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Bid Item: Cultural Resources Survey for FY26 Wolf Pit 2.0 Scope of Work: Complete background and historic research, archeological field survey, define site limits, determine condition, and to evaluate for eligibility to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) for all recorded resources. See Attached Maps.

A. GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS

1.1 Scope of Services

The Contractor shall provide all services, materials, and supplies required for the performance and completion of the project outlined herein, except where otherwise specified.

There are seven survey units consisting of 209.51 acres and are shown on attached maps. Of these 209.51 acres, 98.09 are high probability along ridgetops and floodplains and subject to shovel testing.

Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Notification. The Contractor shall provide strict compliance with all Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) regulations as they apply to the inadvertent discovery of Native American human remains or cultural items.

Tribal Consultation. The Forest Service will conduct all government-to-government tribal consultation.

The Contractor shall not be responsible for the identification and evaluation of traditional cultural properties or other areas of traditional cultural or religious importance to Federally Recognized Indian Tribes.

1.2 Location

The Wolf Pit 2.0 Project Area is located in Compartments 160, 170, 171, and 172 in Polk County, Tennessee (USGS McFarland Quadrangle) and is in the vicinity of Reliance, Tennessee.

1.3 Government-Furnished Assistance

1.3.1 Services

The Forest Service shall provide access to such information in its possession as it deems pertinent to the project, including archaeological and historical inventory data, environmental data and reports, maps, and other relevant information. This data is controlled, unclassified information and, to the discretion of the Heritage Program Manager, may only be given to the Secretary of the Interior (SOI) qualified archaeologist directing the project. This shall also include the availability of Forest Service personnel and resource specialists for technical consultation as needed for the orderly and efficient development of the project.

1.3.2 Fieldwork Coordination

The Contractor shall coordinate field activities with Forest Service Heritage Program Manager, COR, and the District Ranger. Background studies and other activities will be coordinated with the Zone Archaeologist and COR.

1.3.3 Property

The Forest Service shall provide gate keys as needed to access project areas that must be returned upon survey completion. White boundary paint will be issued as needed for the boundary marking of potentially eligible, eligible, or unassessed cultural resources. All paint cans must be returned upon project completion. The Forest Service will also issue a SPOT device to the contractor for safety. All government-furnished property must be returned to the Forest Service upon survey completion date.

1.4 Professional Quality Controls

All laboratory, office, and field work performed under this contract is to be in accord with standards prescribed by the 1906 Antiquities Act and the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 with programming rules and regulations (36 CFR 296), and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, and the TNSHPO Standards and Guidelines (2018).

1.6 Personnel

All tasks described herein are to be accomplished under the supervision of a Principal Investigator (PI) trained to the “PhD / MA competence level” with a demonstrable background in archeology and history, relevant to the project area, who can document the successful administration and completion of projects of a similar nature. Names and CVs of the Principal Investigator and Field Director(s) must be included with the bid. Other key personnel, namely field and lab directors/supervisors, must have demonstrable experience in archeology and history relevant to the area of potential effect (APE), experience in report preparation, analysis of cultural resources, and analysis of archeological materials.

Any changes in personnel after commencement of the project must be approved by the Contracting Officer.

B. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

2.1 Cultural Resource Survey Requirements

Compliance with Section 106 requires that the heritage resource sites in the project area be located, and sufficient data retrieved to recommend evaluations of sites for eligibility to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) to make a determination of effect. Since management decisions and directions for future work are based on initial survey results, it is essential that enough information be obtained to make informed decisions or determinations. The project area will be subjected to, at minimum, pedestrian survey in landscapes above 15% slope. Consequently, subsurface testing, which can provide information about artifact depth, site boundaries, and deposit integrity is required on landscapes less than 15% slope.

Tasks include, but are not limited to, a cultural resource inventory, including prehistoric, ethnohistoric, and post-contact cultural resources, architectural analyses, evaluation, artifact analysis, collections management, cultural resource recording, precontact and historic synthesis, report preparation, global positioning system (GPS) and geographical information systems (GIS) mapping, and digital image processing, scanning, digitizing, and marking archeological sites located on national forest lands in Tennessee. In general, inventory of property shall be an intensive survey as defined in the Tennessee SHPO Standards and Guidelines For Archaeological Resource Management Studies (2018). The Contractor shall record sufficient data to determine time period, type/function, size, and preliminary National Register of Historic Places eligibility of each resource, so far as the data available will allow.

