Attachment_1-_PWS.pdf

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS)

Cultural Resource Inventory for the

Inland Northwest Refuge Complex Fuels Reduction Projects Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge, Stevens County, Washington and

Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge, Spokane County, Washington

Part 1

General Information

1. GENERAL: This is a non-personal services contract to provide a cultural resource inventory, per

Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) (36CFR §800), for several Fuels

Reduction Projects with the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) within the Inland Northwest (NW)

Refuge Complex at Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) and Turnbull NWR. The

Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein. Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the

Contractor who, in turn is responsible to the Government.

1.1 Description of Services/Introduction: The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and services necessary to perform the cultural resource inventory, to include the associated written documentation, as defined in this Performance Work Statement (PWS) except for those items specified as government furnished property and services. The contractor shall perform to the standards in this contract.

1.2 Background: The FWS is proposing to conduct a variety of activities to manage fuels and to improve wildlife habitat at three locations within the Inland NW Refuge Complex for three Fuels Reduction

Projects within the complex to include a Base Item and two (2) Options. This contract is for the cultural resource inventory and associated written documentation for these three Fuels Reduction Projects

(Base Item and two (2) Options), per Section 106 of the NHPA (36CFR §800).

The cultural resource inventory shall include an inventory and associated written documentation for the Inland NW Refuge Complex. The PWS includes a Base Item and two (2) Options; the Base Item is currently funded, however, due to limited funding the two (2) Options are currently unfunded (these

Options may be exercised later pending additional funding), this provides the maximum flexibility for the FWS to complete the fuels reduction projects. The Base Item and two (2) Options are: the Rymer

Fuels Reduction Project (Base Item, Funded), the Black Adder/SW Schumaker Fuels Reduction

Project (Option 1, Unfunded), and the Palmer Fuels Reduction Project (Option 2, Unfunded).

1.2.1 Background: Project Description: The proposed project activities and elements for the Fuels

Reduction Projects are as follows, this information shall be included within the Introduction: Project

Description section of the Cultural Resources Reports, per Cultural Resources Reporting guidelines set forth by the Washington State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) (aka Department of

Archaeology and Historic Preservation (DAHP) (DAHP 2023: 28; 2024):

Base Item (Funded): Rymer Fuels Reduction Project is located within Little Pend Oreille NWR, southeast of Colville in Stevens County, Washington. Project activities will include commercial harvesting of medium to large diameter trees, clearing of small diameter trees, hand removal of other fuels, and prescribed burning within the entire Area of Potential Effects (APE) (about 643 acres).

Commercial harvesting and clearing of trees will include the use of heavy equipment for cutting, skidding, piling, and masticating trees. All timber designated for cutting will be harvested and processed by cut-to-length harvesters at the stump and moved to decks on forwarders. Hand clearing will include the use of chainsaws and loppers to cut small diameter trees and other fuels. Prescribed burning will include pile burning and setting a low intensity fire to the remaining vegetation within the APE. Where possible the burn area boundaries will utilize existing roads or streams. Where not possible a fire line will be excavated to contain the low intensity fire. If needed, the fire line will be excavated at a depth not to exceed 13 inches and between 6 inches and 3 feet wide, depending upon the fuel and the slope; the fire line will not exceed 0.5 miles in length. No new roads will be developed, but some improvements to existing trails and roads may be necessary. Some culvert pipe and/or water control techniques (dips, water bars) may be needed on some road sections. Trails and landings will be recontoured, ripped, water barred (where necessary), and seeded with a native seed mix after addressing noxious and invasive weeds with herbicide. Project staging will occur along existing roads within the APE.

Option 1 (Unfunded): Black Adder/SW Schumaker Fuels Reduction Project is located within Little

Pend Oreille NWR, southeast of Colville in Stevens County, Washington. Project activities will include commercial harvesting of medium to large diameter trees, clearing of small diameter trees, hand removal of other fuels, and prescribed burning within the entire APE (about 1,042 acres).

Commercial harvesting and clearing of trees will include the use of heavy equipment for cutting, skidding, piling, and masticating trees. All timber designated for cutting will be harvested and processed by cut-to-length harvesters at the stump and moved to decks on forwarders. Hand clearing will include the use of chainsaws and loppers to cut small diameter trees and other fuels. Prescribed burning will include pile burning and setting a low intensity fire to the remaining vegetation within the APE. Where possible the burn area boundaries will utilize existing roads or streams. Where not possible a fire line will be excavated to contain the low intensity fire. If needed, the fire line will be excavated at a depth not to exceed 13 inches and between 6 inches and 3 feet wide, depending upon the fuel and the slope; the fire line will not exceed 0.5 miles in length. No new roads will be developed, but some improvements to existing trails and roads may be necessary. Some culvert pipe and/or water control techniques (dips, water bars) may be needed on some road sections. Trails and landings will be recontoured, ripped, water barred (where necessary), and seeded with a native seed mix after addressing noxious and invasive weeds with herbicide. Project staging will occur along existing roads within the APE.

