5-8058 CherryFireESR SOW MAforArch.pdf

Multiple Award for Archaeology Scope of Work Procurement Authority: State of Utah AS24-114 Project Title: Cherry Fire, ESR Cultural Resources Inventory (WRI 8058 )

Solicitation conducted by Utah State Purchasing

Cultural Resources Project Type: Intensive and reconnaissance level inventory (mixed 15 and 30 meter transects) and site revisits (within the APE but outside the survey area).

Project Description: The lightning-caused Cherry Fire started in late June 2026 and was contained in early July. The fire started on BLM lands near the Weiss Highway and Cherry Creek in Juab County. From the WRI proposal: “This project aims to mitigate negative ecological impacts of the 2026 Cherry Fire. 34,252 total acres were burned during this fire. This project is a collaborative effort between multiple agencies and proposes 14,958.5 acres of post-fire treatments to improve wildlife habitat, restore grazing opportunities, protect water quality, protect human life and safety, and restore public recreation opportunities.”

The project is a federal undertaking; as such, the cultural resources inventory is being completed in compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and in accordance with State Protocol Agreement between Utah SHPO and BLM. The project will require ‘rolling consultation’ per Appendix G of the State Protocol to receive preliminary concurrence from the Utah State Historic Preservation Office (UtSHPO) and streamline the undertaking implementation (see below).

This project includes state funding from the Trust Lands Administration (TLA), the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire, & State Lands (FFSL), the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR), and the Utah Watershed Restoration Initiative (WRI). Such state funding also qualifies this project as an undertaking as defined by Utah Code 9-8a-402. Such an undertaking requires these state agencies to take into account the effect of the undertaking on any historic property (Utah Code 9-8a-404).

The Project includes a cultural resource literature review and site revisits for the full Area of Potential Effect (APE; approximately 14,958.5 acres) where mechanical treatments (chaining, drill seeding, mastication, etc.) may occur. Within the APE, a cultural resources inventory is required for approximately 10,955.6 acres. Areas of the APE that are not included in the cultural resources inventory (approximately 4,002.9 acres) were exempted from the new survey through early consultation with the Utah State Historic Preservation Office (UtSHPO), BLM, and partner state agencies. These exempted areas (“Past Adequate Survey Area”) were archaeologically surveyed since the year 2000. Within this area, previously recorded archaeological sites that were recorded prior to 2000 will be revisited and updated. Further, previously recorded archaeological sites that were recorded between 2000 and 2010 and are NRHP unevaluated or eligible require a revisit and update. These various Project activities will be documented in standard BLM and UtSHPO records and data files.

Specifically, the Project includes cultural resources identification and assessment tasks:

a. Completion of a cultural resource literature search, background research, data review, etc. of the entire APE (approximately 14,958.5 acres); file: 8058_CherryFireESR_APE.zip/kmz) plus a ¼ mile buffer of the APE. See the attached map for a general project area location. Please note, this map is provided to orient the bidder to the project location and will not be used for fieldwork or final bidder decision making. Some portions of the project area may have slightly changed, or project area additions made. The attached GIS files (8058_CherryFireESR_APE.zip/kmz; 8058_CherryFireESR_SurveyIntensity.zip/kmz) shall be used for bidding, fieldwork, and reporting, except as agreed by the project managers and as codified through a State Purchasing Change Order.

b. Pedestrian cultural resource inventory (archaeological survey) of a portion of the APE defined in consultation with the UtSHPO (approximately 10,955.6 acres; file: 8058_CherryFireESR_SurveyIntensity.zip/kmz). Survey intensity is mixed within this area and defined in the shapefile. Approximately 5,948.0 acres will require intensive, 15 meter-width transects. The remaining 5,007.6 acres will require 30-meter width transects.

Survey “exclusion” areas are not expected, but if areas within the survey area are deemed unsafe or are significantly steep, they may be excluded or surveyed at a reconnaissance level in conversation with the Agency Archaeologists. Such exclusion areas must be documented in the final report and delineated in the associated final project shapefiles. Exclusion areas will https://wri.utah.gov/wri/project/justification.html?id=8058 be shared with the Agency Archaeologists through shapefile as part of the project’s rolling consultation requirement.