2.2 Background Research Requirements

At a minimum, the pre-field file and historic records search shall include gathering data from the following:

a. Forest cultural resources inventory information;

b. Tennessee Division of Archaeology;

c. Historic maps, aerial photographs, and land status records on file with the Forest;

d. Forest Service Land Status Files;

e. Other pertinent records, publications, informants, etc.

The Contractor, in writing, shall document negative findings from any of the above sources.

The final study shall include a review of existing information on the environment, prehistory, and history of the general project area, methods, and analyzed results of the investigation, including, but not limited to, recommendations regarding site significance in terms of National Register of Historic Places criteria.

Evaluate each cultural resources site and make a recommendation regarding its eligibility to the National Register of Historic Places using all criteria listed in 36 CFR 60.6, USDI-National Register Bulletin 15, and provide all appropriate site, feature, and artifact documentation needed to support a determination of eligibility. An eligibility recommendation of “Undetermined” may be made, with justification, when eligibility is inconclusive based on field observations. Where no further work is recommended, the contractor shall give reasons for arriving at this conclusion. Similarly, where further work is recommended, it will not be adequate to write simply that the work is necessary.

Recommendations should include statements about what information is to be expected to result from further research and why this information would be significant to the area's history or prehistory. These recommendations shall be framed as a series of research questions, which the data contained in the particular site, can possibly answer.

2.3 Field Methodology Requirements

Subsurface testing, which can provide information about depth, site boundaries, and deposit integrity is required. Shovel tests will be 30 × 30 centimeters in diameter or larger and placed at intervals of 30 meters apart in cardinal directions. For example, a transect heading north will have shovel tests placed every 30 meters and there will be a transect to the east and to the west at 30 meters, as the project boundary will allow. Offsets are permitted and encouraged up to 15 meters in any direction of the intended testing spot in order to properly assess high probability areas. All fill should be screened through ¼ -inch hardware cloth. Tests are to be excavated to a maximum 100 cm below surface (depth), or until impenetrable substrate (i.e., bedrock or compact clay), a culturally sterile subsoil, or the water table is reached.

The government will not be furnishing flagging tape or any other materials necessary for project completion that are not described in Section 1.3. The contractor is responsible for the procurement of the correct flagging tape to be used within the Cherokee National Forest in a timely manner. Positive shovel tests should be marked with orange and black striped flagging tape. Negative markers should be pink. Boundaries of sites shall be painted and flagged with positive tape at 10-meter intervals, 30 meters from each positive shovel test or surface find. Any shovel test flags will be taken down after the boundary of the site has been established so that there are no shovel tests flags inside the site boundary. Boundary markings should be discussed with the COR prior to beginning work.

All tests are required to be recorded in a Global Positioning System (GPS) labeled as a Negative Shovel Test (NST), Positive Shovel Test (PST), Negative Walk Over (NWO), or Positive Walk Over (PWO).

NWO's must have justification with documentation of the percentage slope, exposed rock, standing water, etc. All tests are required to be described for soil color and texture, as well as strata depth and reason for termination in shovel test forms that will be submitted with the final report. Shovel test forms may be digital or paper copies.

The predominant survey strategy in the Cherokee National Forest follows a landform survey approach due to the mountainous terrain. Here, transects conform to the local topography with as many transects necessary for the width of the landform. In basins, floodplains, or areas of wide, flat topography, a grid survey approach is expected to be utilized. Areas not conducive to shovel testing include: areas above 15% slope, areas of standing water, areas of infrastructure such as pavement. There are roads on slope that may be subject to decommissioning. These roads will require more intensive survey as per the needs of the Government.

Cleared areas, such as trails, roads, tree throws, and tree bases will be examined when available. In order to cover 100% of the defined APE if using a landform survey strategy, the remaining high slope landscapes will be pedestrian surveyed to ensure total investigation of the area. Shovel tests are expected to be performed on terraces, saddles, and other flat areas of high probability.

The test depths vary between less than 5 cm to over 50 cm depending on the area. An auger may also be employed in some areas because of soil depth associated with flood plain deposits. Areas not conducive with shovel testing shall be pedestrian surveyed unless limitations exist. Limitations of survey must be documented with color photographs and field notes along with USGS topographic maps with the GIS polygons of omitted survey due to constraints such as limitation of access, poor visibility, or extreme slope. Omitting areas of survey must be justified and coordinated with the COR.

2.4 Site Identification

TDOA Site Survey Forms will be completed for all sites identified during the survey, and updates to existing Site Survey Forms will be completed for any existing archaeological resource.

