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Section SF 30 - BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

Performance Work Statement Cultural Resources and Curation Services

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) St. Louis District’s Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections (MCX CMAC)

1 DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES

1.1 Objective

1.1.1 The St. Louis District proposes to award a national cultural resources and curation services contract of not more than $83,000,000. The work to be provided under this contract vehicle will include providing multidisciplinary cultural resource-related services for projects undertaken by the USACE, St. Louis District, MCX CMAC in support of other USACE districts and federal government entities nationwide (CONUS and OCONUS, to include Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories). Services will include, but are not limited to, both terrestrial and marine archaeological investigations, historic preservation services of buildings and structures, architectural history, archival and knowledge management services, Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) compliance services, Geographic Information System (GIS) and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) services and related modeling, object/collection moves, and historic studies in support of cultural resources investigations. Also, a broad range of archaeological investigative services, conservation, rehabilitation, and curation services, summary and inventory services, and other service-related collections management tasks including the preparation of digital collections. Additionally, digitization and handling of historical records by the contractor for the MCX CMAC is expected to be a requirement under this contract. Finally, museum support-related work, including the consolidation of collections, military museum object inventories, and conservation, will involve partnering with other federal agencies and contractor coordination, transportation, and tracking services.

1.1.2 Contractors will need to be familiar with current federal regulations, guidelines, and procedures related to the types of services required. Additionally, the contractor will need to demonstrate an ability both to manage and supervise subcontractors and to handle large volumes of work under strict deadlines. Finally, the contractor must be familiar with current USACE and other federal agency regulations, guidelines, and procedures related to the work described in this Performance Work Statement (PWS).

1.2 Scope

1.2.1 This PWS defines the general tasks to be performed under the Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract known as Cultural Resources and Curation Services, for the MCX CMAC. The MCX CMAC, within the St. Louis District, provides cultural resources services and supplemental expertise for projects nationwide.

1.2.2 Cultural resources services to be performed under this contract will be conducted in a manner consistent with the Secretary of the Interior’s “Standards and Guidelines for Archeology and Historic Preservation,” 48 FR 44716-44723 (see Section 1.3). The determination to use the contract will be made by the Contracting Officer.

1.2.3 Performance requirements and deliverables will be set forth in individual task orders. The specific deliverables and details for a task order will be set forth in the PWS for each individual one. They will have various monetary values, and each will set a separate, negotiated schedule for deliverables and performance.

1.2.4 The contractor shall provide all professional staff, support staff, and specialists necessary to plan, supervise, perform, and report on the required work. The contractor's team shall have demonstrated experience in successfully accomplishing the work as presented in specific task orders. The contractor will furnish all labor, facilities, transportation, fuel, equipment, and materials necessary to perform the services required by each task order unless otherwise specified by the Government (e.g., Government furnished equipment on premises). Most importantly, the contractor shall provide qualified professional supervision to assure the accuracy, quality, and completeness of all work required under this contract.

To provide the services specified in individual task orders, the contractor may be required to assemble a qualified interdisciplinary team including a variety of subcontractors to complement the contractor staff. The employees, subcontractors, or consultants engaged in the performance of the contract are required to maintain professional qualifications, background, education, and experience equal to that proposed by the contractor and accepted by the Government for contract award (minimum qualifications for many positions have been published by the Department of the Interior 36 CFR Appendix A to Part 61). Techniques and methods used for projects shall be representative of current professional knowledge and development, and the work will satisfy current scientific standards for data collection, processing, and reporting per State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) guidelines and the laws and regulations listed at the end of Section 1.3.1.

All operations shall be conducted under the supervision of qualified professionals in the discipline appropriate to the information that is to be recovered, described, or analyzed.

Qualified professionals shall minimally include individuals with the following capabilities/responsibilities, recognizing that these positions may be provided under subcontract agreements.

(a) Contract Manager

(b) Program Director

(c) Project Manager

(d) Assistant Project Manager

(e) HR/Payroll Manager

(f) Administrative Assistant

(g) Laboratory Director

(h) Archaeologist/Anthropologist Field or Laboratory Supervisor (AT-3)

(i) Laboratory/Archaeological Assistant (AT-2)

(j) Laboratory/Archaeological Technician (AT-1)

(k) Other Professional Personnel

1. Architectural Historian

2. Archivist

3. Archives Technician

4. Art Movers

5. Building Conservation Specialist

6. Conservator

7. Drafter/Graphics Specialist

8. Geomorphologist

9. GIS Specialist

10. Historian

11. IT Support

12. Photographer

13. Physical Anthropologist

14. Principal Investigator

15. Remote Sensing Specialist

16. Senior Graphic Designer/Exhibit Design Specialist

17. Senior Historian

For future task orders, the contractor may be required to provide the services of additional qualified professionals to minimally include individuals with the following capabilities/responsibilities: paleoethnobotanist, zooarchaeologist, historic preservationist, cultural anthropologist, forensic anthropologist, curator, underwater archeologist, editor, and other varied professional personnel, crew members, and staff.

