Sol_140L3726Q0013.pdf

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Issuing Office:

National Interagency Fire Center

(NIFC)

Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

This solicitation can be downloaded at https://www.sam.gov.

Quotes Are Solicited For:

Cultural Resource Inventory (CRI) Class III, Various

Locations, Colorado

BLM Kremmling Field Office area of responsibility.

Solicitation: 140L3726Q0013

IMPORTANT – NOTICE TO ALL PROSPECTIVE QUOTERS

Quotes shall be emailed to the Contract Specialist, Kanon Morris at kdmorris@ios.doi.gov by the date and time in SF-1449 Block 8.

Questions must be submitted to kdmorris@ios.doi.gov not later than 2/16/2026. The Government’s response will be incorporated by amendment to the solicitation.

As part of its quote, the quoter shall complete/submit the following:

(a) SF 1449, Blocks 17a, 30a-30c;

(b) Fill in the appropriate pricing requested in Schedule of Items

(c) Provide your responses to Evaluation Factors in Addendum to FAR 52.212-1 (see 2.1.1 and

2.2.2)

(d) Contact information for an individual with the authority to bind.

(e) No formal Site visit is scheduled. Vendors may visit the site at their own convenience.

Quotes that arrive after the prescribed time for receipt of quotes will be considered late and treated in accordance with FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items.

It is the Quoter’s responsibility to monitor the following website for any changes to the

RFQ: https://www.sam.gov.

Quotes submitted in response to the solicitation shall honor the offer for 60 days.

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140L3726Q0013

See Schedule See Schedule

BLM FA-NTL INTRAGCY FIRE CTR(FA250)

3833 S. DEVELOPMENT AVE.

BOISE ID 83705

02/20/2026 1100 MS

0044036066

Kanon Morris 2083875358

LFA 100.00

LFA

Ellen E. Johnson

541620

$19

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0011276316

ADMINISTERED BY:

BLM FA NTL INTRAGCY FIRE (FA250)

3833 S. DEVELOPMENT AVE.

BOISE ID 83705 US

DELIVER TO:

BLM-CO N.W. COLORADO FIRE MANAGEMEN

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455 EMERSON STREET

CRAIG CO 81625 US

CRI CLASS III, VARIOUS LOCATIONS, COLORADO

BLM KREMMLING FIELD OFFICE

Period of Performance: 03/16/2026 to

12/31/2026

00010 CULTURAL RESOURCE INVENTORY CLASS III

Product/Service Code: B503

Product/Service Description: SPECIAL

STUDIES/ANALYSIS-

ARCHEOLOGICAL/PALEONTOLOGICAL

CRI CLASS III, VARIOUS LOCATIONS, COLORADO SOLICITATION NO. 140L3726Q0013

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SCHEDULE OF ITEMS

This requirement is for one (1) Firm Fixed Price Commercial Services Contract for Cultural Resource Inventory Class III in the BLM Kremmling Field Office area of responsibility, specifically Bull Mountain, Copper Creek, and Owl Mountain totaling 1,183 acres.

BASE

Item no.

Item Description Quantity Unit of

Measure

Unit

Price

Total

0010 Letter Report Describing Results of CRI III

Inventory (35% of grand total)

1 LS $ $

0020 Draft Final Report (35% of grand total) 1 LS $ $

0030 Final Report (30% of grand total) 1 LS $ $

GRAND TOTAL – Base plus Options $

LS = Lump Sum

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 3/16/2026 to 12/21/2026

(End of Schedule of Items)

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STATEMENT OF WORK

1.0 General: Furnish labor and equipment to complete Class III archaeological inventories.

1.1 Introduction

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is required, under Section 106 of the National Historic

Preservation Act of 1966 (as amended) (NHPA) to take into account the effects of its actions on historic properties through a process of identification, evaluation, assessment of effects, and, if needed, mitigation. Prior to any ground-disturbing activity, the BLM conducts a Class III