Tennessee SHPO Standards and Guidelines For Archaeological Resource Management Studies (2018) states there is no arbitrary number of artifacts needed to define a site in the state of Tennessee. For ease of identification, the Cherokee National Forest defines a site by: 1) an area yielding three or more artifacts from the same broad cultural period (i.e., historic or prehistoric), both surface and subsurface, within a 30-m radius; 2) A shovel test that produces three or more artifacts from the same broad cultural period, as long as the artifacts cannot be fitted together (i.e., they are not pieces of the same artifact; or 3) An area with visible or historically-recorded cultural features (e.g., shell midden, cemetery, rockshelter, quarry, chimney fall, brick walls, piers, earthwork, rock pile, etc.), or one (1) subsurface feature (e.g., post holes, hearth, middens, etc.).

Rock piles and cairns are not to be disturbed or tested, but they must be recorded on state site forms per the above paragraph, along with photos and GPS recordings.

Historic landscape features, including agricultural terraces, old roadbeds, and trash piles less than 50 years old are generally not considered sites.

An isolated find is defined as consisting of two or less historic or prehistoric artifacts found within a 30-meter radius. Isolated finds are, by definition, not considered eligible for listing on the NRHP. For cases where an isolated find is unique, and potentially may be considered eligible for inclusion in the NRHP, it should be defined as a site. Deposits of cultural materials that have no integrity, such as road fill, stream gravels, or other situations where artifacts clearly are re-deposited, also should be considered ineligible.

When a site is located in the field, it shall be recorded on a TDOA Site Survey Form. Visible surface remains and artifacts, local topographic features, and systematic shovel testing shall assist in determining the site extent, stratigraphy, integrity, and content. Site descriptions shall include maps showing the locations of shovel test pits, surface remains, topographic features such as large rocks, dirt roads, water drains or gullies; and site boundaries such as to aid in locating the site on the ground from the map and surface features. All features, surface remains, and shovel tests will be clearly labeled on site maps.

Historic sites may be identified by structural, or landscaping remains such as chimney bases, eroded building outlines, foundation piers, graves, prospecting pits, ornamental plants, dams, quarries, and wells.

The dimensions of raised house outlines shall be measured, and sketch mapped with the placement of chimneys and other above ground features noted. These natural and cultural features shall be included on site maps. The presence of wood or other perishable materials will be noted in site descriptions.

Metal detectors will be used at historic sites to supplement shovel testing. The purpose of this use is to assist in defining site boundaries and artifact distributions. Not all finds must be investigated, but the general distribution of artifacts at the site should be noted on maps and in the site descriptions.

Occasionally, standing structures may be identified within the Cherokee National Forest. Architectural Survey Forms are a Survey123 that may be found on the Tennessee Historical Commission (THC) website.

Cemeteries are to be recorded on the THC Cemetery Database Form as well as the TDOA Site Survey Form. [Note: TDOA does not consider cemeteries a site on their own, only if they are associated with a historic or prehistoric site nearby]. Cemetery information includes but is not limited to: number of grave markers/depressions, oldest and youngest grave, size of cemetery, status of disturbance. Shovel tests are not to be placed within 30 meters of any grave, memorial, or any area of probable human remains.

2.5 Site Boundary Assessment

All site boundaries shall be determined by the delineation of positive shovel test pits excavated in a cruciform pattern. This cruciform pattern may be laid out to follow the cardinal directions or in alignment with the natural landform. Intervals between shovel test units shall not exceed 10 meters. The edge of a site will be defined when at least two negative shovel tests in a row are encountered or when a clearly recognizable and definable natural boundary occurs. Surface materials shall be treated as positive shovel tests and need not be excavated if subsoil clay is exposed. All shovel test pits, both site discovery and boundary definition pits, shall be included on site maps.

10 meters beyond the second negative shovel test or 30 meters beyond the last positive shovel test in any direction shall constitute a boundary. For historic sites, positive metal detector finds will be treated the same as positive shovel tests for determining boundaries. Questions about appropriate systematic shovel testing and metal detecting procedures must be directed to the COR before completion of fieldwork, and any changes from the above-described procedures must be approved in writing by the COR.

If the site extends outside of the project boundary, but on National Forest lands, the Contractor shall continue surface and subsurface investigations to determine the overall site limits.

If an archaeological site extends onto private land, the Contractor shall make observations of surface remains and exposed surfaces, but the Contractor shall not excavate on or collect artifacts from private land or enter private property unless prior permission is obtained by the Forest Service. The Contractor shall make an estimate of the site dimensions on private land from surface indications and topography.