Option 2 (Unfunded): Palmer Fuels Reduction Project is located within Turnbull NWR, southeast of Cheney in Spokane County, Washington. Project activities will include commercial harvesting of medium to large diameter trees, clearing of small diameter trees, hand removal of other fuels, and prescribed burning within the entire APE (about 923 acres). Commercial harvesting and clearing of trees will include the use of heavy equipment for cutting, skidding, piling, and masticating trees. All timber designated for cutting will be harvested by tracked feller/bunchers and moved to decks by rubber-tired and tracked skidders. Hand clearing will include the use of chainsaws and loppers to cut small diameter trees and other fuels. Prescribed burning will include pile burning and setting a low intensity fire to the remaining vegetation within the APE. Where possible the burn area boundaries will utilize existing roads, streams, or wetlands. Where not possible a fire line will be excavated to contain the low intensity fire. If needed, the fire line will be excavated at a depth not to exceed 17 inches and between 6 inches and 3 feet wide, depending upon the fuel and the slope; the fire line will not exceed 0.5 miles in length. No new roads will be developed, but some improvements to existing trails and roads may be necessary. Some culvert pipe and/or water control techniques (dips, water bars) may be needed on some road sections. Trails and landings will be recontoured, ripped, water barred (where necessary), and seeded with a native seed mix after addressing noxious and invasive weeds with herbicide. Project staging will occur along existing roads within the APE.

1.2.2 Background: Project Location, APE, and Survey Area: The proposed project location, APE acres, and survey acres for the cultural resource inventory for the three Fuels Reduction Projects, per Section 106 of the NHPA (36CFR §800) are as follows. This information shall be included within the Introduction:

Project Background section of the Cultural Resources Reports, per DAHP (2023: 28; 2024):

Base Item (Funded): Rymer Fuels Reduction Project is located southeast of Colville, Washington on federal lands managed by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) within Little Pend Oreille NWR in Stevens County, Washington (T34N R40E, Sections 20, 21, 22, 28, and 29) (Figures 1 and 2). The

Rymer Fuels Reduction Project (Rymer) encompasses an APE of about 643.

Option 1 (Unfunded): Black Adder/SW Schumaker Fuels Reduction Project is located southeast of

Colville, Washington on federal lands managed by the FWS within Little Pend Oreille NWR in

Stevens County, Washington (T35N R41E, Sections 32, 33, 34, and 35; and T34N R41E, Sections 3 and 4) (Figures 3 and 4). The Black Adder/SW Schumaker Fuels Reduction Project (Black Adder/SW

Schumaker) encompasses an APE of about 1,042 acres, of which about 785 acres shall require a cultural resource inventory.

Option 2 (Unfunded): Palmer Fuels Reduction Project is located southeast of Cheney, Washington on federal lands managed by the FWS within Turnbull NWR in Spokane County, Washington (T22N

R41E, Sections 9, 10, 15, 16, and 21) (Figures 5 and 6). The Palmer Fuels Reduction Project (Palmer) encompasses an APE of about 923 acres, of which about 693 acres shall require a cultural resource inventory.

1.2.3 Background: Previous Cultural Resources: The previously identified cultural resources within the

APE(s) are as follows. This information shall be included within the Literature Review: Existing Data and Background Data section of the Cultural Resources Reports, per DAHP (2023: 30; 2024):

Base Item (Funded): Rymer Fuels Reduction Project: There are no previously recorded sites within the Rymer APE, however three undocumented buildings/structures from circa 1930 have been identified within the APE. General location information, that has not been field verified, is available

(GIS shapefile locations shall be provided by the FWS); however no additional information is available for these historic buildings/structures, including their current condition (for example: if they are standing, in ruins, foundations, or nonextant).

Option 1 (Unfunded): Black Adder/SW Schumaker Fuels Reduction Project: There is one (Temp.

No. LPO-9: Emil Carlson Log Barn) previously recorded site within the Black Adder/SW Schumaker

APE. In addition, two undocumented buildings/structures from circa 1930 have been identified within the APE. General location information, that has not been field verified, is available (GIS shapefile locations shall be provided by the FWS); however no additional information is available for these historic buildings/structures, including their current condition (for example: if they are standing, in ruins, foundations, or nonextant).

Option 2 (Unfunded): Palmer Fuels Reduction Project: There are four (45SP436: South Palmer

Historic Refuse Scatter/Dump, 45SP437: South Palmer Wagon, 32432: Chambers Place, and Temp.

No. 32-2144: Cordill/Shaefer Place) previously recorded sites within the Palmer APE.

1.3 Objectives: To identify and evaluate, based primarily on surface indications, all cultural resources within the APE per Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) (36CFR800) and

WA DAHP. In general, site evaluations should be conducted using existing guidance from the WA

DAHP, the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) Criteria (36CFR60.4), and the National Park

Service National Register Bulletins (NRB-15).

• Conduct Background Research (including, but not limited to, the regional and local environmental and cultural settings of the surrounding area) for the Base Item and the two

(2) Options.

