noted on all site and isolate records. On December 19, 2023, the declination was 13° 58’ according to NOAA. http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomag-web/

A minimum of two digital pictures (maximum of three (3)-mb resolution) shall be taken of each new site. One picture of the site datum in relation to the overall site and one overview picture of the site showing the general topography. Additional photographs showing pertinent site characteristics, features, and diagnostic artifacts (with scale) may also be included. A photographic log shall be kept of the photographs taken.

New sites located during the survey that are found to extend outside of the Area of Potential Effects (APE) shall be documented in-full unless the site is found to extend onto private property. If the site extends onto private property, a sketch map and site description (with land ownership clearly labeled) shall indicate that the site continues for an unknown distance.

Isolated Finds Note in table format all isolates in the survey report. An isolate form shall be completed only for prehistoric diagnostic isolates. The date range for diagnostic artifacts should be stated on the form with an appropriate reference. Accompanying the form should be a USGS 7.5’ topographic map showing the isolate location. All prehistoric diagnostic artifacts shall be photographed. All isolate photographs shall be included with the isolate form. Do not flag or establish a datum for isolates.

A UTM coordinate shall be taken for each diagnostic isolate location using sub-meter accuracy Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment capable of being downloaded and post-processed or real time corrected. A minimum of thirty (30) points shall be collected at the isolate location using a maximum PDOP of eight (8) or an insurance of sub-five (5)-meter accuracy and utilizing the coordinate system NAD_1983_Oregon_Washington_Albers. Collected GPS data must contain an attribute table with fields referencing the Fremont-Winema Forest isolate number, and isolate type (e.g. projectile point, purple glass bottle, etc.).

If suspected human remains, burials, funerary objects, or sacred objects are encountered during survey, immediately stop all work in the vicinity (within a minimum of 30m/100ft). If needed, take steps to ensure the remains are protected from further disturbance or damage, and block them from public view. Personnel should not move or take photographs of any suspected human remains or burials, and should be directed not to speak to the media or public about the discovery. Report the discovery to the COR immediately. Make sure to relay the location, context (e.g. eroding out of a bank, within a site, etc.), and a description of the remains. The COR will ensure that NAGPRA, ARPA, and Oregon state laws are implemented, including contacting the state police, the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), the Legislative Commission on Indian Services (LCIS), and the appropriate Indian tribe(s) (as determined by LCIS). Remains shall always be treated with the utmost respect and dignity. Personnel will continue to protect and keep individuals out of the discovery location at all times until otherwise directed by the COR or law enforcement. Work should not resume within the vicinity until directed by the COR. Work outside of the 30m/100ft vicinity may continue with any personnel not required to protect the discovery.

If looting and vandalism are encountered during survey, keep personnel out of the area, and take any other needed steps to prevent any further damage or disturbance. Note the site location, apparent activity, and context (location on landscape, presence of cultural materials, if located within a known site, etc.). If no human remains or burials are present, take at least five overview photographs with photo documentation noted on a separate photo log and leave the area. Vendors may be approached by and should cooperate with law enforcement.

Known Cultural Site Condition Assessments

Objective: Assess the current condition of known sites within the Three Fires fence project boundary and update or re-record the site report data. See Table 2 for additional known site information.

A condition assessment form shall be completed for each known site that is revisited. Each site condition assessment shall include at a minimum: a condition assessment form, National Register of Historic Places Determination of eligibility recommendation, sketch map, location map, and labeled photographs.

Provide a NHPA, National Register of Historic Places determination of eligibility recommendation for each site. The contractor shall gather enough data via a field assessment without subsurface testing and a literature review to support the recommendation. Consider and describe the site’s integrity and significance using the four criteria.

Directions to the known site shall be specific, giving road names and/or numbers, distances, and direction. Directions shall be sufficient for someone to navigate from the Klamath Ranger District offices, as appropriate, to the site without prior knowledge of the area.

Descriptions of disturbances to the known site shall be detailed. Whenever possible describe the severity of the impacting agent(s). For example, use words like “intense,” “minimal,” or “light.”

If erosion is noted, describe the erosion type (i.e., rill, pedestalling, sheet erosion). Describe cattle damage in detail (i.e., post holing, trampling, wallowing, trailing). If cattle are trailing, describe the number of trails, and the depth and width of the trails.