Private property will be defined by red boundary marking paint in the field and any private property boundaries near the APE will be discussed with the Contractor prior to project implementation.

The site boundary of previously recorded site 40PK545 enters the project area. This site is not required to perform a revisit unless encountered during field survey. There are zero previously recorded sites within the project area that require a site re-recording.

For newly recorded sites, temporary field numbers will be assigned using a system developed by the Contractor. A copy of the site form for each site recorded or updated shall be delivered to the COR for review prior to submission to the TDOA. The Forest Service shall examine the Contractor’s site forms and recommendations and make final determinations of National Register of Historic Places eligibility. If the COR finds the site forms unacceptable, then the COR will return the forms to the Contractor for correction. The Contractor will then submit the approved site form to the TDOA Site Files to obtain an official state site number.

C. Cultural Resource Reporting Requirements

Data review methods, field methods, and laboratory methods employed must be adequately described.

At a minimum, the report should include one high quality color photograph of each site investigated as a result of this project. Additional color photographs, reproductions, or measured drawings, as appropriate, shall be provided that show details of features, profiles, artifacts, or other evidence of human occupation to aid in the understanding of the site and to assist in assessing National Register eligibility. All photographs must include a north arrow and scale to accurately describe the orientation and size. The report shall include color photographs of diagnostic or other interesting artifacts as appropriate, including scale. Each site description shall include a representative shovel test photograph that clearly depicts stratigraphy, accompanied by a meter scale and north arrow.

In the event a project area is entirely negative for cultural resources, each separate project area must include, at minimum, one representative shovel test photo.

All identified cultural resources shall be shown on a project base map using USGS topographic quad maps. Project maps shall be reproduced at a scale of 1:24,000. A scale, north arrow, and legend shall be included on all maps and drawings. No foldout maps or pages larger than 8.5 x 11 inches shall be used in the report.

Individual site maps shall include both positive and negative shovel test pits. Site maps may be either color or black and white line drawings. GIS may be used to produce project maps; however, these maps shall be reproduced in color. Maps generated in GIS should include USGS topographic features such as contour lines. However, the green color overlay of the map shall be turned off to allow better view of the other map features. National Forest lands should be white while private property should be shaded in transparent gray. Contact the Cherokee National Forest Heritage Program Manager or COR if there are questions or issues concerning GIS or other graphics.

The report must meet acceptable standards of scholarship and professionalism as prescribed by the Society of American Archaeology (SAA), the 1906 Antiquities Act, and the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 (ARPA). It should adhere to the guidelines provided in the Tennessee SHPO Standards and Guidelines For Archaeological Resource Management Studies (2018).

3.1 TDOA Standards and Guidelines

1. Title Page

a. Title of the report, including the name of the project.

b. Location of the project, including County and City (if applicable).

c. Names of the report author(s), field director(s), and principal investigator(s) and their institutional/company affiliation, address, and phone number. Specify the role of each individual.

d. Project point of contact including institutional affiliation, address, and phone number of the client for whom the report was prepared.

e. Lead federal agency requiring compliance.

f. TDOA and/or federal archaeological permit numbers (if applicable).

g. Month and year of report. List whether it is a Draft, Revised, or Final report. Update the date for each new draft.

2. Management Summary

a. The level of the investigation (identification, evaluation, or data recovery).

b. General project location, including County Name and Name and Number of the corresponding USGS Topographic 7.5-minute, 1:24000-scale quadrangle map.

c. If this is a survey, the area (in square miles) investigated during the survey.

d. Summary of results (e.g., negative finding, or sites identified, examined, or excavated during the course of the project).

e. A brief summary for each site investigated. Include the official Tennessee state site number and the results and recommendations for that site.

f. Dates that the archaeological investigations were undertaken.

3. Table of Contents

4. List of Figures

a. A comprehensive list of all photographs, drawings, maps, and other figures from the text, listed numerically.

b. The page number for the location in the text of each enumerated figure.

5. List of Tables

a. A comprehensive list of all tables from the text, listed numerically.

b. The page number for the location in the text of each enumerated table.

6. Introduction

a. Client and, if different, federal agency requiring compliance.

b. Brief description of project for which compliance is being undertaken.

c. Geographic limits of area investigated.

d. Scope of work, including level of investigation and general methodologies.

e. Dates of investigation and names and positions of project personnel.

f. USGS Topographic 7.5-minute, 1:24000-scale quadrangle series map showing the geographic limits of the area investigated, and locations of sites mentioned in the text (if any). The map must be labeled with the USGS quad map name and number.