• Intensive Cultural Resource Inventory/Field Survey for the Base Item and the two (2)

Options:

o Base Item: Rymer Fuels Reduction Project: 534 survey acres o Option 1: Black Adder/SW Schumaker Fuels Reduction Project: 785 survey acres o Option 2: Palmer Fuels Reduction Project: 693 survey acres

• Identify and Document Cultural Resource Sites (which may include sites associated with the pre-contact, protohistoric, ethnohistoric, and historic periods) for the Base Item and the two

(2) Options:

o Base Item: Rymer Fuels Reduction Project: Sites may include Indigenous semi-permanent or temporary camp sites associated with resource gathering or hunting activities and travel corridors manifesting in the form of trails; and Historic period homesteads, farms, ranches, logging activities, railroads associated with logging, mining, recreation, hunting, and forest management practices, among others.

o Option 1: Black Adder/SW Schumaker Fuels Reduction Project: Sites may include

Indigenous semi-permanent or temporary camp sites associated with resource gathering or hunting activities and travel corridors manifesting in the form of trails;

and Historic period homesteads, farms, ranches, logging activities, railroads associated with logging, mining, recreation, hunting, and forest management practices, among others.

o Option 2: Palmer Fuels Reduction Project: Sites may include Indigenous semi-permanent or temporary camp sites associated with resource gathering or hunting activities, travel corridors manifesting in the form of trails, rock cairns, and burials;

and Historic period homesteads, farms, logging activities, railroads, recreation, hunting, and wetland management practices, among others.

• Prepare Written Cultural Resource Site Forms, in accordance with the Cultural Resources

Reporting guidelines established by DAHP (2023: 8-26; 2024) for the Base Item and the two

(2) Options.

• Prepare Written Section 106 Reports, in accordance with the Cultural Resources Reporting guidelines established by DAHP (2023: 28-32; 2024) for the Base Item and the two (2)

Options.

1.4 Scope: The contractor shall conduct background research (including, but not limited to, the regional and local environmental and cultural settings of the surrounding area), complete an intensive pedestrian cultural resource inventory/field survey, identify and document cultural resource sites

(which may include sites associated with the pre-contact, protohistoric, ethnohistoric, and historic periods), prepare written cultural resource site forms, and prepare written Section 106 reports in accordance with the Cultural Resources Reporting guidelines established by DAHP (2023: 28; 2024) for the Base Item and two (2) Options.

1.4.1 Scope: Background Research: The contractor shall follow the Cultural Resources Reporting guidelines set forth by the Washington SHPO (aka DAHP) (DAHP 2023; 2024) to conduct background research through DAHP’s online database: Washington Information System for

Architectural and Archeological Records Data (WISAARD). The contractor shall also conduct additional background research, literature, and archival research for environmental and cultural resource information in and near the project area through other relevant sources, which may include, but are not limited to, Universities, online repositories (such as the National Archives, USDA Web

Soil Survey, USGS Earth Explorer, BLM-GLO Records), local museums, and local historical societies. The contractor shall consider the nature and location of existing cultural resources in nearby analogous environmental settings and assess information on geomorphological processes that may affect the preservation and discoverability of cultural resources in the project area. The contractor shall include the background research information within the final report, this information shall be included within, but not limited to the following pertinent sections of the report: Introduction, Environmental

& Setting, Cultural Setting, and Literature Review, per DAHP (2023: 28; 2024).

• The FWS shall provide the contractor with additional site records, reports, maps, and GIS data

(to include site locations, APE, and Survey Areas), not available through WISAARD. In addition, the contractor may request higher resolution documents of those found in WISAARD from the FWS, if available the FWS will provide those records to the contractor.

1.4.2 Scope: Intensive Pedestrian Cultural Resource Inventory/Field Survey: The contractor shall conduct an intensive cultural resource inventory of the survey areas defined within each APE, see above

(Section 1.2.2). The intensive cultural resource inventory shall utilize an intensive pedestrian survey methodology and include site recordation. This information shall be included within the Research

Design: Objectives/Expectations: Field Methodology: Proposed Archeological Survey Methods section of the Cultural Resources Reports, per DAHP (2023: 30; 2024). The proposed field methodology for the cultural resource inventory for the Base Item and two (2) Options, per Section

106 of the NHPA (36CFR §800), are as follows:

Base Item (Funded): Rymer Fuels Reduction Project: Portions of the Rymer APE consist of steep slopes of 30 degrees or greater; therefore, about 534 acres of the entire APE shall be inventoried for cultural resources utilizing an intensive pedestrian survey methodology with transects spaced 20 meters apart. However, certain terrain or vegetation may require a wider transect interval, in these instances, the transect interval shall not to exceed 30 meters. The remainder of the APE (about 109 acres) consist of steep slopes of 30 degrees or greater and shall not need to be intensively inventoried for cultural resources. However, if cultural resources are discovered within the remainder of the APE by other means, such as when passing through a non-survey area on foot or in a vehicle; or when observed from the opposite hillside, every effort should be made to document and record these sites/features despite their occurrence outside of the previously designated survey areas. In addition, steep landforms, such as rock faces, talus/scree slopes, and cliffs, are likely to may occur throughout the APE; these should be inspected for potential cultural resources including but not limited to human burials, rock shelters/caves, hunting blinds, rock art, and historic mining features.

Option 1 (Unfunded): Black Adder/SW Schumaker Fuels Reduction Project: Portions of the

Black Adder/SW Schumaker APE consist of steep slopes of 30 degrees or greater; therefore, about

785 acres of the entire APE shall be inventoried for cultural resources utilizing an intensive pedestrian survey methodology with transects spaced 20 meters apart. However, certain terrain or vegetation may require a wider transect interval, in these instances, the transect interval shall not to exceed 30 meters. The remainder of the APE (about 257 acres) consist of steep slopes of

30 degrees or greater and shall not need to be intensively inventoried for cultural resources.