Locate the original datum. If the original datum cannot be located, establish central or off-site datums at each known site that is revisited. Datums shall be identified by the Contractor using two aluminum tags supplied by the COR. Tag both new and original datums. Tags shall be inscribed with the date of visit and the assigned agency site number. If a tree is used as a datum point, then one tag shall be nailed to the base (no more than 6" from the ground) and one tag shall be nailed to the trunk at eye level. The condition assessment form shall contain a description of the datum and the cardinal direction the tag is facing.

A UTM coordinate shall be taken for each known cultural site datum, prehistoric diagnostic artifact, historic diagnostics used to date a historic site, oddities, and feature associated with the site using sub-meter accuracy Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment capable of being downloaded and post-processed or real time corrected. A minimum of thirty (30) points shall be collected at the datum using a maximum PDOP of 8 or an insurance of sub-5-meter accuracy and utilizing the coordinate system NAD_1983_Oregon_Washington_Albers. For sites larger than about thirty (30) meter diameter, a GPS polygon representing the area of the site shall also be collected. Collected GPS data must contain an attribute table with fields referencing the Fremont-Winema Forest site number, type (e.g., artifact concentration, projectile point, depression etc.), and number.

Mapping products must be compatible ArcMap 10.8 and provided in both working ArcGIS .mxd or an ArcPro file geodatabase (.gdb) and .pdf/.jpeg formats complete with associated data and without broken links. Final data must be in the coordinate system used by Region 06 Forest Service which is NAD_1983_Oregon_Washington_Alber).

Known cultural site sketch maps shall be on 8-1/2 x 11-inch graph paper, complete with appropriate scale, orientation (north arrow) and legend identifying symbols used. The site datum, site boundaries, site buffer, notable ecological features, cultural features, diagnostic artifacts, non-diagnostic tools (bifaces, hammerstones, groundstone, etc.), looted/vandalized disturbance areas and pertinent cultural data shall be included on the site sketch maps. Make a note on the form and maps that the site continues for an unknown distance if a site is found to extend onto private property. All attachments shall be clearly labeled and identified. All compass readings will use the current established magnetic declination for the latitude and longitude of Klamath Falls, Oregon. On March 16, 2023, the declination was 13° 59’ according to the following internet link: http;//www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomag-web/. The declination used will be noted on all site and isolate records.

A minimum of two digital pictures (maximum of three (3)-megapixel resolution) shall be taken of each known site. One picture of the site datum in relation to the overall site and one overview picture of the site showing the general topography. Additional photographs showing pertinent site characteristics, features, and diagnostic artifacts (with scale) may also be included. A photographic log shall be kept of the photographs taken.

Flag a buffer around each known site revisited. The buffer shall extend 30 meters out from the site boundary. Each flag shall be readily visible from the adjacent flag, using designated color flagging provided by the COR.

Known sites that are found to extend outside of the survey area shall be documented in-full unless the site is found to extend onto private property. If the site is found to extend onto private property, the sketch map and site description shall indicate that the site continues for an unknown distance.

All known site data, including scanned .pdf copies of photos, maps, and sketches, will be entered into the USDA, Forest Service, NRM Heritage Database. The Forest Service will provide a government computer for the NRM entry. Contractor’s employees will need to get security clearance to request and obtain a LincPass to access the USDA system.

Deliverables

The Contractor shall submit a written Progress Report to the COR every 30 days. The report shall contain the following information in a letter format.

(a) Percentage of project work completed.

(b) Brief statement of work accomplished.

(c) Draft copies of site records or a list of sites with location data encountered during the period of work.

(d) Any special problems or items of interest encountered during the period of work.

(e) Projection of next month’s work schedule

The contractor shall submit a draft version (including site/prehistoric diagnostic isolate forms, condition assessments, maps, photographs, and sketches) of the final report for review and acceptance by the COR prior to completion of the final report. Additional drafts may be required prior to completion and submission of the final report.

The final report format and content shall be sufficient to satisfy current Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and Guidelines for Archaeology and Historic Preservation and Oregon SHPO Protocol, and will be judged on clarity, content, thoroughness of archival research and accuracy.

The report shall include a management summary, summary of work accomplished, and a list of all cultural sites recorded in the project area (both previously and newly recorded cultural sites).

Included in this list shall be the site # (Forest Service or Agency #, the Fremont-Winema Forest number and trinomial if assigned), site type (i.e., lithic scatter, can scatter, etc.), and post-processed GPS coordinates (UTM). Include in the final report a brief description of noted but not formally recorded cultural items (i.e., items which do not meet cultural site and isolate definitions, or which are not more than 50 years old).