While it is understood that firms do not typically maintain all of these specialties, contractors should be aware that locating such specialized services may become part of their requirement for any given investigation.

1.3 Services

1.3.1 All work will be performed within the context of an approved, detailed research design that pairs data collection techniques with specific research problems relevant to the designated project. All data will be analyzed, described, and integrated into scientific reports of findings. Guidelines for report submissions will be incorporated into individual task orders. Task orders that can be clearly defined will be firm fixed price task orders.

Task orders that are unable to be clearly defined will be labor hour task orders.

Services required under this contract shall be detailed in each individual task order’s PWS. These services may include, but are not necessarily limited to, the character of services outlined below.

(a) Background literature, archival, and courthouse record research and informant interviews, including preparation of land use histories, and research of federal, state, and local regulatory agencies.

(b) Geomorphological and environmental reconstruction.

(c) Reconnaissance and sample surveys.

(d) Intensive, comprehensive cultural resource investigations.

(e) Architectural evaluation, assessment, treatment, stabilization, restoration and preservation of standing structures and structural conservation.

(f) National Register assessments.

(g) Test excavation of archaeological sites for assessment for National Register eligibility and, if significant, preparation and completion of detailed data recovery plans.

(h) Assessments of project impacts to cultural resources.

(i) Various types of mitigation including, but not limited to, archaeological data recovery, forensic recovery, architectural mitigation measures, Historic American Building Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey (HABS/HAER/HALS) recordation, scaled drawings, popular histories, and collections of oral histories.

(j) Preparation of research designs, unanticipated discovery plans, and discovery plans, including for peer review, for a broad array of data gathering and resource assessment techniques, ranging from national, to regional, to project, to site-specific.

(k) Construction project monitoring, including hosting and working with tribal monitors.

(l) Remote sensing techniques, including field work and analyses of data.

(m) Computerization of data for analyses, and creation or maintenance of metadata, data base files, and models.

(n) Scanning and geo-referencing of data for GIS manipulation and production of overlays from maps and aerial images.

(o) Ingesting data to existing world-wide-web sites or digital repositories.

(p) Museum services, exhibit design, and curation and collections management of archaeological, natural history, and military collections.

(q) Archives, records, and knowledge assessment and management services, including digitization, records management, archival processing, historic research, and delivery of specialized archival research and classification.

(r) Preparation of scientific reports and summary reports for professional journals, the lay public, or the management sector.

(s) Preparation of tutorials and teaching aids, including educational materials in both digital and analog format for publication and electronic dissemination.

(t) Design and preparation of descriptive and interpretive displays, video productions, and mobile applications for public outreach, training, and education.

(u) Preparation of various types of documentation, including agreement documents, for submission to the State Historic Preservation Officer and/or Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, the Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places, Department of the Interior National, NAGPRA, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, as appropriate.

(v) Maritime/underwater archaeological survey and excavation.

(w) NAGPRA support related to the statute and regulation.

(x) Obtain, retrofit, equip, staff, supervise, manage, maintain, and demobilize collections processing laboratories; and

(y) Furnish expert personnel to provide testimony in any judicial proceedings involving archaeological and historical study, evaluation, analysis, and reports.

Task orders may require a combination of the above skills or tasks. All work must be able to satisfy current scientific standards for data collection, analysis, and reporting, as well as local, state, and federal requirements. Requirements may include, but are not necessarily limited to, the summary of cultural resources laws, rules, regulations, and instructions outlined below.

(a) Standards and Guidelines for Archeology and Historic Preservation (48 FR 44716-

44723)

(b) Antiquities Act 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431-433)

(c) National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA) (Public Law 89-665 and amendments thereto; 16 U.S.C 470 et seq).