(intensive) cultural resource inventory per requirements provided in BLM’s 8110 Manual for the purpose of identifying and evaluating cultural resources which may be affected by the proposed action. The BLM Kremmling Field Office (KFO) proposes to conduct three timber sales totaling

1,098 acres in Grand, Jackson, and Larimer Counties. The timber units include a heavy dead and down component of beetle kill lodgepole pine, with thick regeneration of both lodgepole and limber pine throughout. Due to the 2012 Mountain Pine Beetle epidemic, with approximately 80% mortality, the hazardous fuel loading from dead and down lodgepole has greatly increased the probability of more intense fire activity within lodgepole stands. Using a timber salvage sale as a method for fuels reduction is the most cost effective means as we can provide local mills with wood products, while opening up the understory allowing for better chase of low intensity ground fire.

Implementation of these projects would begin to take place in the spring and summer of 2027.

In addition, BLM-KFO also proposes a multi-year installation of up to 400 low-tech, process-based restoration (LTPBR) structures along Behler Creek, Mule Creek, and Sheriff Creek in Grand County that include Beaver Dam Analogs (BDA). These structures will assist natural processes to restore wetland habitat and attain more complex and resilient riparian systems. Cultural surveys are required for the proposed staging areas for storing equipment and personnel parking to access the stream project areas. The total acreage included for these locations totals 85 acres.

1.2 Project Description

A Class III (intensive) field inventory of approximately 1,183 BLM acres of public land in Grand, Jackson and Larimer Counties, Colorado is requested. The cultural resource inventory is required prior to timber sales and the development of staging areas to locate, evaluate and adequately protect all sites from the effects of the undertaking. Survey shall include a 100% pedestrian inventory at transect intervals spaced between 15 - 20 meters, to identify, record, and evaluate all cultural resources greater than 50 years old. All previously recorded Eligible, Needs Data, and Unevaluated sites in the inventory area shall be re-visited. All newly-identified sites and isolated finds located will be recorded and mapped. New OAHP (Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation) management data and component forms shall be completed for newly recorded sites as well as sites previously recorded on old versions of site forms; BLM Linear Management Data and/or BLM Linear Segment

Forms shall be used for documenting all linear resources. The definition of a site and isolated find shall follow the field office standards and procedures. The contractor shall confirm the definitions with the Project Inspector. Potentially eligible sites will be tested to determine site

BLM KREMMLING FIELD OFFICE Page 5 of 58 depth potential, integrity, and eligibility wherever possible. This will be done to reduce the number of

“Needs Data” evaluations. If encountered, all cadastral survey monuments will be recorded as isolated finds.

Several cultural resource inventories have been conducted within the current Area of Potential Effects

(APE). With the exception of one previous inventory, these inventories were either conducted more than 15 years ago or covered a negligible portion of the current APEs that the entirety of the inventory areas for Owl Mountain, Copper Creek, and Staging Areas require survey at the Class III level. In

2025, portions of the Bull Mountain project area were inventoried for a separate fuels treatment and timber sale. The overlapping areas will not need to be surveyed again, however, the entirety of the

APE should be acknowledged and discussed in the report. Based on previous inventories and ethnographic evidence around the APE, it is likely that site density will be low throughout each inventory area.

Bull Mountain:

One prehistoric open lithic site (5LR.1480) was previously documented within the Bull Mountain project area. The site was officially determined not eligible for listing to the National Register of

Historic Places (NRHP). Unless significant changes to the site have occurred, such as soil erosion revealed buried deposits, the site will not require field documentation.

Copper Creek:

No cultural resources have been identified within the Copper Creek APE; however, previous surveys less than a mile from the APE identified moderate to high densities of prehistoric sites, several of which were officially determined eligible.

Owl Mountain:

No cultural resources have been identified within the Owl Mountain APE. Previous surveys in the area reveal low densities of cultural resources.