7. Environment

a. Describe the present environment of the area and how the prehistoric/historic environment may have differed.

b. Discuss how the environment may have influenced human occupation of the area.

8. Literature Review, Cultural History, and Historic al Background

a. Summarize and discuss the prehistoric and historic cultural history of both the general and specific project area referencing recent professional and academic archaeological reports and literature.

b. A brief discussion of previously identified sites and archaeological investigations in the geographic area and/or located on similar landforms. Using that information, discuss the types of sites expected in the area of investigation.

c. A map of previously identified sites in the general project area. Site locations may be represented as points in order to protect sensitive information. The location of sites known to contain human remains may be left off of maps at the discretion of the investigator, but the sites should still be discussed in the report text.

d. Background research must be completed prior to beginning fieldwork. List the specific date of any background research conducted at the TDOA.

e. There is no standard area radius for archaeological background research. Consultants are highly encouraged not to limit their research to a predetermined perimeter of their project location.

9. Field Methods

a. Detailed description of the field techniques used. Include pedestrian transect spacing, excavation unit types and sizes, remote sensing equipment and techniques, and collection and sampling techniques.

b. The methods and means by which the data was recorded.

c. Note all constraints on the investigation (e.g. limitation of access, poor visibility, adverse weather conditions, etc.).

d. Explain any deviations from the standard project field methodologies. (e.g. no-dig locations, exposed bedrock or paving, inundation, extreme slope, etc.)

e. Maps showing the location of survey transects and subsurface tests.

10. Laboratory and Analytical Methods

a. Classificatory/typological schemes used for artifact and/or soil analysis.

b. Means of determining chronological affiliation.

c. Location where artifacts and records are to be curated.

11. Results of Investigations

a. Clear photographs of the project area at the time of investigation. Google Maps or similar online aerials and views are not sufficient. Include the direction that the photo was taken from and a descriptive caption.

b. If no archaeological resources were identified during an identification level survey, discuss the possible reasons for the negative results, (e.g. disturbance, poor visibility, possibility for buried sites, low probability location, etc.).

c. Archaeological Site Records should be filled out and submitted to the TDOA for each newly identified potential site and for each revisited previously recorded site. If a resource was identified, but not assigned a site number, do not refer to it as a “site”, but as an isolated find or other equivalent term. Refer to all sites discussed in the report by the official state site number assigned by the TDOA. Reports that only include field numbers/names will not be accepted.

d. Inclusion of TDOA Site Records in a report is not required. If the author chooses to include them as an appendix, the included records must be the finalized version received from the TDOA.

e. New Sites Identified and Recorded documentation.

1. Description of each site in a short narrative.

2. Map of the recorded site boundary depicted on a USGS topo map with an explanation as to the reasoning for that boundary.

3. Map of the location of all test units within the site.

f. Previously Recorded Sites revisited or evaluated documentation.

1. Map of the current or revised recorded site boundary depicted on a USGS topo map with an explanation as to the reasoning for that boundary.

2. Reports must not include revised site boundaries that have not been finalized by the

TDOA.

3. Map of all the excavation units and/or shovel tests within the site.

4. Discuss any previously recorded sites that were not relocated during the current investigation and provide a possible explanation.

g. Artifact Documentation

1. Enumerate and describe recovered artifacts in tables that summarize data by parameters such as artifact type and provenience.

2. Photographs of a representative sample of diagnostic artifacts used to determine cultural affiliation and/or site type. Photographs must include a descriptive caption and scale.

3. Artifact inventories should not simply be lengthy lists for each individual test, excavation, or collection unit. Detailed unit catalogs may be included as report appendices.

h. Subsurface investigation (e.g. shovel test, auger test, excavation units, trenches) documentation.

1. Scaled profile drawings illustrating the site stratigraphy.

2. Drawings and photographs of representative features identified in excavation units that include scales and descriptive captions.

12. Recommendations and Evaluations

a. The consultant should provide their recommendation as to whether additional archaeological investigation of the project area is warranted, and if so, why.

b. Provide a NRHP eligibility recommendation for each site recorded or revisited and explain the basis for the recommendation.

1. Ineligible - There is enough data to determine that the site is not eligible.

2. Potentially Eligible – There is not enough data to make an eligibility recommendation and further evaluation is necessary.