Transect data shown as tracks in GIS and delivered in a separate shapefile may be required at the discretion of Agency Archaeologists to ensure full coverage of survey areas. If transect data are not required, it will be noted in the kickoff meeting. If requested, survey areas will be field mapped using professional quality GPS units, either through GPS’ing survey lines or GPS’ing the beginning and ending of survey transects.

c. Revisit and documentation update of previously recorded archaeological sites within the Past Adequate Survey Area, that were recorded prior to 2000. Also revisit and update sites that recorded between 2000 and 2010 and have an NRHP status of eligible or unevaluated. These resources will be recorded in accordance with current UtSHPO and BLM guidance and requirements.

d. Documentation of all previously recorded or newly identified cultural resources within the pedestrian archaeological survey area according to current UtSHPO and BLM guidance and requirements.

e. Complete “rolling consultation” reporting. This task is described below.

WRI Number: 8058

Land Manager: The project is located on land administered by the BLM-Fillmore Field Office (FFO), Salt Lake Field Office (SLFO), private, and Trust Lands Administration (TLA) lands.

Cultural Lead: Savanna Agardy, BLM West Desert District/US Wildland Fire Service (USWFS) Great Basin Unit 11 Fuels Archaeologist, is the cultural lead and will be consulting with UtSHPO. Lindsay Fenner, TLA Archaeologist will represent TLA lands. Allan Wolfrum, FFSL Archaeologist, and Arie Leeflang, DWR Archaeologist, will represent private lands. Arie Leeflang will handle invoicing and contracting tasks. These individuals are collectively noted as “Agency Archaeologists” in this document.

Fieldwork Preferences: Do not place physical datums. Site boundaries, artifacts, and features must be GPS’d with submeter accuracy following BLM Utah Fieldwork Guidelines. Follow the 2008 UPAC Linear Sites guidance for the recordation of linear sites. Clearly justify the recordation of the linear as a site, according to the UPAC guidance, as opposed to an isolated occurrence. Linear sites that are not justified as an archaeological site will be transitioned to an isolated occurrence at the Contractor’s expense.

Utah Archaeological Site Forms will be completed for each newly recorded cultural resource site and each revisited previously documented site. Previously documented sites that are unable to be relocated will be documented using a Utah Archaeological Site Form Part A or appropriate UtSHPO Archaeology Records forms. Previously recorded cultural site forms that are recent (less than 10 years) do not need to be re-documented if they have adequate information and key aspects have not changed since the previous recording, including but not limited to eligibility, condition/impacts, artifact or feature lists, and site boundary, and the existing documentation meets UtSHPO and BLM standards.

Each cultural resource site within the project area shall be evaluated for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), as set forth in 36 CFR 60. The Contractor shall make recommendations concerning site eligibility and include a written justification, both on the Utah Archaeological Site Form and in the project report. This justification shall specify the specific criteria under which eligible sites are found to qualify and a discussion of the seven aspects of integrity specified in 36 CFR 60. Justifications should reference Research Questions from the applicable Class I Report. Final determinations of eligibility will be made by BLM in partnership with TLA, FFSL, and DWR, in consultation with the UtSHPO.

If areas of dense vegetation or steep slopes present an unsafe work environment, document the locations with GPS points or polygons and photographs. Such changes in archaeological survey intensity will be documented and shared with the Agency Archaeologists as part of rolling consultation materials (please see below) unless otherwise directed. These areas must be documented in the final report and spatial data attributes and will be coded as reconnaissance surveys or exempted rather than intensive surveys in the report.

Photos shall be submitted for Isolated Finds (IFs) that are features or consist of diagnostic prehistoric artifacts. IFs that consist of more than one artifact shall list the measurable extent in which the IF occurs to ensure they do not meet the site definition.

Site avoidance flagging is not required.

Reporting Requirements: No paper reporting is required for this project. A single report is required to document all the tasks listed.