However, if cultural resources are discovered within the remainder of the APE by other means, such as when passing through a non-survey area on foot or in a vehicle; or when observed from the opposite hillside, every effort should be made to document and record these sites/features despite their occurrence outside of the previously designated survey areas. In addition, steep landforms, such as rock faces, talus/scree slopes, and cliffs, are likely to may occur throughout the APE; these should be inspected for potential cultural resources including but not limited to human burials, rock shelters/caves, hunting blinds, rock art, and historic mining features.

Option 2 (Unfunded): Palmer Fuels Reduction Project: Portions of the Palmer APE contain streams, lakes/ponds, marshes, wetlands, etc.; therefore, about 693 acres of the entire APE shall be inventoried for cultural resources utilizing an intensive pedestrian survey methodology with transects spaced 20 meters apart. The remainder of the APE (about 230 acres) contain streams, lakes/ponds, marshes, wetlands, etc. and shall not need to be intensively inventoried for cultural resources. However, if cultural resources are discovered within the remainder of the APE by other means, such as when passing through a non-survey area on foot or in a vehicle; or when site/feature is observed from outside of a wetland, every effort should be made to document and record these sites/features despite their occurrence outside of the previously designated survey areas.

1.4.3 Scope: Identify and Document Cultural Resource Sites: All cultural resources that meet the definition of a site by DAHP shall be recorded. “Washington State statutes define an archaeological isolate as a single artifact and an archaeological site as a feature or two or more artifacts” (DAHP 2023:8). Site boundaries shall be determined by the extent of surface artifacts, cultural features, and geomorphic features. The contractor shall prepare DAHP approved site records, location maps, sketch maps, and photographs of all sites. Isolated artifacts shall also be recorded. The contractor shall inspect all previously recorded sites within the APE and prepare new site records to meet current DAHP standards. New site forms shall be prepared for all sites that were recorded more than 10 years ago.

Site forms that have been completed or updated within the last 10 years do not need to be updated unless new diagnostic artifacts or features are identified.

No artifacts will be collected. Diagnostic items such as projectile points, other dateable artifacts, and cultural features shall be documented on site records and mapped by GPS. The contractor shall report

GPS-derived UTM coordinates and boundaries for each cultural site within the APE so that the site can be relocated by work crews, flagged, avoided, and otherwise excised from the APE of the project by the FWS.

The contractor shall draw and photograph chronologically and functionally diagnostic artifacts. The contractor shall take at least two photographs of each site and several of each survey unit. The subject of the photo should be clearly visible. Noticeable changes in geography dictate that at least one photo of each land type within the unit should be included. Standing historic buildings and structures shall be photographed on all sides to illustrate architectural features. Label all photos with a description and orientation. A photographic record shall be maintained and included in the final submission.

Site sketch maps shall include site concentrations, diagnostic artifacts, tools, features, site boundary, a north arrow, scale bar, legend, geographic details such as land features and prominent contours.

The contractor shall not establish a permanent, artificial, on-the ground datum. While it is not necessary to map all artifacts, the contractor shall indicate areas of artifact concentration and temporal diagnostics. Any items discussed in the site form shall be depicted on the site sketch map, e.g. roads, lakes, springs, artifacts, features. The contractor may map by transit, total station, tape and compass, GPS, or ArcGIS FieldMaps.

The contractor shall use GPS (NAD 83 Datum) to collect location data on sites, isolates, and transect and other information identified during the survey. The contractor shall set GPS units to log date and data such as maximum Position Dilution of Precision (PDOP). Positional accuracy should be within

+/- 3 meters. GPS data will require real time or post processed differential correction to ensure data accuracy. Data must be differentially processed using a base station closer than 200 miles. PDOP less than or equal to 6. Minimum of 4 satellites (3D) for every position. Rover files (*.ssf) and the corrected files (*.cor) shall be submitted digitally with the reports.

The Contractor shall export location data from the GPS into an ArcGIS program (compatible with

ArcGIS Pro). Attributes exported will include maximum PDOP, GPS date, correction type, receiver type, filtered positions, for lines and polygons average horizontal precision and worst horizontal precision, and for points standard deviation and horizontal precision. Theme attribute tables (*.dbf) shall be edited to ensure complete and accurate data. The contractor shall submit GIS shapefiles (.cpg, .dbf, .prj, .sbn, .sbx, .shp, and .shx) in NAD83 and metadata with the reports.

1.4.4 Scope: Prepare Written Cultural Resource Site Forms: The contractor shall prepare a site form for each site located and documented within the APE in accordance with the Cultural Resources

Reporting guidelines established by DAHP (2023: 8-26; 2024) and the guidelines outlined above under section 1.4.3. The contractor shall use DAHP’s online database WISAARD to prepare the written site forms. In addition, the contractor shall upload photos (.jpeg) of the area (minimum of 2), observed cultural material, and features, and a site sketch map (.jpeg) into WISAARD. The site sketch map shall include site concentrations, diagnostic artifacts, tools, features, site boundary, a north arrow, scale bar, legend, and geographic details such as land features and prominent contours.