Survey coverage maps shall be made employing USGS 7.5-minute series quads as the background image. A unit area map depicting location of units, an area surveyed map depicting transects, and a cultural site location map (including new and previously recorded sites) shall be made for each unit. For cultural sites that are less than thirty (30)-meter diameter, plot the site as a point. For cultural sites that are larger than thirty (30)-meter diameter, plot the site as a polygon. Each site shall be clearly labeled on the location map with the site’s forest Service Agency site number (0602#) or the site’s Fremont-Winema National Forest number based on Township, Range and Section. All maps shall have a north arrow, scale, township, and range. If photocopies of USGS 7.5' series quadrangle maps are used, the section lines and section numbers shall be clearly visible or highlighted.

Contractor shall furnish one (1) bound paper copy of the final report as well as a PDF and an editable Word 365 copy of the final survey report and site reports, and mapping products compatible with ArcGIS Pro file geodatabase (.gdb) and .pdf/.jpeg formats complete with associated data and without broken links. Final data must be in the coordinate system used by Region 06 Forest Service which is NAD_1983_Oregon_Washington_Alber), and original contractor field notes on a removable thumb drive. All reports and forms shall be neatly formatted and typed (in Word 365 format). The unbound copy of the final report shall be printed on acid-free paper (including cultural site and isolate forms).

All site data, including scanned .pdf copies of photos, maps, and sketches, will be entered into the USDA, Forest Service, NRM Heritage Database. The Forest Service will provide a government computer for the NRM entry. Contractor’s employees will need to get security clearance to request and obtain a LincPass to access the USDA system.

Provide completed copies of Oregon SHPO’s Go-Digital forms ready for submission. The Fremont-Winema National Forest will submit the final report with associated appendixes and .shp file to SHPO.

All data produced in the performance of this contract shall become the sole property of the United States Government and the US Forest Service thereof. The Contractor agrees not to assert any rights of common law or inequity or establish any claim to statutory copyright in such data. The Contractor shall not publish or reproduce such data in whole or in part or in any manner or form, or authorize others to do so, without the written consent of the United States Government, until such time as the United States Government may have released such data to the public.

All forms of media statements regarding work under this contract shall be referred to and issued by the Government.

The Contractor hereby grants to the United States Government, a royalty-free, nonexclusive, and irrevocable license throughout the work to 1) publish, translate, reproduce, deliver, perform, use, and dispose of, in any manner, any and all data which are not first produced or composed in the performance of this contract, but which are incorporated in the work furnished under this contract, and 2) to authorize others to do so.

The distribution of information relating to this contract shall be governed by Public Law 96-95, October 31, 1979 (93 Stat.727), as follows:

Section 3. (a) Information concerning the nature and location of any archaeological resource for which the excavation or removal requires a permit or other permission under this Act or under any other provision of Federal law may not be made available to the public under subchapter II of Chapter 5 of the Title 5 of the United States Code or under any other provision of law unless the Federal land manager concerned determines that such disclosure would:

(1) further the propose of this Act or the Act of June 27, 1960 (16 USC 469-469c), and

(2) not create a risk of harm to such resources or to the site at which such resources are located.

The United States Government will coordinate with the Oregon State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), local Tribes, other pertinent ethnic groups, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. Should any group or individual contact the Contractor with any concerns regarding the project, these concerns shall be directed in writing to the COR.

The United States Government will make progress payments to the contractor when requested as work progresses. Unless the contractor requests a smaller amount, the United States Government will compute each progress payment as twenty five percent (25%) of the total cost of the contract, less the sum of all previous progress payments made by the United States Government under this contract. The COR will initiate payment under the following conditions:

a) Upon completion and acceptance of half (1/2) of the cultural resource field survey with associated draft copies site records and field notes. Partial payments during the field work may be granted with submission of progress reports and draft site forms.

b) Upon completion and acceptance of the second half (1/2) of the cultural resource field survey with draft copies of associated site records. Partial payments during the field work may be granted with submission of progress reports and draft site forms.

c) Upon completion and acceptance of the draft survey report and associated site forms.

d) Upon completion and acceptance of the final report and associated site forms.

Final payment under the contract will not be made until all United States Government-furnished property not utilized during performance of the contract has been returned to the COR.