(d) Archeological and Historic Preservation Act of 1974 (AHPA) (Public Law 93-291;

16 U.S.C 469-469c)

(e) Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 (ARPA) (Public Law 96-95 and amendments thereto; 16 U.S.C. 470aa-470mm)

(f) Abandoned Shipwreck Act (ASA)

(g) Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) (Public Law

101-601; U.S.C. 3001-3013)

(h) Curation of Federally Owned and Administered Archeological Collections (36 CFR

79)

(i) American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-341)

(j) Reservoir Salvage Act of 1960 (Public Law 86-523)

(k) Executive Order 11593, 1974. Protection and Enhancement of the Cultural

Environment (16 U.S.C. 470)

(l) U.S. Code Title 54 (National Park Service and Related Programs)

i. American Battlefield Protection Program Act

ii. Historic Sites Act

iii. Mining in the National Parks Act

iv. Museum Properties Management Act

v. National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act

vi. National Maritime Heritage Act

vii. National Park Service Organic Act

viii. National Trust for Historic Preservation

(m) Veterans Curation Program (VCP) (Public Law 114-189)

(n) Environmental Stewardship Operations and Maintenance Guidance and Procedures

(EP 1130-2-540)

1.3.2 Additionally, conservation and curation services are required to manage USACE owned or administered collections and oversee the Veterans Curation Program (VCP). In 2009, USACE St. Louis District’s MCX CMAC implemented a program under which a portion of the legally authorized curation work of the nation is being performed in such a manner as to also assist veterans in achieving both employment and training opportunities. The Veterans Curation Program was signed into law by President Obama on 6 July 2016 (Public Law 114-189). Contractors working on archaeological collections that need to be rehabilitated in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, NAGPRA, the Archaeological Resources Protection Act, 36 CFR Part 79, and ER 1130-2-540 have combined teams of professional archaeologists and archivists with veterans to perform this work. Four full service laboratories and several ancillary laboratories will operate using funding provided through the USACE as a task order to this contract. The MCX CMAC provides collections, equipment, and quality assurance to implement the various program elements in cooperation with the selected contractor at these locations. The USACE continues to investigate development of additional opportunities to rehabilitate collections using similar operating models, at multiple scales, to meet its needs and those of other federal agencies.

2 INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE OF SERVICES

2.1 Deliverables

2.1.1 A deliverable is a specific measurable, tangible, and verifiable activity, outcome, result, item, or product that the contractor shall provide and that will require formal Government acceptance and approval. The Government will review, assess, and provide comment, as required on all deliverables. Unless otherwise specified within an individual task order, final inspection and acceptance of all work performed, reports, or other deliverables shall be performed at the place of delivery. The contract service requirements will be summarized in performance objectives that relate directly to requirements of the project scope. A performance threshold will briefly describe the minimally acceptable levels of the service required. This information, along with the Quality Control Plan, expected level of contractor performance, and the method of Government validation, will be provided as part of the individual task order PWS. The Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) will notify the contractor of deliverable acceptance or provide comments in writing.

3 GENERAL INFORMATION

3.1 Place of Performance

3.1.1 Work covered under this contract will be located within the continental United States

(CONUS), and outside the continental United States (OCONUS), to include Hawaii, Alaska, and U.S. territories. Work location and deliverables will be specified in individual task orders.

3.2 Travel

3.2.1 Performance under this PWS may require contractor travel. The Government will require that proposed costs for travel are within the guidelines set forth in the current Joint Travel Regulation (JTR).

3.3 Safety

3.3.1 The contractor will provide a safe working environment for consultants and all persons in its employ as prescribed by the most current EM 385-1-1 and other applicable federal, state, and local statutes and regulations.

3.3.2 The contractor shall be responsible for all damages to persons and property that occur in connection with the work and service under this contract, without recourse against the Government.

3.3.3 The contractor shall provide maximum protections, take every reasonable means, and exercise care to prevent unnecessary damage or loss of Government property, as well as to structures and other public or private facilities.

3.4 Government Property

3.4.1 The Government may furnish government property or purchase of equipment for use during the IDIQ or task order. These types of equipment are government property and will be turned over to the government in accordance with government instructions.

3.4.2 Items that are not considered “Government Property or equipment” are items that are incidental to the place of performance, when the contract requires contractor personnel to be located on government site, building, or installation and when the property used by the contractor within the location remains accountable to the government. Item considered to the place of performance include, for example, office space, desk, chairs, telephones, computers, fax machines, software, and intellectual property.

3.4.3 The Government may also make available to the contractor its most current information on existing conditions when it issues the task order and may furnish some or all of the following items to the contractor: Maps, drawings, aerial photographs, and other historic documents—in either paper or electronic copy—may be supplied under this contract.