3. Eligible – The site contains resources eligible for the NRHP. List each criterion for which the site is recommended as eligible and if the site has been previously listed on the

NRHP.

4. Note any sites with boundaries projected to extend beyond the area investigated. Such sites can only be considered as an incomplete record and may warrant additional evaluation.

c. Describe how the proposed project may affect archaeological resources and provide suggestions as to how those effects might be avoided or minimized.

3.2 Digital Photo Log

Each report should also be accompanied by a file containing the photographs taken throughout the course of this survey as well as a written log (date, description, photographer, view) of the photos enclosed. Include at least one high quality color photograph of each site. Sufficient documentation (e.g., photographs including north arrow and scale, maps, profiles) of all features is required.

3.3 Collections Treatment

All artifacts recovered from work performed under this contract shall be treated in accordance with 36 CFR 79.4. The Contractor shall provide for and bear all costs associated with the preparation of artifacts and records for permanent curation of all materials. The Contractor is responsible for delivering the artifacts to the curation facility for permanent storage. The curatorial facility, which the Contractor shall use for this contract, is the Cherokee National Forest, Supervisor’s Office.

After fieldwork is completed, all recovered artifacts shall be cleaned and sorted. At a minimum, artifacts shall be analyzed by provenience unit and classified into raw material, technological, and functional categories based on accepted southeastern typologies and artifact classifications used in the project vicinity.

All ancillary documents expressly associated with work performed under this contract, such as, but not limited to, field notes, maps, drawings, and photographs with negatives, shall become the property of the Forest Service along with the artifact collections. In accordance with 36 CFR 79.4, the Contractor shall provide temporary storage and maintenance for all records and artifacts collected during the course of the field research. Upon completion of the project, all ancillary documents will be curated with the collections.

Artifacts are to be cleaned and bagged in acid-free, curation-standard, clear plastic bags with a white label. On the label is to be the following information:

Cherokee National Forest South Zone Tellico Ranger District Wolf Pit 2.0 Area # State Site Number Field Site Number

STP #

Northing/Easting (relative to local datum for radials) Depth of artifacts found in centimeters below surface (cmbs) Strat # Artifacts found Date Excavator

In addition, each artifact bag will have the above information printed on an acid-free, curation standard bag-tag to be placed inside the bag. An artifact log will be prepared with the artifact analysis. At minimum, prehistoric artifacts are to be described by artifact class (ex. Debitage, tool, pottery, etc.), artifact type (ex. Primary flake, Morrow Mountain, etc.), raw material (ex. Quartz, chert, etc.), artifact segment (ex. Full, distal, fragmentary, etc.), weight, length, width, thickness, and any additional comments regarding artifacts found. Also included in the artifact log must be site number, shovel test number, stratum where artifacts are found, cmbs, etc. for each artifact. At minimum, historic artifacts are to be described by material type (ex. Metal, ceramic, etc.), material form (ex. Nail, bowl, etc.), material description (ex. Whiteware, ferrous, etc.), age, segment (ex. Rim sherd, fragment, complete, etc.) and any additional comments such as decorations, glass color, etc. Each site should have a bag log. Artifacts from a single site should be in the same box. Bags are to be placed in acid-free curation boxes, filled halfway (as to not overfill) and labeled with the sites inside and how many bags. Any additional questions related to curation should be directed to the COR.

3.4 Deliverables

The deliverables will be everything that must be handed over as Cherokee National Forest property at the completion of this contract. Deliverables include: All collected artifacts, their curation standard bags, bag tags, curation standard boxes, and artifact log; two (2) hardcopies of the final report and one digital copy;

GIS data including but not limited to shovel test points, areas of limitation polygons, and site boundary shapefiles; photo data including but not limited to photos taken throughout the duration of the project (site overview photos, shovel test photos, artifact photos, etc.), and photolog, all government furnished property given to the contractor at the beginning of the fieldwork (SPOT device, boundary marking paint, Forest Service gate keys), copies of TDOA Site Survey Forms (may be in digital or hardcopy format).

Questions concerning what is expected from the deliverables can be directed to the COR.