2. SPECIFICATIONS:

The Contractor shall provide all services necessary to conduct a cultural resources survey, to include site records, a final report, and map of findings. Cultural resource survey and report format and content shall be sufficient to satisfy current Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and Guidelines for Archaeology and Historic Preservation and Oregon SHPO Protocol. The guidelines and protocol are available for review at the Chiloquin Ranger District Office or on the internet at https://www.nps.gov/subjects/historicpreservation/standards.htm

Oregon SHPO Protocol is available for review at https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/pages/archaeology.aspx

Artifacts shall not be collected, and no testing is to be performed.

In the reports, photographs shall be no larger than 3.5" x 5." Each photograph shall be labeled with cultural site or isolate number, date, direction of view, and a brief description. Labeled jpeg images shall be provided on a removable hard drive or thumb drive.

3. PROJECT LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION

The project area is located west of Highway 31, within the administrative boundaries of the Paisley and Lakeview Ranger Districts of the Fremont-Winema National Forest in south-central Oregon. Hazard trees along the project fence lines will be cut and piled, and the project covers the survey of these fence lines, known site update needs within the project area, and visible flagging for areas to protect or avoid. The terrain for the Three Fire Fence Clearing project varies from flat rock meadows called scabrock and rimrock edges of steep canyons to steep forested slopes.

Access

(a) Project Location: See Table 1 for unit legals and attached maps (Figures 1 - 11)

(b) Accessibility: Survey units may be reached by Forest Service roads suitable for 4-wheel drive vehicles during the normal spring through fall operating season. The Forest Service assumes no obligation to plow snow or to perform special maintenance to keep roads open. It is the Contractor's obligation to verify and get approval from Forest Service on travel routes. Do not destroy Forest Service Roads by traveling when the roads are saturated with moisture (e.g., muddy).

(c) ATV’s may be used on this contract with permission from the Contracting Officer, in accordance with all resource protection measures in effect at the time permission is granted.

(d) Boundaries: Survey units have not been flagged.

(e) Contractor shall adhere to all Forest, Regional, or District closures, restrictions, prohibitions unless expressed permission is granted for exclusion through writing with line officer approval.

(f) Accommodation: If the contractor chooses to camp on the Forest, a camping permit must be obtained.

4. INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE:

4.1 FAR 52.246-4 INSPECTION OF SERVICES--FIXED-PRICE (AUG 1996)

(a) Definition. “Services,” as used in this clause, includes services performed, workmanship, and material furnished or utilized in the performance of services.

(b) The Contractor shall provide and maintain an inspection system acceptable to the Government covering the services under this contract. Complete records of all inspection work performed by the Contractor shall be maintained and made available to the Government during contract performance and for as long afterwards as the contract requires.

(c) The Government has the right to inspect and test all services called for by the contract, to the extent practicable at all times and places during the term of the contract. The Government shall perform inspections and tests in a manner that will not unduly delay the work.

(d) If the Government performs inspections or tests on the premises of the Contractor or a subcontractor, the Contractor shall furnish, and shall require subcontractors to furnish, at no increase in contract price, all reasonable facilities and assistance for the safe and convenient performance of these duties.

(e) If any of the services do not conform with contract requirements, the Government may require the Contractor to perform the services again in conformity with contract requirements, at no increase in contract amount. When the defects in services cannot be corrected by reperformance, the Government may—

(1) Require the Contractor to take necessary action to ensure that future performance conforms to contract requirements; and

(2) Reduce the contract price to reflect the reduced value of the services performed.

(f) If the Contractor fails to promptly perform the services again or to take the necessary action to ensure future performance in conformity with contract requirements, the Government may—

(1) By contract or otherwise, perform the services and charge to the Contractor any cost incurred by the Government that is directly related to the performance of such service; or

(2) Terminate the contract for default.

4.2 CONTRACTOR INSPECTION PROCEDURES

(A) General Instructions

1) The Contractor shall conduct inspections of treatment units and record the results using procedures described herein. Inspections shall be maintained concurrent with contract work.

Completed inspection forms shall be made available to the Government within 24 hours of completion of each treatment unit and will remain part of the permanent contract file.

2) By submission of inspection forms to the Government, the Contractor is considered to be certifying that the unit is satisfactorily completed and that the inspection forms reflect the work accomplished.

3) The Contractor shall submit legible inspection forms. Illegible and incomplete forms shall be returned to the Contractor for correction and re-submission.