Staging Areas:

Five resources (two sites: 5GA.3016 and 5GA.3403; and three IFs: 5GA.3019, 5GA.3023, and

5GA.3406), all of which are not eligible, are within the Mule Creek staging areas. These resources will not require re-visitation or documentation unless significant changes to the resources have occurred.

These project areas include a heavy dead and down component of beetle kill lodgepole pine, with thick regeneration of both lodgepole and limber pine throughout. Most of the area is accessible by

4WD vehicle and/or ATV/UTV. County roads access the area but can become impassable when wet.

Prior to fieldwork the contractor will be responsible for contacting the NWD archaeologist to discuss procedures for completing the pre-fieldwork records search, survey requirements, and report requirements, including the pre-field files search with the KFO and the OAHP Compass database.

No contract modifications shall be provided for unanticipated site density or logistic complexity not considered by the contractor in their bid.

Table 1. Proposed Project Areas

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Description CRI Acres

Bull Mountain Timber Sale 653.5

Copper Creek Timber Sale 270.9

Owl Mountain Timber Sale 173.4

Staging Areas 84.9

1.3 Project Location

The following projects are all located within the Kremmling Field Office in northwest Colorado:

-The Bull Mountain area is located east of County Road 103 approximately 3.5 miles south of the

Colorado and Wyoming border (see attached map).

-The Copper Creek project area is located east of State Highway 9, roughly 7.5 miles south-southeast of Kremmling, Colorado (see attached map).

-The Owl Mountain project area is located near State Highway 125 and Jackson County Road 27 approximately 5 miles west of Gould, Colorado (see attached map).

-The staging areas are widely dispersed in southern Grand County, Colorado. The Behler Creek areas are located roughly 4 miles southeast of Granby, Colorado and are within the BLM Strawberry Special

Recreation Management Area. The Sheriff Creek areas are located approximately 1.5 miles north of Hot

Sulphur Springs, Colorado and 8 miles west of Granby, Colorado roughly 1 mile north of Highway 40.

The Mule Creek areas are located south of Grand County Road 3 approximately 16 miles southeast of

Kremmling, Colorado (see attached maps).

1.4 Access to Work

Access to the location will be provided by the contractor as their expense. The terrain is mountainous and slopes can exceed 30%. Most areas are accessible by 4WD vehicle and/or ATV/UTV. County roads run near the project areas but can become impassable when wet.

1.5 Work Limits

Bidders must have a valid Colorado Permit for Archaeological Investigation (PAI; formerly CRUP) or be able to obtain a permit (see attached BLM Handbook for more information). Bidders must also have, or be able to obtain, a Colorado Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation consulting permit prior to conducting work in the field office. In addition, the contractor must also carry a

Fieldwork Authorization (FWA) at all times when conducting fieldwork. Please contact the BLM

NWDFA archaeologist for the FWA after the contract is awarded.

1.6 Key Personnel Qualifications

A resume and experience chart must be submitted for each Project Director/Principal Investigator and

Field Director/Crew Chief proposed for listing on the permit in accordance with BLM Handbook of

Guidelines and Procedures for Inventory, Evaluation, and Mitigation of Cultural Resources, section

V.B.3(attached).

2.0 Federal Specifications

Specifications for cultural surveys are outlined in the attached standards and Procedures/BLM

Colorado Handbook.

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3.0 Government Furnished Items

BLM KFO will furnish shapefiles of all polygons that require survey, digital copies of site forms requiring re-visitation, and any maps needed by the contractor.

3.1 Contractor Furnished Items

The contractor will supply all equipment, transportation, and personnel to complete cultural resource inventories described above.

4.0 Deliverables

See Reporting Standards in Section III of the 2026 “Procedures and Reporting Standards for Cultural

Resources Consultants Conducting Projects Under a Permit for Archaeological Investigations for The

Colorado Northwest District and Grand Junction Field Office, Bureau of Land Management”. The

NWDFA archaeologist prefers draft reports and site files to be sent electronically as PDF documents.