A quarter mile literature review buffer will be used to identify previously conducted archaeological investigations and previously https://wri.utah.gov/wri/project/justification.html?id=8058 https://www.blm.gov/sites/default/files/docs/2024-04/BLM%20Utah%20Cultural%20Fieldwork%20Guidelines%20and%20Standards_2024.pdf https://www.blm.gov/sites/default/files/docs/2024-04/BLM%20Utah%20Cultural%20Fieldwork%20Guidelines%20and%20Standards_2024.pdf https://82f96c66-8d2b-4bed-939b-344cbc2ba706.usrfiles.com/ugd/82f96c_c901a7a7da6d4242ad7083a2392dc393.pdf https://82f96c66-8d2b-4bed-939b-344cbc2ba706.usrfiles.com/ugd/82f96c_c901a7a7da6d4242ad7083a2392dc393.pdf recorded archaeological sites in the area. A standard cultural context or cultural setting for the project area will be included in the report.

Report format will follow current BLM requirements. Cultural resource findings and results may be provided in the report in a table or simplified format. Such presentation will include the site type, a site description, and a simplified NRHP discussion.

Deliverables (draft and final) will each include the report, site forms, GIS data, tabular data, and IF data, all according to UtSHPO and BLM guidance, standards, and templates (e.g. Isolated Finds template). If revisions are substantial, additional reviews may be necessary. UtSHPO may also have additional edits that will need to be incorporated.

Follow the 2008 UPAC Linear Sites guidance for the recordation of linear sites. Roads or other linear features that are recorded as linear sites and are not appropriately justified as a linear site in alignment with the UPAC guidance will be asked to transition the site to an isolated occurrence at the Contractor’s expense.

The Utah Archaeology Site Form will be used for recording new sites and updating previously recorded sites. All sites shall be assigned Smithsonian Trinomial prior to draft deliverables submission. Do not submit draft deliverables with temp numbers only.

Include photographs of all diagnostic artifacts and features and a representative sample of complete groundstone tools if found.

Also document onsite deposition depth estimates and your method to determine depth as part of your NRHP discussion and recommendation.

Upon completion of fieldwork, Agency Archaeologists may request the spatial data for transect lines, archaeological sites, as well as preliminary fieldwork results such as a list of sites, total Class II or exclusion acres (if applicable), and preliminary eligibility determinations before approving the fieldwork completion milestone invoice.

UtSHPO Rolling Consultation: Rolling consultation with the Utah State Historic Preservation Office (UtSHPO) is planned and will require reporting to the Agency Archaeologists by the Contractor following each field session. This reporting will include the area of newly completed survey (via shapefile) and initial documentation and updating of newly recorded or updated archaeological sites (via spreadsheet). This reporting is required within seven working days of the closing of each archaeological field session.

Archaeological site reporting will be via the BLM rolling consultation template spreadsheet (attached) and with the submission of all documented site boundaries and completed-survey areas in a shapefile. This is an extra effort above usual non-ESR project reporting and is time critical as treatments may begin immediately following rolling consultation completion with UtSHPO. Initial rolling consultation is expected within 17 days of fieldwork start (10-days session plus 7 days processing time).

Permitting Requirements: PIs, Field Directors, and Crew Chiefs must hold a current BLM Cultural Resources Use Permit for the Great Basin and a Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office (PLPCO) Principal Investigator Permit to Conduct Archaeological Surveys. Further, All work shall be performed in accordance with the Secretary of the Interior’s "Standards and Guidelines for Archaeology and Historical Preservation” (Federal Register, Volume 48, Number 190; Thursday, September 29, 1983, page 44716). The Principal Investigator shall be required to hold a valid state permit to conduct archaeological surveys on federal and state property. Field directors must meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards for Archaeology or History. The Contractor shall provide qualified personnel who have knowledge and experience in identifying and evaluating cultural resources found in Utah.

All project staff and crew members must be directly supervised in the field by qualified field directors or the principal investigator.

MA for Archaeology Region: Central, greater than 300 acres.

WRI Contracting Model: Lump sum. As a lump sum project, cost modifications or change orders based upon unexpected or excessive findings will not be entertained.

Acres: approximately 14,958.5 acres*

• BLM = approximately 10,395.2 acres

• Private = 3,983.0 acres

• TLA = 580.3 acres

*There are approximately 4,002.9 acres of previous survey that is considered adequate and eligible for exclusion from new survey in consultation with Agency Archaeologists and the UtSHPO. As such, the acres requiring new Class II/III Inventory will be approximately 10,955.6 acres. Revisit of certain areas or sites in the excluded areas is required.