4) In the event the Contractor falsifies inspection results, as determined by the Contracting

Officer, the Government may declare the Contractor to be in default of the contract.

Additionally, the Government may refer such falsifications to the US Attorney’s Office for possible prosecution pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1001 (Falsification of Government Documents) or 18 U.S.C. 287 (Fraud).

4.3 GOVERNMENT INSPECTION PROCEDURES – COMPLIANCE INSPECTION:

(A) The COR, or a designated inspector, will conduct compliance inspections while work is in progress, usually daily at first, to assure that work is proceeding satisfactorily. Compliance inspections will be accomplished by 100 percent visual inspection of each treatment unit and will be based on adherence to the required specifications / cutting prescriptions.

(B) The Contractor shall notify the COR when units are completed prior to his moving out of the general area. Compliance inspections will be conducted within three (3) business days of completion of treatment units and the Contractor notified of any part of the unit(s) requiring additional work or rework.

(C) Work will be accepted on the basis of visual inspection for compliance with specifications on areas reported as completed by the Contractor.

5. EVALUATION CRITERIA:

Price, Availability, and Relevant Past Performance, will be considered for the “Best Value” evaluation.

The order of importance corresponds with each criteria’s preceding order of appearance.

6. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY:

The Government will provide the following item(s) of Government property to the Contractor for use in the performance of this contract. This property shall be used and maintained by the Contractor in accordance with provisions of FAR Clause 52.245-2 "Government Property (Fixed-Price Contracts)" hereby incorporated by reference into the contract in accordance with FAR clause 52.252-2 “Clauses Incorporated By Reference” found herein.

Item No. Property Description Qty 1 Flagging TBD 2 Number tags TBD 3 Isolate form .pdf 1 4 Known Site Condition Assessment Form .pdf 1 5 Survey Unit .shp files 1 6 Known Site .shp files 2 7 Hard Copies of Known Site Forms TBD 8 In-office use of Cultural Resource Material TBD

7. APPENDICES

The following attachments are made a part of this solicitation and any resultant contract.

Title Pages Table 1 – Survey Unit Legals 13 Table 2 – Known Site Tables 13 Figure 1 – Project Location and Survey Units Map 14 Figure 2 – Known Sites Associated with Fence Line 48 Map 15 Figure 3 – Known Sites Associated with Fence Line 49 Map 16 Wage Determination Fire Protection and Suppression Forms

8. DEFINITIONS

Attribute Table - [data structures] A database or tabular file containing information about a set of geographic features, usually arranged so that each row represents a feature, and each column represents one feature attribute. In raster datasets, each row of an attribute table corresponds to a certain zone of cells having the same value. In a GIS, attribute tables are often joined or related to spatial data layers, and the attribute values they contain can be used to find, query, and symbolize features or raster cells.

Artifact: any portable object, at least 50 years old, that shows evidence of human manufacture, modification, or use.

Cultural: of or pertaining to culture. The regularized, patterned, learned behavior shared by members of an interacting social group and passed from generation to generation, comprising the groups technology, economy, religion, arts, social organization, and more. A groups partly subconscious consensus on how things are done. Aspects of culture vary among contemporary groups and change through time. Culture may be viewed as a complex set of instrumental behaviors interposed between a group and its natural and social environment and may be said to constitute the groups adaptation to its environment.

Central Datum: a fixed reference point established near the center of a cultural site. It is used to make horizontal measurements during site mapping and to mark the site for future identification.

Cultural Resource Survey: a continuous surface inspection of an entire survey area, aimed at locating and recording all cultural properties that have surface indications, by walking close-interval (≤20 meters) parallel transects until the area has been thoroughly examined.

Cultural Site: a location of human activity, occupation, or use identifiable through a cultural resource survey. A site consists of at least ten associated artifacts within a 30-meter diameter area, or a single feature.

Diagnostic Artifact: a time sensitive artifact used for relative dating (e.g., projectile point, amethyst glass, glass or ceramic container with makers mark, tin can with soldered hole-in-top, etc.). If diagnostic artifacts are present, an appropriately referenced date range for each artifact shall be indicated on the site form.

Dilution of Precision (DOP): an indicator of the quality of a GPS derived position. It is the result of a calculation that considers each satellites location relative to the other satellites in the constellation to predict the accuracy of positions obtained with that constellation. A low DOP indicates a higher probability of location accuracy.