These sources of information are to be considered, and treated, as Government property and may not be duplicated or released without permission from the Government or unless authorized within the individual task order.

3.4.4 Furthermore, no Government information will be used or published without the express consent of the Government. The contractor shall not release or allow access to this information outside of the Government officials as designated by the COR. All requests for the release of information shall be referred by the contractor to the COR of the individual task order.

3.5 Federal Holidays

3.5.1 The federal holidays will be observed. Refer to the Office of Personnel Management’s website for a list of federal holidays.

3.6 Sustainability

3.6.1 Requirements regarding sustainability will be addressed consistent with recent guidance.

All government equipment will be EnergyStar complaint, and supplies will conform to green procurement standards, per IAW (UAI) USACE Acquisition Instruction and the Army Procurement Guide.

3.7 Antiterrorism/Operations Security (AT/OPSEC)

3.7.1 AT Level I Training.

All contractor employees, to include subcontractor employees, requiring access to Army installations, facilities, controlled access areas, or require network access, shall complete

AT Level I awareness training within 30 calendar days after contract start date or effective date of incorporation of this requirement into the contract, whichever is applicable. Upon request, the contractor shall submit certificates of completion for each affected contractor employee and subcontractor employee, to the COR or to the contracting officer (if a COR is not assigned), within 5 calendar days after completion of training by all employees and subcontractor personnel. AT Level I awareness training is available at the following website: http://jko.jten.mil/courses/atl1/launch.html.

3.7.2 For Access and General Protection Policy and Procedures.

All contractors and sub-contractor employees shall comply with installation and facility access guidelines and rules as stated herein. Contractor workforce must comply with all personal identity verification requirements as directed by Department of Defense, Department of the Army, St. Louis District and/or local policy. In addition to the changes otherwise authorized by the changes clause of this contract, should the Force Protection Condition (FPCON) at any installation or facility change, the Government may require changes in contractor security matters or processes.

In support of St. Louis District evaluation of personnel authorized for access to federal facilities, the contractor shall submit background checks, on all employees, that have been conducted by either a bonded third party agency or state police department within the last 6 months prior to the Notice to Proceed date. Background check results will be provided to the St. Louis District Security Office and/or local security office for access approval 14 days prior to accessing the project site. The background check will cover, at a minimum, the last five years covering all States the contractor employee has lived in, criminal history and arrest report, and a national sex offender registry check.

Disqualifying factors include, but are not limited to:

(1) Criminal conduct, in particular violent crime and sex offenders;

(2) Habitual use of intoxicating beverages to excess as evidenced by DUI or public intoxication records; or

(3) Any illegal activity or other disqualification which makes the individual unfit for service (e.g. drug trafficking or procurement fraud)

Per Homeland Security Presidential 12 (HSPD-12), Common Access Cards (CAC) are required for contractors working 180 days or longer. Contract employees working more than 180 day will need to have a government issued NACI investigation or higher initiated before being issued a CAC. Investigation paperwork must be submitted to the St.

Louis District Security Office within 30 calendar days of contract award. Contract employees must complete the application via the Personnel Security Investigation Portal (PSIP) and have all required documentation submitted prior to being issued a CAC and having unescorted access to the facility.

Identification Badges: Contract employees will be required to have their CAC IDs with them at all times during the contract. For short term employees (less than 180 days), the contractor shall be responsible for furnishing a photo identification badge/card to each employee prior to the employee's work on-site, and for requiring each employee engaged on the work to display identification. At a minimum, the badge shall have the following items shown, the employee’s picture, employee’s name, and company name. Any person lacking proper identification credentials or deemed a security threat may be denied access to the project. Such action in no way relieves the contractor from performance of the contract. The St. Louis District retains the right to deny any contractor and sub-contractor employee from working on one of its contracts based on final background investigation results. All information received as a result of a background check will be handled according to Privacy Act regulation.

Access Control List: The contractor will provide the Contracting Officer an Access Control List (ACL) which lists all employees to be on site during the duration of contract.

Employees not listed on the approved ACL but are on site will be required to leave. As employees are added or deleted from the submitted and approved ACL, this information must be reported immediately to the Contracting Officer. Added employees will not be permitted on-site until requirements of this paragraph are completed, submitted, and approved. In the event that an unexpected change in personnel is required, due to sudden absence of a critical employee or unforeseen change in work site condition, the contractor shall immediately contact the Contracting Officer to obtain written approval for new/additional personnel to be brought on site prior to background check acceptance.

