NOTICE_OF_INTENT_TO_SOLICIT_SINGLE_SOURCE.pdf

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLICIT SINGLE SOURCE

140L5818Q0005

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Oregon State Office intends to solicit one (1) firm fixed priced commercial items services, requirement for Cultural Resources Inventory located at Castle Rock Timber Treatment Area, Northwest Malheur, Oregon within the vicinity of Vale district area of responsibility as a single source to The Burns Paiute Tribe, 100 Pasigo Way, Burns, OR 97720, as the only reasonable source available pursuant to FAR subpart 13-106(b). The Government requires services to identify and evaluate cultural resources through a Class III inventory (pedestrian transects with 30 m spacing) of 6,120 acres of BLM administered lands in the Castle Rock Timber unit. Reconnaissance resurvey of an additional 973 acres in the Castle Rock Timber unit is also required. Inventory includes fully recording newly discovered archaeological sites (including photographs, GIS mapping, and site descriptions, National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility) and visiting previously recorded sites to update existing site records. Inventory includes documentation of traditional cultural properties (TCPs) or historic properties of religious and cultural significance to Indian tribes (HPRCSITs) present in the project area. Documentation of TCPs and HPRCSITs will require interviews with Burns Paiute Tribal members who have the specialized knowledge of the location and nature of these resources. The product from the inventory will be a report documenting field and research findings. To allow for the long-term curation and accessibility of cultural resource information, the BLM also requires that the project and cultural resource information be entered into the Oregon Cultural Resource Information System (OCRIS), if available. Otherwise, site and isolate forms will be completed in the Oregon SHPO archaeological sites database. The Burns Paiute Tribe is uniquely capable of identifying places, features, and sites on the Castle Rock landscape that are traditionally significant or sacred to tribe. The tribe does not disclose site-specific sensitive information (closely held by and within the tribe) with a third party consultant due to its high cultural significance. The tribe will share such information with a federal agency that can maintain confidentiality and protect the tribe-sensitive information as exempt from the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. The procedures in FAR subpart 13.5 will be used in accordance with 41 U.S.C. 1901.

The performance period is from 09/15/2018 through 04/18/2020. The NAICS code is 541620 with a small business size standard of 60 employees. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. Responses shall be received by 08/30/2018 in order to be considered. Email responses to rforde@blm.gov, with the subject line entitled “Solicitation #140L5818Q0005.”