1.4.5. Scope: Prepare Written Section 106 Reports: The contractor shall prepare draft and final reports in accordance with the Cultural Resources Reporting guidelines established by DAHP (2023: 28-32;

2024) for the Base Item and the two (2) Options. The contractor shall submit an electronic version of the full draft reports to the Technical Point of Contact (POC). Following DAHP’s standards, the draft and final reports will include the following or equivalent sections:

1. Cultural Resources Report Cover Sheet and Title Page

a. All reports submitted to DAHP require a Cultural Resources Report Cover Sheet

2. Introduction

a. Table of Contents

b. List of Figures and Tables

c. Project Description

d. Project Background

i. Report the location and size (in acres) of the survey area

ii. List survey personnel

3. Environmental & Setting

4. Cultural Setting

5. Literature Review

6. Research Design

a. Objectives/Expectations

i. Define survey goals and research questions

ii. Field and Laboratory Methodology

7. Results

8. Analyses

a. Must include NRHP evaluation across all four criteria plus integrity

9. Conclusions and Recommendations

a. To include the effect of the project on Cultural Resources within the APE

10. Bibliography

11. Maps

12. Photographs

13. Appendix

a. Site Forms printed and included as an Appendix

Within fourteen (14) days of receiving the final comments on the draft report and site forms, from the FWS, the contractor shall upload the final Site Form(s) and related documents into WISAARD.

The Technical POC will then submit the Site Records to DAHP to request Smithsonian Trinomial

Numbers. Upon receipt of the Smithsonian Trinomial Numbers from DAHP, the contractor shall incorporate the Smithsonian Trinomial Numbers into the Full Final Report. Within fourteen (14) days of receiving the Smithsonian Trinomial Numbers the contractor shall submit an electronic version of the Full Final Report to the Technical POC. The Full Final Report shall include:

• The Final Report (in .pdf and .docx formats)

• All Site Forms (in .pdf format)

• All GIS Shapefiles, to include the Following:

o Artifact Concentrations, Diagnostic Artifacts, Tools, Features, Site Boundary, Site

Datum

• All Photographs and a Photo Log

The final report shall provide recommendations concerning the eligibility of each site for inclusion in the NRHP (specific criteria shall be assigned to each resource according to 36 CFR 60.4), provide recommendations for the effects of project activities on cultural resources, and answer research questions identified in the historic context of the report.

1.4.6 Technical POC:

Karla Mingus, Zone Archeologist (Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho)

Cultural Resource Branch; Pacific Region 1

US Fish and Wildlife Service; Turnbull NWR

26010 S. Smith Rd

Cheney, WA 99004

Phone: (509) 559-3026 email: karla_mingus@fws.gov mailto:karla_mingus@fws.gov

1.5 Period of Performance: The period of performance shall be for one (1) Base Item, funded, and two

(2) Option Items, unfunded, to run concurrently. The Period of Performance for the Option Items may begin earlier or later depending on when, or if, funding is secured. The Period of Performance reads as follows:

Base Item (Funded): Rymer Fuels Reduction Project: Beginning Upon Award of Contract, on or around June 3, 2024, and Ending on December 3, 2024.

Preliminary Schedule:

• Meeting between Contractor and Technical POC within 2 weeks of Contract Award

• Literature Review and Fieldwork may begin Upon Award of Contract

• Draft Report and Site Record(s) Submitted No Later Than: September 12, 2024 o Technical POC shall provide edits and comments within 30 days of Receipt

• Final Site Record(s) Uploaded into WISAARD, for Submittal by the Technical POC to DAHP – to Request Smithsonian Trinomial Numbers, No Later Than: October 28, o DAHP Generally Responds within 8 Business Days

• Final Report and Site Record(s); these shall integrate the edits and comments from the

Technical POC and include the Smithsonian Trinomial Numbers received from

DAHP; Submitted No Later Than: December 2, 2024

Option 1 (Unfunded): Black Adder/SW Schumaker Fuels Reduction Project: Period of

Performance, subject to change pending funding: September 5, 2024, to September 5, 2025.

• Literature Review and Fieldwork may begin Upon Award of Contract

• Draft Report and Site Record(s) Submitted No Later Than: June 9, 2025 o Technical POC shall provide comments within 30 days of Receipt

• Final Site Record(s) Uploaded into WISAARD, for Submittal by the Technical POC to DAHP – to Request Smithsonian Trinomial Numbers, No Later Than: July 24, 2025 o DAHP Generally Responds within 8 Business Days

• Final Report and Site Record(s) Submitted No Later Than: September 4, 2025

Option 2 (Unfunded): Palmer Fuels Reduction Project: Period of Performance, subject to change pending funding: October 31, 2024, to October 31, 2025.

• Literature Review and Fieldwork may begin Upon Award of Contract

• Draft Report and Site Record(s) Submitted No Later Than: August 1, 2025 o Technical POC shall provide comments within 30 days

• Final Site Record(s) Uploaded into WISAARD, for Submittal by the Technical POC to DAHP – to Request Smithsonian Trinomial Numbers, No Later Than: September

15, 2025 o DAHP Generally Responds within 8 Business Days

• Final Report and Site Record(s) Submitted No Later Than: October 30, 2025

1.6 General Information

1.6.1 Quality Control: Not Applicable

1.6.2 Quality Assurance: The government shall evaluate the contractor’s performance under this contract in accordance with the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan. This plan is primarily focused on what the Government must do to ensure that the contractor has performed in accordance with the performance standards. It defines how the performance standards will be applied, the frequency of surveillance, and the minimum acceptable defect rate(s).