Contractor shall submit Personnel Change Request Letter to the Contracting Officer and will receive written authorization from the Contracting Officer prior to bringing new personnel on site, and will ensure a criminal background check and NACI paperwork mentioned above is sent to the St. Louis District Security Office no later than ten days from written notice of approval. Contracting Officer and/or the District Security Office reserves the right to terminate access of the employee upon completion of the Government’s review of the background check and the contractor shall be notified immediately of any such Government decision.

Contractor and subcontractor personnel not expected to be on the worksite for more than 15 days may be allowed on site with the following conditions:

1) Employee will be on site a total of 15 days or less, for the duration of the project.

2) Employee is added to the ACL as a short term employee.

3) Employee is escorted while on site. This is defined as being in the line of sight of an identified prime contractor employee who has a background check on file with the St.

Louis District (as noted on the ACL).

4) Each prime contractor employee can sponsor only five short term employees at a time.

Foreign National employees: Due to a difference in background check procedures for passport to the St. Louis District Security Office NLT 30 days prior to arrival on site.

Additional background check requirements may be required before being allowed access.

Short term foreign national employees (e.g. specialists with a two week period of performance) may work on site with the following conditions:

1) Foreign national employee will be on site a total of 15 days or less, for the duration of the project.

2) Foreign national employee will comply with E-verify requirements (see E-verify paragraph).

3) Approved and identified prime contractor employee shall escort the foreign national employee at ALL times while on site.

4) Each prime contractor employee can sponsor only one short term foreign national at a time.

3.7.3 Suspicious Activity Reporting Training.

The contractor and all associated sub-contractors shall receive a brief/training (provided by the COR) on the local suspicious activity reporting program. This locally developed training will be used to inform employees of the types of behavior to watch for and instruct employees to report suspicious activity to the project manager, security representative or law enforcement entity. This training shall be completed within 30 calendar days of contract award and within 30 calendar days of new employees commencing performance with the results reported to the COR NLT 5 calendar days after the completion of the training.

3.7.4 For Contracts that Require OPSEC Training.

All new contractor employees will complete Level I OPSEC Training within 30 calendar days of their reporting for duty. Additionally, all contractor employees must complete annual OPSEC awareness training. The contractor shall submit certificates of completion for each affected contractor and subcontractor employee, to the COR or to the contracting officer (if a COR is not assigned), within 5 calendar days after completion of training.

OPSEC awareness training is available at the following websites:

https://www.iad.gov/ioss/ or http://www.cdse.edu/catalog/operations-security.html; or it can be provided by the RA OPSEC Officer in presentation form which will be documented via memorandum.

3.7.5 Will be escorted in areas where they may be exposed to classified and/or sensitive materials and/or sensitive or restricted areas.

All contract employees, including subcontractor employees who are not in possession of the appropriate security clearance or access privileges, will be escorted in areas where they may be exposed to classified and/or sensitive materials and/or sensitive or restricted areas.

3.7.6 Pre-screen employees using E-Verify Program.

The Contractor must pre-screen Candidates using the E-verify Program (http://www.uscis.gov/e-verify) website to meet the established employment eligibility requirements. The Vendor must ensure that the Candidate has two valid forms of Government issued identification prior to enrollment to ensure the correct information is entered into the E-verify system. An initial list of verified/eligible Candidates must be provided to the COR no later than 3 business days after the initial contract award.

SECTION B SUPPLIES OR SERVICES

SECTION B – SUPPLIES OR SERVICES

1. Contract Definition

This Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) is a part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Curation and Cultural Resource Services.

This will be an Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ), Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) for multidisciplinary cultural resource-related services for projects undertaken by the USACE, St. Louis District, MCX CMAC in support of other USACE districts and federal government entities nationwide (CONUS and OCONUS, to include Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories). Firm fixed price and Labor Hour Task Orders may be written against the ID/IQ contracts.

All Task Orders to be awarded under this MATOC will be competed in accordance with (IAW) FAR 16.505(b)(1), Fair Opportunity, and DFARS 216.505-70, Ordering Under Multiple Award Contracts, unless one of the exceptions to fair opportunity at FAR 16.505(b)(2)(i) applies. IAW FAR 16.505(b)(1) and DFARS 216.505-70 Task Order selection will be tailored to specific project requirements and awarded IAW pre-established evaluation criteria. Evaluation methodology for this procurement consists of four (4) factors:

(1) Laboratory Technical Approach

(2) Field Technical Approach

(3) Staffing Approach

(4) Past Performance

Please ensure this NAICS code 541720 is incorporated in your current Contract Registration at the System for Award Management (SAM) https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ Failure to have this NAICS code current in SAM may result in not being considered for the award.