Contractors must also follow the BLM Colorado Handbook (revised 2022) and PAI permit stipulations, including the delivery of geospatial data containing inventory and site shapefiles. The

Principal Investigator and Field Director/Crew Chief must be on the selected contractor’s current PAI as qualified to do cultural work in the field office. The Field Director/Crew Chief must be present at all times with crews in the field. The contractor shall also follow the specifications for geospatial data, as detailed in the most recent Digital Data Specifications Guide, which may be found on the BLM website or obtained from either the COR or the Project Inspectors.

After the field office receives acceptable site and inventory shapefiles, the field office shall request a

SHPO document number. Once the SHPO assigns the number (usually the same or next day), it, and the field office report number, shall be sent back to the contractor to incorporate into the documentation.

Contractors are expected to collect a representative sample of obsidian debitage or tools located during survey, for X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) analysis sourcing, by the contractor (see Section II, F.1 of the 2026 Procedures and Reporting Standards).

Diagnostic artifacts should only be collected in coordination with the NWDFA archaeologist if the contractor believes the project could damage, destroy or endanger the artifact. Diagnostic artifacts shall be either photographed or illustrated as fine line drawings in the report and appropriate OAHP form. All photographs and illustrations shall have an appropriate scale, and documentation of the artifacts shall include measurements of length, width, and thickness. If other artifacts are collected during this project, a table and paragraph discussing the items collected and their associated numbers shall be included with the report as an appendix. All collected artifacts shall be prepared and delivered to the designated curation facility for the field office not later than 180 days after completion of fieldwork. A spreadsheet listing the BLM Project Number, Author, Title, Township/Range, Section, Site Number, Site Type, Eligibility, Artifact Number and Artifact Description shall accompany the artifacts, and a copy of the spreadsheet shall be provided to the field office.

A. Item 1 payment shall be made based on acceptance of a digital letter report in PDF format that describes the results of the Class III inventory. Payment shall total 35% of the contract cost. The

BLM KREMMLING FIELD OFFICE Page 8 of 58 letter report is due to the BLM within two weeks after completion of fieldwork, and shall contain at a minimum:

1. A brief description of each site, which shall include site type, temporal or cultural affiliation, and the NRHP eligibility recommendation. This information can be in table format.

2. A draft shapefile of the site and isolated find results. The contractor will use OAHP’s shapefile template located here: https://sites.google.com/state.co.us/oahp-resource-center/forms-guidance/gis-requirements.

a. BLM will submit requests to OAHP for Smithsonian numbers and the OAHP document number.

3. A copy of a 7.5' topographic map showing the project inventory boundary and site locations.

The COR’s review of the letter report and verbal notification of acceptance of the results to the contractor within two weeks of receipt constitutes completion of this item of the contract.

B. Item 2 payment shall be made based on the digital submission of a Draft Final Report and draft site forms in Word format, along with inventory and site shapefile data. Payment shall total

35% of the contract cost. This documentation must be submitted to the BLM for review within 90 calendar days after completing the fieldwork.

The BLM shall not accept CDs containing the draft documentation (report and forms) and geospatial data. Instead, the contractor may supply these data on a USB flash drive or arrange for digital transfer via an FTP site or other secure internet location (again pursuant to the most current Digital Data

Specifications Guide).

The Draft Final Report, and all required inventory and site forms, shall meet the guidelines established by the Secretary of Interior’s Standards and Guidelines for Archaeology and Historic

Preservation, BLM Colorado Handbook (revised 2017), OAHP Guidelines, and the field office standards and procedures. The draft documentation shall not be digitally secured or protected. A complete list of the previous inventories and complete site and isolate numbers found during the literature search may be included as a table and summarized in the text.