Period of Performance:

Required Fieldwork State Date: Within two weeks of project award.

Expected Fieldwork Completion Date: February 1, 2027.* Rolling Consultation Due Date: Seven working days following each field session.

Draft Deliverables Due Date: April 1, 2027.

Final Deliverables Due Date: June 1, 2027.

* Note: we are sympathetic to weather delays if the Contractor is working towards project completion in good faith. While this area typically does not get significant snow, we acknowledge the project area may get snowed out at some point. The project may continue in the spring if deemed appropriate by project managers. A ‘good faith’ effort will be defined by an estimation that appropriate efforts are being made to meet the February 1st, 2027, fieldwork deadline. This may be assessed by the percentage of fieldwork completed per the percentage of time elapsed toward the fieldwork due date.

Revisit of Previously Recorded Sites Outside of the Survey Area, within Past Adequate Survey Area: In consultation with UtSHPO, certain previously recorded sites within the Past Adequate Survey Area require a revisit, re-recording, and NRHP update and assessment. These include sites recorded between 2000 and 2010 that are unevaluated, recommended eligible for, or determined eligible for, the NRHP. Below is a preliminary list of previously recorded sites within the larger project area and their revisit work requirement. If additional sites are identified that qualify under the criteria listed above (e.g., recorded 2000-2010 and NRHP unevaluated or eligible), or if errors in the list below are identified, these newly identified or revised sites will also require revisit and reassessment.

Smith_Tri Class Site Type Year Recorded Eligibility Revisit?

42JB843 Historic Railroad grade 1999 Eligible, professional judgement Yes 42JB2082 Indigenous Lithic scatter 2017 Not eligible, SHPO concurred No 42TO354 Indigenous Lithic scatter 1981 Not eligible, professional judgement Yes

42TO445 Multicomponent Indigenous lithic scatter and historic structure, artifacts, features

2017 Not eligible, SHPO concurred No

42TO459 Indigenous Lithic scatter 1986 Not eligible, professional judgement Yes 42TO460 Historic Artifact scatter 1986 Not eligible, professional judgement Yes 42TO461 Historic Artifact scatter 2017 Not eligible, SHPO concurred No 42TO565 Historic Artifact scatter 1989 Not eligible, professional judgement Yes

42TO566 Indigenous Lithic scatter 2006 Not eligible, SHPO concurred No 42TO1548 Historic Railroad grade, features, and artifact scatter 2016 Eligible, SHPO concurred No

42TO1843 Indigenous Lithic scatter 2007 Eligible, professional judgement Yes 42TO2737 Historic Mine 2005 Not eligible, professional judgement No 42TO3314 Historic Artifact scatter 2014 Not eligible, professional judgement No 42TO3315 Historic Dugouts 2007 Eligible, SHPO concurred Yes 42TO4972 Historic Artifact scatter 2011 Eligible, SHPO concurred No 42TO4973 Historic Artifact scatter 2011 Eligible, SHPO concurred No 42TO4977 Indigenous Lithic scatter 2011 Not eligible, SHPO concurred No 42TO4978 Indigenous Lithic scatter 2011 Eligible, SHPO concurred No 42TO4979 Indigenous Lithic scatter 2016 Not eligible, SHPO concurred No 42TO4981 Indigenous Lithic scatter 2011 Not eligible, SHPO concurred No 42TO4992 Historic Structure and feature 2011 Eligible, SHPO concurred No 42TO5958 Historic Artifact scatter 2014 Undetermined No 42TO6549 Indigenous Artifact scatter 2016 Eligible, SHPO concurred No 42TO6610 Indigenous Artifact scatter 2016 Eligible, SHPO concurred No 42TO7141 Historic Artifact scatter and features 2018 Not eligible, SHPO concurred No

Access: Access varies throughout the project area. Significant portions of the project area will be accessible with a 4x4, high-clearance, field-going vehicle. A UTV will be required to access certain parcels due to wildfire impacts and poor road conditions.

