Procurement Information~65.docx

This is a Procurement Information document from the University of Oregon Purchasing and Contracting Services (PCS) related to an Invitation to Bid (ITB) 03556 issued by the Oregon Department of Forestry for heritage surveys on the North Fork Crooked River within the Ochoco National Forest. The project encompasses approximately 10,000 acres in Crook County, Oregon, with 2,161 acres requiring comprehensive cultural resource inventory. The solicitation sought competitive bids for professional archaeological services including pre-field research, field surveys, site documentation, and post-field work deliverables. Bidders were required to provide a qualified Principal Investigator with demonstrated experience in similar cultural resource survey work and to meet specific professional standards for archaeological research. The bid response deadline was August 3, 2022, with all work mandated to be completed by October 1, 2022. The contract was to be awarded to the lowest responsible and responsive bidder based on the submission of a comprehensive cultural resource inventory including a final survey report, site documentation forms, and complete field data collection.

The solicitation specified a lump-sum payment structure upon successful completion and approval of all project deliverables, though a specific budget range was not disclosed in the available documentation. No set-aside designations or restrictions for disadvantaged business enterprises were explicitly identified, and no incumbent vendors were noted. The procurement was open to qualified archaeological consulting firms or cultural resource management professionals with appropriate credentials and demonstrated field experience in cultural resource survey work. The geographic scope was limited to the Ochaco National Forest's Paulina Ranger District, with bidders required to survey both low and high probability areas for cultural resources as delineated on the Heritage Survey Map.