A description of the APE, including the potential for direct, indirect and cumulative effects, must be included in the report. The draft report shall also evaluate the sites in the APE for National Register eligibility and make a recommendation regarding a Determination of Effect for the undertaking.

Those evaluations should be made in the context of previous investigations and findings in the general area, and management issues for the region. All sites determined to be “needs data” shall include a detailed justification for such a determination; the contractor must conduct a shovel or trowel test prior to recommending a site as “Needs Data,” not to exceed the maximum testing allowed per site under the contractor’s PAI.

The BLM shall provide comments/suggested revisions to the Draft Final Report within 60 days of receipt.

C. Item 3 payment shall be made upon acceptance of the Final Report by BLM. Final payment https://sites.google.com/state.co.us/oahp-resource-center/forms-guidance/gis-requirements

BLM KREMMLING FIELD OFFICE Page 9 of 58 shall total 30% of the contract cost. Delivery of the Final Report and supporting records is required no later than 180 days after completion of fieldwork. BLM shall notify the contractor of acceptance of the Final Report within 14 days of receipt which constitutes completion of the contract.

The final report and forms shall respond to the corrections and comments made by KFO during the review of the Draft Final Report. Additional requirements for the final report and forms are:

• Final payment is contingent upon BLM’s acceptance of the response to the comments and corrections made during the BLM review.

• Cultural resource legal, UTM, or specific narrative descriptions are not to be presented anywhere in the report narrative.

• The report cover page, appendices with legal/UTM locations, and maps with site locations must contain the following statement in large font, bold type “For

Official Use

Only: Disclosure of site locations prohibited (43 CFR 7.18).”

• The final PDF files of reports and site and isolate forms must follow SHPO file naming conventions, pursuant to the most current Digital Data Specifications

Guide and shall not be digitally secured or protected.

• BLM will not accept CDs containing project documentation (report and forms) and geospatial data. Instead, the contractor may supply this data on a USB flash drive or arrange for digital transfer via an FTP site or other secure internet location (again pursuant to the most current Digital Data Specifications Guide).

(End of Statement of Work)

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INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

The following clause is incorporated by reference:

Clause Title Date

52.246-1 CONTRACTOR INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS APR 1984

(End of Inspection and Acceptance)

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DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

1.0 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

See Services and Prices section.

(End of Deliveries or Performance)

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CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA

The following local clauses are provided in full text:

ELECTRONIC INVOICING AND PAYMENT REQUIREMENTS – INVOICE PROCESSING PLATFORM (IPP)

(APR 2013)

Payment requests must be submitted electronically through the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Invoice

Processing Platform System (IPP).

“Payment request” means any request for contract financing payment or invoice payment by the Contractor. To constitute a proper invoice, the payment request must comply with the requirements identified in the applicable

Prompt Payment clause included in the contract, or the clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions –

Commercial Products and Commercial Services included in commercial products or commercial services contracts.

The IPP website address is: https://www.ipp.gov.

Under this contract, the following documents are required to be submitted as an attachment to the IPP invoice

1. Invoice billed according to contract line items and rates.

2. If final payment is billed, the last invoice shall state “FINAL”.

The Contractor must use the IPP website to register access and use IPP for submitting requests for payment. The

Contractor Government Business Point of Contract (as listed in SAM) will receive enrollment instructions via email from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (FRBB) prior to the contract award date, but no more than 3 – 5 business days of the contract award date. Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by contacting the IPP

Production Helpdesk via email ippgroup@bos.frb.org or phone (866) 973-3131.

If the Contractor is unable to comply with the requirement to use IPP for submitting invoices for payment, the

Contractor must submit a waiver request in writing to the Contracting Officer with its proposal or quotation.

(End of Local Clause)

1452.201-70 AUTHORITIES AND DELEGATIONS (SEP 2011)

(a) The Contracting Officer is the only individual authorized to enter into or terminate this contract, modify any term or condition of this contract, waive any requirement of this contract, or accept nonconforming work.