Feature: literally, human made, not natural; any non-portable object that shows evidence of human manufacture, modification, or use.

Feature Class - [ESRI software] In ArcGIS, a collection of geographic features with the same geometry type (such as point, line, or polygon), the same attributes, and the same spatial reference. Feature classes can be stored in geodatabases, shapefiles, coverages, or other data formats. Feature classes allow homogeneous features to be grouped into a single unit for data storage purposes. For example, highways, primary roads, and secondary roads can be grouped into a line feature class named "roads." In a geodatabase, feature classes can also store annotation and dimensions.

File Geodatabase - [database structures] A geodatabase stored as a folder of files. A file geodatabase can be used simultaneously by several users, but only one user at a time can edit the same data.

Geodatabase - [ESRI software] A database or file structure used primarily to store, query, and manipulate spatial data. Geodatabases store geometry, a spatial reference system, attributes, and behavioral rules for data. Various types of geographic datasets can be collected within a geodatabase, including feature classes, attribute tables, raster datasets, network datasets, topologies, and many others. Geodatabases can be stored in IBM DB2, IBM Informix, Oracle, Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server, and PostgreSQL relational database management systems, or in a system of files, such as a file geodatabase.

Global Positioning System (GPS): a locational system which uses satellites to precisely plot a spot on the surface of the earth. GPS units used by/for the Forest Service must be capable of being downloaded and post-corrected. Executive Order 12906 and OMB Circular No. A-16 requires the collection and maintenance of spatial data collected by/for the federal government comply with specified precision and accuracy standards. Most recreation grade GPS units are unable to be post-processed and thus the accuracy of the data generated by them cannot be verified.

Isolate: a location of human activity consisting of fewer than ten associated artifacts within a 30-meter diameter area.

Mineral soil: exposed ground areas devoid of vegetation.

Off-Site Datum: a fixed reference point established outside a cultural site boundary. It is used to make horizontal measurements during site mapping and to mark the site for future identification.

Point Dilution of Precision (PDOP): type of DOP measurement. A numerical figure of merit expressing the relationship between the error in user position and the error in satellite position.

Values considered good for positioning are low. Low PDOP is associated with widely separated satellites. A PDOP Mask of ‘8’sets the highest value at which a GPS receiver will be allowed to compute positions.

Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM): mapping coordinate grid system based upon one of many different mapping projections. The Forest Service in Region 6 uses a projection in UTM Zone 10, North American Datum of 1983 (CONUS NAD83). The data is displayed in meters easting and northing.

APPENDICES

Table 1 – Survey Unit legals

Fence Line # Legal Description Ranger District T R S

0 36 S 20 E 31,32,33 Lakeview 4 36 S 18 E 25, 30, 36 Paisley 25 33 S 18 E 27, 28, 35, 36 Paisley 26 34 S 18 E 9, 16, 21, 28 Paisley 27 34 S

35 S 18 E 18 E

33, 34, 35 2, 3, 4

Paisley

28 35 S 18 E 10, 14, 15, 23 Paisley 29 34 S 18 E 12 Paisley 31 36 S

37 S 20 E 20 E

5, 6, 8

Lakeview

33 36 S 20 E 28, 29 Lakeview 34 37 S 15 E 22 Lakeview 35 37 S 19 E 1, 11, 12 Lakeview 47 35 S 19 E 21 Paisley 48 35 S 19 E 6, 7, 8, 17 Paisley 49 34 S 18 E 36 Paisley 55 36 S

36 S 18 E 19 E

9, 16, 17, 19, 20, Paisley

56 36 S 19 E 10, 13, 14, 15 Paisley - Lakeview 57 36 S 19 E 19, 30, 31 Lakeview 58 36 S 20 E 19, 20, 21, 22 Lakeview 59 35 S

36 S 19 E 19 E

2. 3. 10, 11

Paisley

60 34 S 34 S

18 E 19 E

13, 24 18, 19

Paisley

Table 2 – Known Sites

Fence Line # Site Number Other Number Description

48 35LK01378 35-19-06-02P Lithic Scatter 48 35LK01381 Lithic Scatter 48 35LK01389 Lithic Scatter 49 35LK1371 35-18-01-02P Lithic Scatter 59 ? Arborglyph

Figure 1 - Project Location and Survey Units Map

Figure 2 - Known Sites Associated with Fence Line 48 Map

Figure 3 - Known Sites Associated with Fence Line 49 Map

9. INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE:

9.1 FAR 52.246-4 INSPECTION OF SERVICES--FIXED-PRICE (AUG 1996)

(a) Definition. “Services,” as used in this clause, includes services performed, workmanship, and material furnished or utilized in the performance of services.