Delivery and Payment Schedule:

Project Stage Performance Time Maximum Percentage of Payment

Field work completed 90 days after contract start date 45% Draft Report submitted to the Government

150 days after contract start date 20%

Final Report accepted by SHPO 30 days after government accepts final report

25%

Delivery of Final Report hardcopies (2) and other deliverables to the Cherokee National Forest

Within 20 days of government acceptance of final report

10%

CONTRACT CLAUSES

52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference

As prescribed in 52.107(b), insert the following clause:

Clauses Incorporated By Reference. (Feb 1998)

This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):

https://www.acquisition.gov https://www.acquisition.gov/agar

(End of clause)

52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Products and Commercial Services (NOV 2023)

Addenda to 52.212-4 (Jan 2023):

As prescribed in 512.301 (b), replace subparagraph (g)(2), paragraph (s), and paragraph (u) of FAR clause 52.212-4. Also, add paragraph (w) to FAR clause 52.212-4:

(g)(2) The due date for making invoice payments by the designated payment office is the later of the following two events:

(i) The 10th day after the designated billing office receives a proper invoice from the Contractor. If the designated billing office fails to annotate the invoice with the date of receipt at the time of receipt, the invoice payment due date shall be the 10th day after the date of the Contractor’s invoice; provided the Contractor submitted a proper invoice and no disagreement exists over quantity, quality, or Contractor compliance with contract requirements.

(ii) The 10th day after Government acceptance of supplies delivered or services performed by the Contractor.

(s) Order of precedence. Any inconsistencies in this solicitation or contract shall be resolved by giving precedence in the following order:

(1) The schedule of supplies/services.

(2) The Assignments, Disputes, Payments, Invoice, Other Compliances, Compliance with Laws Unique to Government Contracts, Unauthorized Obligations, and Commercial Supplier Agreements - Unenforceable Clauses paragraphs of this clause.

(3) The clause at 52.212-5.

(4) Addenda to this solicitation or contract, including any commercial supplier agreements as amended by the Commercial Supplier Agreements -Unenforceable Clauses provision.

https://www.acquisition.gov/content/part-52-solicitation-provisions-and-contract-clauses#i1064684 https://www.acquisition.gov/ http://www.acquisition.gov/agar

(5) Solicitation provisions if this is a solicitation.

(6) Other paragraphs of this clause.

(7) The Standard Form 1449. (8)

(8) Other documents, exhibits, and attachments.

(9) The specification.

(u) Unauthorized Obligations. (1) Except as stated in paragraph (u)(2) of this clause, when any supply or service acquired under this contract is subject to any commercial supplier agreement (as defined in 502.101) that includes any language, provision, or clause requiring the Government to pay any future fees, penalties, interest, legal costs or to indemnify the Contractor or any person or entity for damages, costs, fees, or any other loss or liability that would create an Anti-Deficiency Act violation ( 31 U.S.C.

1341), the following shall govern:

(i) Any such language, provision, or clause is unenforceable against the Government.

(ii) Neither the Government nor any Government authorized end user shall be deemed to have agreed to such clause by virtue of it appearing in the commercial supplier agreement. If the commercial supplier agreement is invoked through an “I agree” click box or other comparable mechanism (e.g., “click-wrap” or “browse-wrap” agreements), execution does not bind the Government or any Government authorized end user to such clause.

(iii) Any such language, provision, or clause is deemed to be stricken from the commercial supplier agreement.

(2) Paragraph (u)(1) of this clause does not apply to indemnification or any other payment by the Government that is expressly authorized by statute and specifically authorized under applicable agency regulations and procedures.

(w) Commercial supplier agreements unenforceable clauses.When any supply or service acquired under this contract is subject to a commercial supplier agreement (as defined in 502.101), the following language shall be deemed incorporated into the commercial supplier agreement. As used herein, “this agreement” means the commercial supplier agreement:

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this agreement, when the end user is an agency or instrumentality of the U.S. Government, the following shall apply:

(i) Applicability. This agreement is a part of a contract between the commercial supplier and the U.S.

Government for the acquisition of the supply or service that necessitates a license or other similar legal instrument (including all contracts, task orders, and delivery orders under FAR 12).

(ii) End user. This agreement shall bind the ordering activity as end user but shall not operate to bind a Government employee or person acting on behalf of the Government in his or her personal capacity.

(iii) Law and disputes. This agreement is governed by Federal law.

(A) Any language purporting to subject the U.S. Government to the laws of a U.S. state, U.S. territory, district, or municipality, or a foreign nation, except where Federal law expressly provides for the application of such laws, is hereby deleted.

(B) Any language requiring dispute resolution in a specific forum or venue that is different from that prescribed by applicable Federal law is hereby deleted.

(C) Any language prescribing a different time period for bringing an action than that prescribed by applicable Federal law in relation to a dispute is hereby deleted.