(b) The Contracting Officer will designate a Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) at time of award. The COR will be responsible for technical monitoring of the contractor's performance and deliveries. The COR will be appointed in writing, and a copy of the appointment will be furnished to the Contractor. Changes to this delegation will be made by written changes to the existing appointment or by issuance of a new appointment.

(c) The COR is not authorized to perform, formally or informally, any of the following actions:

(1) Promise, award, agree to award, or execute any contract, contract modification, or notice of intent that changes or may change this contract;

(2) Waive or agree to modification of the delivery schedule;

(3) Make any final decision on any contract matter subject to the Disputes Clause;

(4) Terminate, for any reason, the Contractor's right to proceed;

(5) Obligate in any way, the payment of money by the Government.

(d) The Contractor shall comply with the written or oral direction of the Contracting Officer or authorized representative(s) acting within the scope and authority of the appointment memorandum. The Contractor need not proceed with direction that it considers to have been issued without proper authority. The Contractor shall notify the

Contracting Officer in writing, with as much detail as possible, when the COR has taken an action or has issued direction (written or oral) that the Contractor considers to exceed the COR's appointment, within 3 days of the occurrence. Unless otherwise provided in this contract, the Contractor assumes all costs, risks, liabilities, and consequences of performing any work it is directed to perform that falls within any of the categories defined in paragraph (c) prior to receipt of the Contracting Officer's response issued under paragraph (e) of this clause.

https://www.ipp.gov/ mailto:ippgroup@bos.frb.org

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(e) The Contracting Officer shall respond in writing within 30 days to any notice made under paragraph (d) of this clause. A failure of the parties to agree upon the nature of a direction, or upon the contract action to be taken with respect thereto, shall be subject to the provisions of the Disputes clause of this contract.

(f) The Contractor shall provide copies of all correspondence to the Contracting Officer and the COR.

(g) Any action(s) taken by the Contractor, in response to any direction given by any person acting on behalf of the

Government or any Government official other than the Contracting Officer or the COR acting within his or her appointment, shall be at the Contractor's risk.

(End of clause)

(End of Contract Administration Data)

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SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

1.0 ACCESS

In the event of a site/facility closure, the Contractor shall not perform or make deliveries to the site/facility until it is reopened by the Government, unless otherwise instructed by the Contracting Officer or their designated representative.

2.0 WORK HOURS

Unless otherwise specified in Section C, Specifications, work hours under this contract shall be limited to the time between one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset each day. No work will be done on Saturday, Sunday, or Federal holidays unless authorized by the COR.

3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL INTERRUPTION OF WORK

3.1 Environmental - The Contracting Officer, by issuance of a suspend work order, may direct the Contractor to shut down any work that may be subject to damage due to weather conditions, fire danger, or because it is impracticable to work during the winter season. The Contractor will be given a resume work order which will document the date the work suspension ends. An allowance has been included in the contract time for all environmental delays. The count of contract time will therefore continue during all periods of suspension due to normal weather conditions, including fire danger. The Contractor will not be entitled to additional contract time for any suspensions except to the extent that they are due to unusually severe weather conditions. The Contractor will not be entitled to additional monetary compensation for such suspensions regardless of duration.

3.2 Endangered Species - The Government may direct the Contractor to discontinue all operations in the event that listed or proposed threatened or endangered plants or animals protected under the Endangered Species

Act of 1973, as amended, or Federal candidate (Category 1 and 2), sensitive or state listed species, identified under BLM Manual 6840, are discovered to be present in or adjacent to the project area.

4.0 PRESERVATION OF HISTORICAL AND ARCHEOLOGICAL DATA

4.1 Public Law 93-291, May 24, 1974, provides for the preservation of scientific, prehistorical, and archeological data (including relics and specimens) which might otherwise be lost due to alteration of the terrain as a result of any Federal construction project.