***NOTE***

When contacting the SAM Help Desk with issues relating to registering for a CAGE Code, please DO NOT ask for CAGE Code help, instead ask for help with SAM Registration which will end in a better result and assistance with the SAM Help desk.

For SAM Customer Service, contact:

Federal Service Desk URL: www.fsd.gov

Hours: 8am - 8pm (Eastern Time) US Calls: 866-606-8220 International Calls: 334-206-7828

DSN: 866-606-8220

2. Eligibility

The contract will be awarded only to qualified Women Owned small business (WOSB) offerors who are eligible.

3. Total Amount of Contract

The total amount of the MATOC with shared capacity among all Contractors awarded contracts under this solicitation shall not exceed $83 million. There is no limit of the number of Task Orders that may be executed against this contract. The cumulative total of all Task Orders issued under the MATOC shall not exceed the total contract capacity amount of $83 million. No single Task Order may be written for more than $83 million.

4. Guaranteed Minimum Amount

The guarantee minimum for the IDIQ is $2,500.00 for the base year only.

5. Performance Period

The period of performance for the MATOC awards will be a base year with 4 options years.

This Solicitation also includes FAR 52.217-8, which if necessary, allows the Government to extend the term of the Contract an additional six (6) months. The total length of the contract ordering period, including the exercise of all option periods, will not exceed five years and six months from date of contract award.

6. Pricing will be evaluated at the task order level.

7. Department of Labor Wage Rates

For individual Task Orders written against the contract, the appropriate Department of Labor Wage Determination will be provided.

8. Travel

The Contractor shall perform all travel and attend all meetings necessary for completion of the work required by the Task Orders. Per Diem (lodging and MI & E expenses) shall be paid at the current Government rates in accordance with the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) per person per calendar day spent in travel status. No per diem will be paid for travel less than the number of hours per day stated in the current FTR. Per Diem rate information may be obtained at http:www.defensetravel.dod.mil/. Actual cost of transportation by public conveyance (plane, limited to coach class) shall be paid. Air travel shall (if possible) be planned in advance in order to acquire the best prices available. Privately owned vehicles shall be paid at the current Government mileage rate in accordance with the FTR. No fee or profit will be paid on travel.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Questions & Answers:

All requests shall be made via e-mail to Virginia Bjornson at Virginia.e.bjornson@usace.army.mil. The email request, shall contain the subject “Question! Curation Services – W912P920R010”. All inquiries will be answered in writing and provided to all Offerors via Contract Opportunities at www.beta.sam.gov

Questions & Clarifications to be answered by the Government shall be submitted no later than Thursday, 4th June 2020 by 1630 hrs (CST).

SECTION L SUBMISSION

PART I – PROPOSAL SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS,

NOTICE TO OFFERORS (SECTION L)

GENERAL INFORMATION

This solicitation is for a Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) set-aside, MATOC utilizing Class Deviation (2018_O0006), indefinite delivery, one year service contract with four option years with a total capacity of $83 million for providing multidisciplinary cultural resource-related services for projects undertaken by the USACE, St. Louis District, Mandatory Center of Expertise for Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections (MCX CMAC) in support of other USACE districts and federal government entities nationwide (CONUS and OCONUS to include Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories).

Oral explanations or instructions are not binding. Any information given to an offeror which impacts the solicitation and/or offer will be given in the form of a written amendment to the solicitation. As this is a competitive negotiation acquisition, there is no public proposal opening and no information will be given out as to the number of offerors or the results of the competition until all awards are made.

DEFINITIONS

When the word ‘offeror’ is encountered throughout the Solicitation, it is intended to mean a company, teaming arrangement, or joint venture (JV) seeking to do business with the Government that submits a proposal in response to this solicitation.

A ‘proposal’ is documentation prepared by the offeror and submitted to the Government for evaluation purposes in response to this solicitation.

When the word ‘Government’ is encountered throughout the Solicitation, it is intended to mean the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District (MVS).

REQUIRED REGISTRATIONS

Offerors must have and maintain an active registration in the following databases:

System for Award Management (SAM): Offerors must have and maintain an active registration in the SAM database at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ to be eligible for a Government contract award. If the offeror is a JV, the JV entity must have valid SAM registration in the SAM database representing the JV as one business/firm/entity. If at the time of award an offeror is not actively and successfully registered in the SAM data base, the Government reserves the right to consider the proposal as an unresponsive award.