1.6.3 Recognized Holidays: The Contractor is not required to perform work on these holidays.

New Year’s Day Labor Day

Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday Columbus Day

President’s Day Veteran’s Day

Memorial Day Thanksgiving Day

Independence Day Christmas Day

1.6.4 Hours of Operation: The contractor is responsible for conducting business, between the hours of sunrise to sunset Sunday thru Saturday except Federal holidays at the Contractor’s option. The

Contractor must at all times maintain an adequate workforce for the uninterrupted performance of all tasks defined within this PWS when the Government facility is not closed for the above reasons.

When hiring personnel, the Contractor shall keep in mind that the stability and continuity of the workforce are essential.

1.6.5 Place of Performance: The work to be performed under this contract will be performed at two refuges within the Inland NW Refuge Complex, these are the Little Pend Oreille NWR and Turnbull NWR.

The Base Item (Funded): Rymer Fuels Reduction Project will be performed at Little Pend Oreille

NWR. The Job site is located about 12 miles southeast of Colville, Washington on a graded dirt road.

The nearest facilities are located in Colville, WA. Little Pend Oreille NWR is located within a remote area of northeastern Washington. Spokane, Washington is approximately 75 miles south of the refuge.

The Option 1 (Unfunded): Black Adder/SW Schumaker Fuels Reduction Project will be performed at Little Pend Oreille NWR. The Job site is located about 15 miles east-southeast of Colville, Washington on a graded dirt road. The nearest facilities are located in Colville, WA. Little Pend

Oreille NWR is located within a remote area of northeastern Washington. Spokane, Washington is approximately 75 miles south of the refuge.

The Option 2 (Unfunded): Palmer Fuels Reduction Project will be performed at Turnbull NWR.

The Job site is located about 8 miles south of Cheney, Washington on a graded dirt road. The nearest facilities are located in Cheney, WA. Turnbull NWR is located in eastern Washington, about 23 miles south of Spokane, Washington.

1.6.6 Type of Contract: The government will award a firm-fixed price.

1.6.7 Security Requirements: Not applicable.

1.6.7.1 PHYSICAL Security: The contractor shall be responsible for safeguarding all government equipment, information and property provided for contractor use.

1.6.7.2 Key Control/Lock Combinations: Vehicle access within portions of the project area(s) are restricted, contractors shall be provided a key/combination to the refuge padlock or gate code to allow access for this project only. Initial access to the site will be arranged by refuge personnel. The Contractor shall establish and implement methods of ensuring that all lock combinations are not revealed to unauthorized persons.

1.6.8 Special Qualifications: Key Personnel, which includes the Project Manager, Principal Investigator, and Field Supervisor, must meet or exceed the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualifications

Standards for Archeology, per 36CFR61, (NPS 2020). Professional Qualifications Standards in

History or Architectural History may be substituted for Archeology, however at least one of these

Key Personnel must meet the standards in Archeology. Such qualifications are to be documented by means of vitae or resume attachments submitted with the proposal or at a later time if the personnel have not been retained at the time of proposal.

Personnel who are hired or subcontracted for their special knowledge and expertise, outside of the cultural resource fields covered under 36CFR61, must carry academic and experiential qualifications in their own fields of competence. For example, the minimum qualifications for Geographic

Information Systems (GIS) Specialist are a bachelor’s degree in GIS, geography, computer science, or a minimum of five years related experience. Such qualifications are to be documented by means of a vitae or resume attachments submitted with the proposal or at a later time if the personnel have not been retained at the time of proposal.

1.6.9 Post Award Conference/Periodic Progress Meetings: The Contractor agrees to attend any post award conference convened by the contracting activity or contract administration office in accordance with

Federal Acquisition Regulation Subpart 42.5. The contracting officer, Contracting Officers

Representative (COR), and other Government personnel, as appropriate, may meet periodically with the contractor to review the contractor's performance. At these meetings the contracting officer will apprise the contractor of how the government views the contractor's performance and the contractor will apprise the Government of problems, if any, being experienced. Appropriate action shall be taken to resolve outstanding issues. These meetings shall be at no additional cost to the government.

1.6.10 Contracting Officer Representative (COR): The (COR) will be identified by separate letter. The

COR monitors all technical aspects of the contract and assists in contract administration The COR is authorized to perform the following functions: assure that the Contractor performs the technical requirements of the contract: perform inspections necessary in connection with contract performance:

maintain written and oral communications with the Contractor concerning technical aspects of the contract: issue written interpretations of technical requirements, including Government drawings, designs, specifications: monitor Contractor's performance and notifies both the Contracting Officer and Contractor of any deficiencies; coordinate availability of government furnished property, and provide site entry of Contractor personnel. A letter of designation issued to the COR, a copy of which is sent to the Contractor, states the responsibilities and limitations of the COR, especially with regard to changes in cost or price, estimates or changes in delivery dates. The COR is not authorized to change any of the terms and conditions of the resulting order.