4.2 The Contractor agrees that should any contractor employee, in the performance of this contract, discover evidence of possible scientific, prehistorical, historical, or archeological data the contractor will notify the

Contracting Officer immediately in writing giving the location and nature of the findings.

4.3 Where appropriate by reason of discovery, the Contracting Officer may order delays in the time of performance and/or changes in the work. If such delays and/or changes are ordered, the time of performance and contract price shall be adjusted in accordance with the applicable clauses in the Contract

Clauses Section of this contract.

4.4 The Contractor agrees to insert this requirement in all subcontracts which involve the performance of work on the terrain of the site.

5.0 SUBSTITUTION – PROCESSION OF WORK

Any proposed key personnel, minimum qualifications for incoming or replacement key personnel, subcontractors, processes, procedures or materials included in the quotation are hereby incorporated into the contract. Performance shall be limited to the personnel, qualifications, firms, procedures, and materials that were specifically identified in the quotation accepted. The Contractor shall obtain the Contracting

Officer’s written consent before making any substitutions or changes. All substitutions or replacements shall comply with the terms and conditions of the contract.

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7.0 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

All waste materials generated by any work under the contract performed on a Government installation shall at all times be handled, transported, stored, and disposed of by the contractor and by his subcontractors in accordance with all applicable Federal, state, and local laws, ordinances, regulations, court orders, and other types of rulings having the effect of the law, including, but not limited to Executive Order 12088, 13

October 1978, Federal Compliance with Pollution Control Standards; the Federal Water Pollution Control

Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251 ET SEQ); the Clean Air Act as amended (42 U.S.C. Sec 7401 ET SEQ);

the Endangered Species Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. Sec 1531, ET SEQ); the Toxic Substances Control

Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. Sec 2601, ET SEQ); the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16

U.S.C. Sec 470, ET SEQ); the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6901 ET SEQ); and the

Archaeological and Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. Sec 469, ET SEQ). Should the

United States Government be held liable for any neglect or improper actions by the contractor or any subcontractor regarding removal or disposal of any hazardous waste, the contractor shall reimburse the

Government for all such liability.

8.0 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Any material suspected of being hazardous that is encountered during performance of a project shall immediately be brought to the attention of the Contracting Officer, at which time a determination will be made as to whether hazardous material testing shall be performed. If the Contracting Officer directs the contractor to perform tests, and/or the material is found to be of a hazardous nature requiring additional protective measures, a contract modification may be required, subject to equitable adjustment under the terms of the contract. The contractor is advised that friable and/or non-friable asbestos-containing material may be encountered in project areas. Friable asbestos-containing material is any material that contains more than one percent asbestos by weight, and that hand pressure can crumble, pulverize or reduce to powder when dry. Non-friable asbestos containing materials are materials in which asbestos fibers are bound by a matrix material, saturation, impregnation or coating.

Non-friable asbestos-containing materials do not normally release airborne asbestos fiber during routine handling and end-use. However, excessive fiber concentrations may be produced during uncontrolled abrading, sanding, drilling, cutting, machining, removal, demolition, or other similar activities. 29 CFR

1910.1001 shall be referenced in the event asbestos-containing materials are encountered. Friable asbestos-containing materials are not authorized for use in new construction or maintenance projects.

9.0 FIRE DANGER SEASON

If the COR allows the Contractor to continue work during periods of declared fire danger or season, the

Contractor shall comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and/or regulations relating to fire prevention and with all special conditions of work as directed by the COR and outlined in the attachment at the end of this section.