On-Line Representations and Certifications: Offerors shall complete electronic representations and certifications at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ in conjunction with required registration in the SAM. Offerors must be represented as WOSB in the above SAM website.

PROPOSAL FILES

Only electronic proposals, and their applicable modifications or cancellations, will be accepted. Proposals may be withdrawn by e-mail. Any electronic notice to withdraw an offer sent to this office must be received by email designated in the RFP for receipt of offers no later than the exact date and time set for receipt of proposals.

PROPOSALS SUBMISSIONS: (Only Electronic Proposals)

1) Submit only the documents specifically required in this section. Do not submit excess information; do not include audio-visual materials, electronic media, etc.

2) References to “Confidential” projects cannot be submitted to demonstrate capability unless all of the information required for evaluation as specified herein can be provided to the Government as part of the offeror’s technical proposal.

Offerors that include in their proposals information they do not want disclosed to the public for any purpose, or used by the Government except for evaluation purposes, must clearly mark their proposals in accordance with the instructions at FAR 52.215-1, “Instructions to Offerors— Competitive Acquisition,” paragraph (e), “Restriction on disclosure and use of data .”

3) In the case of an offeror that is part of a large, multi-segmented business concern, provide information directly pertaining to the specific segment of the business concern (i.e., the division, group, unit, etc.) that will perform work under the prospective contract.

4) Volumes. Each volume shall be submitted as a separate file. All pages of each volume shall be appropriately numbered and identified by the complete name, date and solicitation # in the header and/or footer. Note: **self extracting(.exe) files are not acceptable.

5) Content Requirement. Proposal clarity, organization (as defined in this solicitation) and cross-referencing is mandatory. No material (information not included with the proposal) shall be incorporated by reference, and any material incorporated by reference will not be evaluated. Material not specifically identified below will not be evaluated. Offeror must clearly mark as proprietary any data contained in the proposal that it does not want disclosed by the Government.

Portions of the selected proposals will be incorporated into the contracts and are subject to disclosure notwithstanding restrictive markings. All information shall be confined to the appropriate file. The offeror shall confine submissions to essential matters, sufficient to define the proposal in a concise manner, to permit a complete and accurate evaluation of each proposal.

a. Each offeror must submit a Technical Proposal (Volume I), Past Performance (Volume II), and Solicitations, Offer and Award Documents and Certifications/Representations (Volume III) as separate files. Both the Technical and Past Performance shall be paginated (contain consecutive page numbers on each page).

b. The title page of each separate volume/file (Volume 1 – Technical; Volume

2 – Past Performance; Volume III – Certifications/Representations) must be clearly marked to indicate its contents and the identity of the offeror.

c. Both the Technical Proposal and the Past Performance Proposal must be received by the closing date and time set for receipt of proposals.

d. All information intended to be evaluated as part of the Technical Proposal must be submitted within the Technical Proposal.

e. Any questions related to specific terms and conditions contained within the

Solicitation should be resolved prior to submission of the offer. The offeror must clearly describe on the Proposal Cover Sheet submitted with the Proposal any modifications to the contractual and/or technical terms and conditions of the solicitation contained in the offer.

PROPOSAL COVER SHEET

f. Failure to submit required documents or failure to properly complete documents will result in rejection of the offer without further evaluation.

Therefore, offerors are urged to follow instructions carefully and to speak with the Contracting Officer if the offeror does not understand any part of the Solicitation.

g. The Government will not make assumptions concerning intent, capabilities, or experience. Clear identification of proposal details shall be the sole responsibility of the offeror. The Government will reject incomplete proposals after initial evaluation without further consideration.

Complete proposals shall meet the basic requirements identified in the Request for Proposal (RFP).

The technical proposal will be appropriately labeled as such. Each technical proposal shall be organized as shown below. Note: Divisions correlate to the evaluation factors identified in Section M of the RFP.

The following volume of material shall be submitted:

Volume I Maximum

1. Solicitation Number.

2. The offeror’s name, address, office and cell phone numbers and e-mail address.

3. A statement certifying that the enclosed proposal conforms to all terms, conditions, and provisions of the solicitation and a promise to furnish all items and services at the fixed price which the offeror has set opposite each item or service, or a statement specifying any exceptions contained in the offeror’s proposal to the technical standards and cost/price standards set forth in the solicitation, including any exceptions to the requirements of this solicitation inherent in the offeror’s standard terms and conditions.