1.6.11 Key Personnel: The following personnel are considered key personnel by the government: Project

Manager (aka Contract Manager), Principal Investigator, and Field Supervisor, see section 1.6.8 for

Special Qualifications of Key Personnel. The contractor shall provide a contract manager who shall be responsible for the performance of the work. The name of this person and an alternate who shall act for the contractor when the manager is absent shall be designated in writing to the contracting officer. The contract manager or alternate shall have full authority to act for the contractor on all contract matters relating to daily operation of this contract. The contract manager or alternate shall be available between 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday thru Friday except Federal holidays or when the government facility is closed for administrative reasons.

1.6.12 Identification of Contractor Employees: All contract personnel attending meetings and working in other situations where their contractor status is not obvious to third parties are required to identify themselves as such to avoid creating an impression in the minds of members of the public that they are Government officials. They must also ensure that all documents or reports produced by contractors are suitably marked as contractor products or that contractor participation is appropriately disclosed.

1.6.13 Contractor Travel: Contractor will be responsible for all travel cost and scheduling of travel.

1.6.14 Other Direct Costs: Not applicable

1.6.15 Data Rights: The Government has unlimited rights to all documents/material produced under this contract. All documents and materials produced under this contract shall be Government owned and are the property of the Government with all rights and privileges of ownership/copyright belonging exclusively to the Government. These documents and materials may not be used or sold by the contractor without written permission from the Contracting Officer. All materials supplied to the

Government shall be the sole property of the Government and may not be used for any other purpose.

This right does not abrogate any other Government rights.

1.6.16 Organizational Conflict of Interest: Contractor and subcontractor personnel performing work under this contract may receive, have access to or participate in the development of proprietary or source selection information (e.g., cost or pricing information, budget information or analyses, specifications or work statements, etc.) or perform evaluation services which may create a current or subsequent

Organizational Conflict of Interests (OCI) as defined in FAR Subpart 9.5. The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer immediately whenever it becomes aware that such access or participation may result in any actual or potential OCI and shall promptly submit a plan to the Contracting Officer to avoid or mitigate any such OCI. The Contractor’s mitigation plan will be determined to be acceptable solely at the discretion of the Contracting Officer and in the event the Contracting Officer unilaterally determines that any such OCI cannot be satisfactorily avoided or mitigated, the

Contracting Officer may effect other remedies as he or she deems necessary, including prohibiting the Contractor from participation in subsequent contracted requirements which may be affected by the OCI.

References:

DAHP (Department of Archaeology & Historic Preservation)

2023 Washington State Standards for Cultural Resources Reporting (updated 4/19/2023).

Washington State Department of Archaeology & Historic Preservation, Olympia, WA.

Electronic Document, accessed April 2, 2024:

https://dahp.wa.gov/sites/default/files/CR%20Update%20April2023.pdf

2024 Washington State Standards for Cultural Resources Reporting: Check here for the most up to Date Version of the WA State Standards for Cultural Resources Reporting (aka the

Cultural Resource Guidelines) and the Cultural Resource Report Cover Sheet. Electronic

Document, accessed April 2, 2024: https://dahp.wa.gov/project-review/washington-state-standards-for-cultural-resource-reporting

NPS (National Park Service)

2020 Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and Guidelines for Archeology and Historic

Preservation: Professional Qualifications Standards. Electronic Document, accessed

April 17, 2024: https://www.nps.gov/articles/sec-standards-prof-quals.htm https://dahp.wa.gov/sites/default/files/CR%20Update%20April2023.pdf https://dahp.wa.gov/project-review/washington-state-standards-for-cultural-resource-reporting https://dahp.wa.gov/project-review/washington-state-standards-for-cultural-resource-reporting https://www.nps.gov/articles/sec-standards-prof-quals.htm

PART 2

DEFINITIONS & ACRONYMS

2. DEFINITIONS AND ACRONYMS:

2.1. DEFINITIONS:

2.1.1. CONTRACTOR. A supplier or vendor awarded a contract to provide specific supplies or service to the government. The term used in this contract refers to the prime.

2.1.2. CONTRACTING OFFICER. A person with authority to enter into, administer, and or terminate contracts, and make related determinations and findings on behalf of the government. Note: The only individual who can legally bind the government.

2.1.3. CONTRACTING OFFICER'S REPRESENTATIVE (COR). An employee of the U.S. Government appointed by the contracting officer to administer the contract. Such appointment shall be in writing and shall state the scope of authority and limitations. This individual has authority to provide technical direction to the Contractor as long as that direction is within the scope of the contract, does not constitute a change, and has no funding implications. This individual does NOT have authority to change the terms and conditions of the contract.

2.1.4. DEFECTIVE SERVICE. A service output that does not meet the standard of performance associated with the Performance Work Statement.

2.1.5. DELIVERABLE. Anything that can be physically delivered, but may include non-manufactured things such as meeting minutes or reports.

2.1.6. KEY PERSONNEL. Contractor personnel that are evaluated in a source selection process and that may be required to be used in the performance of a contract by the Key Personnel listed in the PWS.

When key personnel are used as an evaluation factor in best value procurement, an offer can be rejected if it does not have a firm commitment from the persons that are listed in the proposal.

2.1.7. PHYSICAL SECURITY. Actions that prevent the loss or damage of Government property.

2.1.8. QUALITY ASSURANCE. The government procedures to verify that services being performed by the Contractor are performed according to acceptable standards.

2.1.9. QUALITY ASSURANCE Surveillance Plan (QASP). An organized written document specifying the surveillance methodology to be used for surveillance of contractor performance.

