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Scope of Work for the

RIO GRANDE DEL NORTE NATIONAL MONUMENT

MANAGEMENT PLAN Taos Resource Management Plan Amendment / Environmental Impact Statement

PURPOSE FOR ADDENDUM:

The purpose of this addendum is to change the deliverables under the following tasks to identify them as base or optional requirements. The BLM acknowledges that certain deliverables described in the Scope of Work (SOW) ambiguously span both base and optional tasks. Clarification is therefore warranted to distinguish which deliverables would fulfill base requirements—those for which the BLM is now soliciting bids—and which would be considered optional.

The BLM would like to emphasize that the base tasks and associated deliverables are those to be completed during the period of performance for the contract being solicited, October 1, 2021, through June 15, 2022, as indicated under section VIII of the SOW. This period of performance corresponds with the pre-planning and scoping phases of the EIS process—see Appendix A: Preliminary Schedule.

Optional tasks, for which Federal funding has yet to been secured, are those anticipated to be completed between June 16, 2022, and March 15, 2024. Optional tasks correspond to the preparation and release of the Draft and Final EIS and the Record of Decision.

CHANGES:

Task 1: Project Management

Base Deliverables:

1. Project Schedule (see Appendix A for Preliminary Schedule). Due: 30 days after contract award, unless mutually agreed upon by PM and contractor.

2. Draft and final meeting agendas, information boards, handouts, and materials for meetings occurring between October 1, 2021, and June 15, 2022. Due: To be dependent on nature of meeting, however in general, final agendas for internal meetings shall be submitted no less than 4 hours prior to the meeting, and for external, public meetings final agendas shall be submitted no less than 10 days prior to the meeting. Final meeting materials may be distributed during the meeting, however drafts shall be approved no less than one day prior to meeting. Final meeting notes and records for project file. Due: No greater than 5 days following the meeting.

Optional Deliverables:

1. Draft and final meeting agendas, information boards, handouts, and materials for meetings occurring between June 16, 2022, and March 15, 2024. Due: To be dependent on nature of meeting, however in general, final agendas for internal meetings shall be submitted no less than 4 hours prior to the meeting, and for external, public meetings final agendas shall be submitted no less than 10 days prior to the meeting. Final meeting materials may be distributed during the meeting, however drafts shall be approved no less than one day prior to meeting. Final meeting notes and records for project file. Due: No greater than 5 days following the meeting.

Task 5: Tribal and State Historic Preservation Office Consultation

Base Deliverables:

1. Draft communications (i.e., letters or emails) prepared between October 1, 2021, and June 15, 2022.

2. Draft and final meeting agendas, handouts and materials for meetings occurring between October 1, 2021, and June 15, 2022. Due: To be dependent on nature of meeting, however in general, final agendas for internal meetings shall be submitted no less than 4 hours prior to the meeting, and for external meeting final agendas shall be submitted no less than 10 days prior to the meeting. Final meeting materials may be distributed during the meeting, however drafts shall be reviewed/approved no less than one day prior to the meeting.

3. Final meeting notes and records for project file during the period October 1, 2021, through June 15, 2022. Due: No greater than 5 days following the meeting.

4. Final record of all correspondence and interactions occurring between October 1, 2021, and June 15, 2022, as part of the administrative record.

Optional Deliverables:

1. Draft communications (i.e., letters or emails) prepared between June 16, 2022, and March 15, 2024.

2. Draft and final meeting agendas, handouts and materials for meetings held between June 16, 2022, and March 15, 2024. Due: To be dependent on nature of meeting, however in general, final agendas for internal meetings shall be submitted no less than 4 hours prior to the meeting, and for external meeting final agendas shall be submitted no less than 10 days prior to the meeting. Final meeting materials may be distributed during the meeting, however drafts shall be reviewed/approved no less than one day prior to the meeting.

3. Final meeting notes and records for project file during the period June 16, 2022, through March 15, 2024. Due: No greater than 5 days following the meeting

4. Final record of all correspondence and interactions occurring between June 16, 2022, and March 15, 2024, as part of the administrative record.

5. Complete Class I Cultural Resource Overview

Task 7: Administrative Record

Base Deliverables:

1. All administrative record materials in electronic format on CDs or DVDs, which includes all records created between October 1, 2021, and June 15, 2022. Due: No later than the performance period, ending June 15, 2022.

Optional Deliverables:

1. All administrative record materials in electronic format on CDs or DVDs, which includes all records created between June 16, 2022, and March 15, 2024. Due: No later than March 15, 2024.

Task 8: Outreach and Coordination

Base Deliverables:

1. Compiled contact list of external interests, organized by group (e.g., government-to-government consultation, 106 consultation, cooperating agencies, general interested parties, and individuals). Due: March 1, 2022.

Optional Deliverables:

1. Maintain a contact list of external interests, organized by group (e.g., government-to-government consultation, 106 consultation, cooperating agencies, general interested parties, and individuals) during the period of June 16, 2022, to March 15, 2024.

2. Public update eNewsletter. Due: Monthly July 2022 through December 2023.