4. Names, titles, land line and cell phone numbers, and email addresses of persons authorized to negotiate on the offeror’s behalf with the Government in connection with this solicitation.

5. Name, title, and signature of person authorized to sign the proposal. Proposals signed by an agent shall be accompanied by evidence of the agent’s authority to bind the offeror, unless that evidence has been previously furnished to the issuing office.

6. Offeror’s DUNS, CAGE Code and TAX Identification Numbers.

Pages Factor 1 – Laboratory Technical Approach (to include subfactors)

Factor 2 – Field Technical Approach (to include subfactors)

Factor 3 – Staffing Approach ( to include sub-factors)

Volume II Factor 4 – Past Performance 10

Volume III Solicitation, Offer and Award Documents, and Certification/Representations

N/A

**Note: Proposals that exceed the maximum page limitations will not be evaluated.

EVALUATION APPROACH

VOLUME I, FACTOR 1 – LABORATORY TECHNICAL APPROACHES

(10 pages maximum)

There are two (2) subfactors associated with this technical approach factor for work completed in the laboratory. The technical approach shall include narrative statements to demonstrate the ability to complete subfactors a. and b.

Subfactor (a) – Technical approach for the operation and management of an archaeological lab to rehabilitate pre-existing archaeological collections, including artifacts and associated documentation, for permanent curation at a specified repository (i.e., the work expected at the full-service Veterans Curation Program Laboratories). The approach should consider that laboratory technicians will not be cultural resource professionals and do not have knowledge of cultural resource policies and practices. At a minimum the offeror should address curation standards, the transportation of collections, human resources (HR) issues, and general lab operation. At a minimum, the technical approach should include the following:

Identify method in how you will initiate and conduct the rehabilitation.

Address the moisture/leak controls, processes to prevent artifact damage, and the vehicle security during transportation of collections.

Address archaeological and archival processing training and the contractor’s HR training and processes related to lab operations.

General lab operation.

Subfactor (b) – Technical approach for archival processing to include: background research, assessment, arrangement, application of relevant records management laws, and digitization. Include a description of products created in support of this approach. At a minimum, the technical approach should include the following:

At least 2 sources for background research.

Identify at least two types of assessment criteria.

Two criteria for the arrangement scheme determined for an archival collection.

Digitization specifications for ppi and file format for longevity for the following formats, meeting or exceeding National Archives and Records Administration standards: (a) documents with poor legibility and (b) color photographs

Two considerations for a file naming protocol.

Two products or documents created during archival processing.

VOLUME I, FACTOR 2 – FIELD TECHNICAL APPROACHES (10 pages maximum)

There are two (2) subfactors associated with this technical approach to complete field investigations. The technical approach shall include narrative statements that demonstrate the ability to complete subfactors a. and b.

Subfactor (a) – Technical approach for the assessment and evaluation of a historic building that would be used to determine a mitigation plan, rehabilitation plan, and National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) nomination paperwork. At a minimum, technical approach should include the following:

Identification of at least one type of historical document, maintenance document, and real document that would be used for research.

Considerations for access needed to complete the field survey.

Three types of information to be included in a field survey report.

Methodology for photo-documenting a historic building and two types of photographs that would be taken of a building.

Subfactor (b) –Technical approach for a Phase I survey and Monitoring project should include research information, state guidelines for execution of fieldwork (assuming shovel testing is required and sites are located), and artifact disposition.

At a minimum, technical approach should include the following:

Methods for conducting Background research.

Methods and standards on field survey including shovel testing.

Methods and standards for recording sites.

Process of cataloging and the disposition of artifacts.

VOLUME I, FACTOR 3 – STAFFING APPROACH (15 pages maximum)

There are three (3) subfactors associated with this staffing approach factor (a) – (c). The offerors approach for each subfactor shall identify at a minimum which staff positions listed in PWS Section 1.2.4 that you would utilize for each subfactor.

Subfactor (a) – Staffing approach to manage and supervise work throughout CONUS and OCONUS (U.S. territories). At a minimum, the staffing approach should include positions to assist with the base contract, task orders, and administrative management.

Subfactor (b) – Staffing approach for types of positions involved in a Phase II archaeological testing of one multi-component (historic and prehistoric) site. At a minimum, the staffing approach should include positions for the field investigation and management and laboratory work.

Subfactor (c) –…