(iv) Continued performance. The supplier or licensor shall not unilaterally revoke, terminate or suspend any rights granted to the Government except as allowed by this contract. If the supplier or licensor believes the ordering activity to be in breach of the agreement, it shall pursue its rights under the Contract Disputes Act or other applicable Federal statute while continuing performance as set forth in subparagraph (d) (Disputes).

(v) Arbitration; equitable or injunctive relief. In the event of a claim or dispute arising under or relating to this agreement, a binding arbitration shall not be used unless specifically authorized by agency guidance, and equitable or injunctive relief, including the award of attorney fees, costs or interest, may be awarded against the U.S. Government only when explicitly provided by statute (e.g., Prompt Payment Act or Equal Access to Justice Act).

(vi) Updating terms. (A) After award, the contractor may unilaterally revise commercial supplier agreement terms: if they are not material. A material change is defined as:

(1) Terms that change Government rights or obligations;

(2) Terms that increase Government prices;

(3) Terms that decrease overall level of service; or

(4) Terms that limit any other Government right addressed elsewhere in this contract.

(B) For revisions that will materially change the terms of the contract, the revised commercial supplier agreement must be incorporated into the contract using a bilateral modification.

(C) Any agreement license terms or conditions unilaterally revised subsequent to award that are inconsistent with any material term or provision of this contract shall not be enforceable against the Government, and the Government shall not be deemed to have consented to them.

(vii) No automatic renewals. If any license or service tied to periodic payment is provided under this agreement (e.g., annual software maintenance or annual lease term), such license or service shall not renew automatically upon expiration of its current term without prior express consent by an authorized Government representative.

(viii) Indemnification. Any clause of this agreement requiring the commercial supplier or licensor to defend or indemnify the end user is hereby amended to provide that the U.S. Department of Justice has the sole right to represent the United States in any such action, in accordance with 28 U.S.C. 516.

(ix) Audits. Any clause of this agreement permitting the commercial supplier or licensor to audit the end user's compliance with this agreement is hereby amended as follows:

(A) Discrepancies found in an audit may result in a charge by the commercial supplier or licensor to the ordering activity. Any resulting invoice must comply with the proper invoicing requirements

(B) This charge, if disputed by the ordering activity, will be resolved in accordance with subparagraph

(d) (Disputes) through the Disputes clause at 552.212-4(d); no payment obligation shall arise on the part of the ordering activity until the conclusion of the dispute process.

(C) Any audit requested by the contractor will be performed at the contractor's expense, without reimbursement by the Government.

(x) Taxes or surcharges. Any taxes or surcharges which the commercial supplier or licensor seeks to pass along to the Government as end user will be governed by the terms of the underlying Government contract or order and, in any event, must be submitted to the Contracting Officer for a determination of applicability prior to invoicing unless specifically agreed to otherwise in the Government contract.

(xi) Non-assignment. This agreement may not be assigned, nor may any rights or obligations thereunder be delegated, without the Government's prior approval, except as expressly permitted under subparagraph (b) of this clause.

(xii) Confidential information. If this agreement includes a confidentiality clause, such clause is hereby amended to state that neither the agreement nor the contract price list, as applicable, shall be deemed “confidential information.” Issues regarding release of “unit pricing” will be resolved consistent with the Freedom of Information Act. Notwithstanding anything in this agreement to the contrary, the Government may retain any confidential information as required by law, regulation or its internal document retention procedures for legal, regulatory or compliance purposes; provided, however, that all such retained confidential information will continue to be subject to the confidentiality obligations of this agreement.

(2) If any language, provision, or clause of this agreement conflicts or is inconsistent with the preceding paragraph (w)(1), the language, provisions, or clause of paragraph (w)(1) shall prevail to the extent of such inconsistency.

52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders- Commercial Items. (Feb 2024)

(a) The Contractor shall comply with the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses, which are incorporated in this contract by reference, to implement provisions of law or Executive orders applicable to acquisitions of commercial products and commercial services:

(1) 52.203-19, Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements (Jan 2017) (section 743 of Division E, Title VII, of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235) and its successor provisions in subsequent appropriations acts (and as extended in continuing resolutions)).

(2) 52.204-23, Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab Covered Entities (Dec 2023) (Section 1634 of Pub. L. 115-91).

(3) 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment. (Nov 2021) (Section 889(a)(1)(A) of Pub. L. 115-232).

(4) 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations (Nov 2015).

(5) 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (Mar 2023) ( 31 U.S.C. 3903 and 10 U.S.C.