Some deadwalking will be required to access remote parcels. Access through private lands/fences will be required to reach BLM and

TLA land. Savanna Agardy will coordinate with BLM field office staff and private landowners on dates of planned survey to ensure proper access.

Inspections: Agency Archaeologists will complete periodic site visits and inspections during fieldwork and as part of the review of draft and final deliverable records.

Payment Schedule: Invoicing for this project will follow the standard Multiple Award for Archaeology contract schedule: 10% invoiced upon completion of pre-field literature review; 50% upon completion of fieldwork, including a preliminary report of fieldwork results as described above; 30% upon delivery of draft deliverables; final 10% upon full acceptance of final deliverables by the Agency Archaeologists. Approval of milestone invoicing must be made by Agency Archaeologists. If more frequent invoicing is preferred, include your preferred invoice schedule in your bid response for consideration by the project managers.

Please note – arrival and approval of each milestone require the submission of milestone-reaching documentation:

● Pre-field literature review: submission of a brief Class I document that summarizes the initial literature review and background research effort. While this does not need to be polished, the document should provide evidence of a thorough literature review effort and should include a survey findings expectations paragraph.

● Fieldwork: Cultural leads may request documentation of fieldwork and preliminary fieldwork results. This may include spatial data for fieldwork transect lines, preliminary archaeological site boundaries, and class II or other exclusion areas.

Preliminary site lists and preliminary eligibility determinations may also be requested. Such submissions may be waived by the cultural leads during the project kickoff meeting.

● Draft deliverables: draft UtSHPO package following BLM and UtSHPO reporting and data standards requirements.

● Final deliverables: final UtSHPO package following BLM and UtSHPO reporting and data standards requirements.

Billing PO: 202640

Attached Files:

• 8058_CherryFireESR_GIS.zip – a zipped folder containing the following GIS files:

o 8058_CherryFireESR_APE.zip/KMZ: – a GIS shapefile and KMZ file of the project area. Note, the GIS shapefile, not the map figures, will be used for all contractual project area identification tasks. SOW-included maps are generalized and provided to orient bidders to the general area of the project.

o 8058_CherryFireESR_SurveyIntensity.zip/KMZ: a GIS shapefile and KMZ of the project area with land ownership delineated.

GIS filtering removed the Previous Adequate Survey Area, leaving small slivers and isolated polygons.

Post-award, the contractor and agency archaeologists will establish a minimum area/width threshold (e.g., <1 acre or <5 meters wide) to clean these features from the final survey dataset

• ESR_Rolling_Consultation_CherryFireESR.xlsx – the required BLM template for reporting documented sites for “rolling consultation” with UtSHPO. The Contractor will provide session fieldwork results within seven working days of session’s end. Results will include this spreadsheet (populated), site boundaries in a shapefile, and a shapefile of the completed survey area.

How Projects will be Awarded

The individual SOW project award will be made based upon a cumulative assessment which will take place at each project release.

That assessment will combine the previously outlined Best Value score and a new “SOW Cost Point Award.”

The Best Value score was awarded in RFP AS24-114 and is not changeable. It is a portion of 300 points as assessed in the first three categories (Technical Criteria) of the RFP.

The “SOW Cost Point Award” is figured each time bids are received based upon an individual SOW. The bid responses may be for a “lump sum” bid that would cover all the costs associated with the entire project. Or the bid responses may ask for a “base rate” bid that would cover the basic aspects of an archaeological survey and a “per site” bid that would also ask for the costs to record an archaeological site. 700 cost points are possible. The lowest cost bid will receive the full 700 points. Each higher bid will receive points based upon its percentage higher than the lowest bid.

Cumulative Assessment is calculated by:

(AS24-114 Best Value score out of 300) + (“SOW Cost Point Award” out of 700)

The highest point tally will receive the project contract at their submitted bid rate.

This approach will assure the State of Utah and the WRI are able to include the point rankings associated with non-cost elements from the RFP, along with the cost ranking associated with each project SOW release (aka the “SOW Cost Point Award”).

All work is contracted and awarded through the State of Utah Division of State Purchasing & General Services Solicitation AS24-114 and Limited Purchasing Delegation #230

Any awarded work is at a fixed rate and is not open to modification except as allowed under State of Utah Division of State Purchasing & General Services rules.

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