(b) The Contractor shall provide and maintain an inspection system acceptable to the Government covering the services under this contract. Complete records of all inspection work performed by the Contractor shall be maintained and made available to the Government during contract performance and for as long afterwards as the contract requires.

(c) The Government has the right to inspect and test all services called for by the contract, to the extent practicable at all times and places during the term of the contract. The Government shall perform inspections and tests in a manner that will not unduly delay the work.

(d) If the Government performs inspections or tests on the premises of the Contractor or a subcontractor, the Contractor shall furnish, and shall require subcontractors to furnish, at no increase in contract price, all reasonable facilities and assistance for the safe and convenient performance of these duties.

(e) If any of the services do not conform with contract requirements, the Government may require the Contractor to perform the services again in conformity with contract requirements, at no increase in contract amount. When the defects in services cannot be corrected by reperformance, the Government may—

(1) Require the Contractor to take necessary action to ensure that future performance conforms to contract requirements; and

(2) Reduce the contract price to reflect the reduced value of the services performed.

(f) If the Contractor fails to promptly perform the services again or to take the necessary action to ensure future performance in conformity with contract requirements, the Government may—

(1) By contract or otherwise, perform the services and charge to the Contractor any cost incurred by the Government that is directly related to the performance of such service; or

(2) Terminate the contract for default.

9.2 CONTRACTOR INSPECTION PROCEDURES

(B) General Instructions

5) The Contractor shall conduct inspections of treatment units and record the results using procedures described herein. Inspections shall be maintained concurrent with contract work.

Completed inspection forms shall be made available to the Government within 24 hours of completion of each treatment unit and will remain part of the permanent contract file.

6) By submission of inspection forms to the Government, the Contractor is considered to be certifying that the unit is satisfactorily completed and that the inspection forms reflect the work accomplished.

7) The Contractor shall submit legible inspection forms. Illegible and incomplete forms shall be returned to the Contractor for correction and re-submission.

8) In the event the Contractor falsifies inspection results, as determined by the Contracting

Officer, the Government may declare the Contractor to be in default of the contract.

Additionally, the Government may refer such falsifications to the US Attorney’s Office for possible prosecution pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1001 (Falsification of Government Documents) or 18 U.S.C. 287 (Fraud).

9.3 GOVERNMENT INSPECTION PROCEDURES – COMPLIANCE INSPECTION:

(A) The COR, or a designated inspector, will conduct compliance inspections while work is in progress, usually daily at first, to assure that work is proceeding satisfactorily. Compliance inspections will be accomplished by 100 percent visual inspection of each treatment unit and will be based on adherence to the required specifications / cutting prescriptions.

(B) The Contractor shall notify the COR when units are completed prior to his moving out of the general area. Compliance inspections will be conducted within three (3) business days of completion of treatment units and the Contractor notified of any part of the unit(s) requiring additional work or rework.

(Work will be accepted on the basis of visual inspection for compliance with specifications on areas reported as completed by the Contractor.

10. COMMENCEMENT PROSECUTION, AND COMPLETION OF WORK (FAR 52.211-

10) (APR 1984)

The Contractor shall be required to (a) commence work under this contract within 7 calendar days after the date the Contractor receives the notice to proceed, (b) prosecute the work diligently, and (c) complete the entire work ready for use not later than 30 September 2026. The time stated for completion shall include final cleanup of the premises. Work is estimated to begin 01 May 2024.

11. CLAUSES

PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

52.222-41 Service Contract Labor Standards (AUG 2018)

PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY FULL TEXT

52.212-2 Evaluation—Commercial Products and Commercial Services (NOV 2021)

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

1. Technical Capability

2. Relevant Past Work Record and Performance (Botanical Survey Projects)

3. Capacity to Perform Work

4. Price

Technical Capability, Relevant Past Work Record and Performance (Botanical Survey Projects), and Capacity to Perform Work is equal when compared to price. Offerors must provide a Progress Work Schedule that completes the work within specified timeframe in accordance with the Statement of Work.

(b) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer’s specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

(End of provision)