2.1.10. QUALITY CONTROL. All necessary measures taken by the Contractor to assure that the quality of an end product or service shall meet contract requirements.

2.1.11. SUBCONTRACTOR. One that enters into a contract with a prime contractor. The Government does not have privity of contract with the subcontractor.

2.1.12. WORK DAY. The number of hours per day the Contractor provides services in accordance with the contract.

2.1.12. WORK WEEK. Monday through Friday, unless specified otherwise.

2.2. ACRONYMS:

ACOR Alternate Contracting Officer's Representative

AFARS Army Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement

APE Area of Potential Effects

AR Army Regulation

BLM Bureau of Land Management

CCE Contracting Center of Excellence

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

CONUS Continental United States (excludes Alaska and Hawaii)

COR Contracting Officer Representative

COTR Contracting Officer's Technical Representative

COTS Commercial-Off-the-Shelf

DA Department of the Army

DAHP Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation

DD250 Department of Defense Form 250 (Receiving Report)

DD254 Department of Defense Contract Security Requirement List

DFARS Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement

DMDC Defense Manpower Data Center

DOD Department of Defense

FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation

FWS Fish and Wildlife Service

GIS Geographic Information System

GLO General Land Office

GPS Global Positioning System

HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996

KO Contracting Officer

NAD North American Datum

NHPA National Historic Preservation Act

NPS National Park Service

NRHP National Register of Historic Places

NWR National Wildlife Refuge

OCI Organizational Conflict of Interest

OCONUS Outside Continental United States (includes Alaska and Hawaii)

ODC Other Direct Costs

PDOP Position Dilution of Precision

PIPO Phase In/Phase Out

POC Point of Contact

PRS Performance Requirements Summary

PWS Performance Work Statement

QA Quality Assurance

QAP Quality Assurance Program

QASP Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan

QC Quality Control

QCP Quality Control Program

SHPO State Historic Preservation Office

TE Technical Exhibit

USDA United States Department of Agriculture

USGS United States Geological Survey

WISAARD Washington Information System for Architectural and Archeological

Records Data

PART 3

GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY, EQUIPMENT, AND SERVICES

3. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED ITEMS AND SERVICES:

3.1. Services: Not applicable.

3.2 Facilities: Not applicable.

3.3 Utilities: Not applicable.

3.4 Equipment: Not applicable.

3.5 Materials: The FWS shall provide the contractor with GIS data (including, but not limited to, site locations, APE, and Survey Areas). Some site records and reports may not be available through

WISAARD; if so the FWS will provide these records, if available, from the FWS archives. In addition, the contractor may request higher resolution documents of those found in WISAARD from the FWS archives, if available, the FWS will provide those records to the contractor. Other FWS records for use in background research will be provided, if available, to the contractor upon request.

PART 4

CONTRACTOR FURNISHED ITEMS AND SERVICES

4. CONTRACTOR FURNISHED ITEMS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

4.1 General: The Contractor shall furnish all supplies, equipment, facilities, and services required to perform work under this contract that are not listed under Section 3 of this PWS.

4.2 Secret Facility Clearance: Not applicable.

4.3 Materials: The Contractor shall furnish all materials and supplies necessary to meet the requirements under this PWS, that are not listed under Section 3.5, above.

4.4 Equipment: The Contractor shall furnish all equipment necessary to meet the requirements under this PWS.

PART 5

SPECIFIC TASKS

5. Specific Tasks:

5.1 Basic Services: The contractor shall provide services to identify and evaluate, based primarily on surface indications, all cultural resources within the APE per Section 106 of the NHPA (36CFR800) and WA DAHP for the Base Item and two (2) Options. In general, site evaluations should be conducted using existing guidance from the WA DAHP, the NRHP Criteria (36CFR60.4), and the

NPS National Register Bulletins (NRB-15). See the Objectives 1.3 and Scope 1.4 sections above, for additional information.

5.2 Meeting Between Contractor and Technical POC: The contractor shall meet, virtually or in person, with the Technical POC to discuss the APE and survey areas, known cultural resources, access to the project area(s), and other pre-field questions that the contractor may have.

5.3 Background Research and Literature Review: The contractor shall conduct background research and a literature review (including, but not limited to, the regional and local environmental and cultural settings of the surrounding area) for the Base Item and the two (2) Options, see above (Section 1.4.1).

5.4 Fieldwork/Cultural Resource Inventory: The contractor shall conduct an intensive cultural resource inventory of the survey areas defined within each APE, for the Base Item and the two (2) Options, see above (Section 1.2.2). The intensive cultural resource inventory shall utilize an intensive pedestrian survey methodology, see above (Section 1.4.2).

5.5 Identify and Document Cultural Resource Sites: All cultural resources that meet the definition of a site by DAHP shall be recorded, see above (Section 1.4.3). “Washington State statutes define an archaeological isolate as a single artifact and an archaeological site as a feature or two or more artifacts” (DAHP 2023:8). Site boundaries shall be determined by the extent of surface artifacts, cultural features, and geomorphic features. The contractor shall prepare DAHP approved site records, location maps, sketch maps, and photographs of all sites. Isolated artifacts shall also be recorded. The contractor shall inspect all previously recorded sites within the APE and prepare new site records to meet current DAHP standards. New site forms shall be prepared for all sites that were recorded more than 10 years ago.