BPM005438_SWCA_Pricing_Proposal.pdf

Archaeological Services Term Contract: Pricing Proposal

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FEE SCHEDULE

For work that would be conducted under contract to the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD), SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) proposes the use of the following price sheet, which contains the same labor categories and hourly billing rates as our recently awarded contract with the Arizona Department of Administration to provide on-call archaeological services to the Arizona State Land Department (Table 1). Direct expenses such as mileage, lodging, meals, and incidentals would be billed at the rates provided in the current State of Arizona Accounting Manual (Topic 50, Section 95). Arizona State Museum (ASM) registration and curation fees would be billed according to the prevailing rate schedule posted on the ASM’s website.

Table 1. Labor Categories and Billing Rates

JOB TITLE HOURLY RATE

Principal Investigator $145.00 Project Manager/Director $145.00 Field Director $117.00 Crew Lead $102.00 Field/Lab Technician $82.00 Permit Coordinator/Lab Manager $107.00 Senior GIS Technician $123.00 Mid-Level GIS Technician $102.00 Technical Editor $130.00 Administrator $100.00

CLASS III SURVEY ESTIMATED COSTS

In 2021, SWCA conducted a survey of 19.5 acres of AZGFD-owned land near Tacna, Arizona, under contract to the AZGFD. Our proposal provided a detailed breakdown of the costs necessary to complete the work. The total cost assumed that one archaeological site would be found during the survey. We also provided per-acre costs if no archaeological sites were found and per-site costs for the discovery of one or more archaeological sites. The budget provided below is an update to the 2021 budget using the fee schedule provided above. The per-acre cost for the 19.5-acre survey near Tacna, Arizona is $364/acre assuming no findings and the preparation of a State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) Survey Report Summary Form. The documentation of one site necessitates the preparation of a standard report and added ASM fees, increasing the per-acre cost to $475/acre. Per-acre survey costs, however, vary as a function of survey size and complexity. For example, in 2017, SWCA conducted a survey for the AZGFD of approximately 1,900 acres on Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge. No archaeological sites were found during the survey. Using the fee schedule above, the per-acre cost to complete the 1,900-acre no-findings survey and report would be approximately $28/acre.

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SWCA Environmental Consultants 19.5-acre Class III Survey

Pre-Production Hours Subtotal

Cost Logistics (Direct Costs) Unit Rate

No. of Units

Subtotal Cost

Class I Records Search Vehicle Rental N/A N/A N/A Literature Review 1 $145 Mileage (rate per mile)* 0.625 400 $250 In-Person File Search 1 $145 ASM Registration Fees* $611 1 $611 Class I Data Processing Lodging* N/A N/A N/A Draft Class I Fuel N/A N/A N/A

Project Coordination 2 $290 *15% handling fee on qualifying expenses $129

Fieldwork Preparation 2 $179 Total Direct Costs $990 Subtotal 6 $759 Percent Overhead 175.4%

Production Subtotal

Hours Subtotal

Cost Percent Profit 15.3% Class III Survey TOTAL FEE $9,278

Travel 6 $702 Pedestrian Survey 6 $702

Fieldwork Coordination/Management 0.25 $36 Class III Survey

Subtotal 12.25 $1,440 Cost Per Acre* $364

Post-Production Subtotal

Hours Subtotal

Cost Cost Per Site Recording** $2,160 Report Preparation Cost Per Historical In-Use Structure N/A

Geospatial Data Processing /Report Figures 5 $615

* Assumes no findings and SHPO Short Form Report.

** Cost for first site with upgrade to Standard Report; additional sites would be approximately $1,400 each.

Site Record Processing Historical In-Use Structure Form Process

Report Preparation/Assembly 34 $4,118

Report Review 4 $565 Total Cost Per Acre (inclusive of all tasks and expenses):

$475 Report Submission, Curation, Close Out

Draft Report to AZGFD Final Draft (comment incorporation) 3.5 $430 Final Report to AZGFD and ASM 2 $214 Redacted Report Copy to

AZGFD 0.5 $72

Project Close Out 0.75 $75

Subtotal 49.75 $6,089 Total Labor Hours 68 –

Total Cost – $8,288

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HUMAN REMAINS TREATMENT ESTIMATED COSTS

The SWCA team has experience in the treatment of human remains encountered during archaeological excavation and construction monitoring. The estimated labor cost to recover, document, and repatriate an inhumation burial is $4,397, and the cost to recover, document, and repatriate a cremation burial is $2,848, plus travel. These costs also include the acquisition of a burial services agreement from the ASM and preparing and submitting the Report of Remains to the ASM Repatriation Office as required under Arizona Revised Statutes 41-844 and 41-865. Complicated discovery situations, such as having to recover the remains from a disturbed context, may increase the cost of burial treatment. Discovery situations would be billed according to the rate schedule provided in Table 1. Direct expenses such as mileage, lodging, meals, and incidentals would be billed at the rates provided in the current State of Arizona Accounting Manual (Topic 50, Section 95). ASM registration and curation fees would be billed according to the prevailing rate schedule posted on the ASM’s website.