(End of Special Contract Requirements)

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CLAUSES

The following clause is incorporated by reference:

Clause Title Date

52.204-13 SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT MAINTENANCE OCT 2018

52.204-18 COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT ENTITY CODE MAINTENANCE AUG 2020

52.242-15 STOP WORK ORDER AUG 1989

The following clauses are provided in full text:

52.212-4 – CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS – COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND COMMERCIAL

SERVICES (NOV 2023)

(a) Inspection/Acceptance. The Contractor shall only tender for acceptance those items that conform to the requirements of this contract. The Government reserves the right to inspect or test any supplies or services that have been tendered for acceptance. The Government may require repair or replacement of nonconforming supplies or reperformance of nonconforming services at no increase in contract price. If repair/replacement or reperformance will not correct the defects or is not possible, the Government may seek an equitable price reduction or adequate consideration for acceptance of nonconforming supplies or services. The Government must exercise its post-acceptance rights-

(1) Within a reasonable time after the defect was discovered or should have been discovered; and

(2) Before any substantial change occurs in the condition of the item, unless the change is due to the defect in the item.

(b) Assignment. The Contractor or its assignee may assign its rights to receive payment due as a result of performance of this contract to a bank, trust company, or other financing institution, including any Federal lending agency in accordance with the Assignment of Claims Act (31 U.S.C. 3727). However, when a third party makes payment (e.g., use of the Governmentwide commercial purchase card), the Contractor may not assign its rights to receive payment under this contract.

(c) Changes. Changes in the terms and conditions of this contract may be made only by written agreement of the parties.

(d) Disputes. This contract is subject to 41 U.S.C. chapter 71, Contract Disputes. Failure of the parties to this contract to reach agreement on any request for equitable adjustment, claim, appeal or action arising under or relating to this contract shall be a dispute to be resolved in accordance with the clause at Federal Acquisition Regulation

(FAR) 52.233-1, Disputes, which is incorporated herein by reference. The Contractor shall proceed diligently with performance of this contract, pending final resolution of any dispute arising under the contract.

(e) Definitions. The clause at FAR 52.202-1, Definitions, is incorporated herein by reference.

(f) Excusable delays. The Contractor shall be liable for default unless nonperformance is caused by an occurrence beyond the reasonable control of the Contractor and without its fault or negligence such as, acts of God or the public enemy, acts of the Government in either its sovereign or contractual capacity, fires, floods, epidemics, quarantine restrictions, strikes, unusually severe weather, and delays of common carriers. The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer in writing as soon as it is reasonably possible after the commencement of any excusable delay, setting forth the full particulars in connection therewith, shall remedy such occurrence with all reasonable dispatch, and shall promptly give written notice to the Contracting Officer of the cessation of such occurrence.

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(g) Invoice.

(1) The Contractor shall submit an original invoice and three copies (or electronic invoice, if authorized) to the address designated in the contract to receive invoices. An invoice must include-

(i) Name and address of the Contractor;

(ii) Invoice date and number;

(iii) Contract number, line item number and, if applicable, the order number;

(iv) Description, quantity, unit of measure, unit price and extended price of the items delivered;

(v) Shipping number and date of shipment, including the bill of lading number and weight of shipment if shipped on Government bill of lading;

(vi) Terms of any discount for prompt payment offered;

(vii) Name and address of official to whom payment is to be sent;

(viii) Name, title, and phone number of person to notify in event of defective invoice; and

(ix) Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN). The Contractor shall include its TIN on the invoice only if required elsewhere in this contract.

(x) Electronic funds transfer (EFT) banking information.

(A) The Contractor shall include EFT banking information on the invoice only if required elsewhere in this contract.

(B) If EFT banking information is not required to be on the invoice, in order for the invoice to be a proper invoice, the Contractor shall have submitted correct EFT banking information in accordance with the applicable solicitation provision, contract clause (e.g., 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for

Award Management, or 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Other Than System for Award

Management), or applicable agency procedures.

(C) EFT banking information is not required if the Government waived the requirement to pay by

EFT.

(2) Invoices will be handled in accordance with the Prompt Payment Act (31 U.S.C.3903) and Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) prompt payment regulations at 5 CFR Part 1315.

(h) Patent indemnity. The Contractor shall indemnify the Government and its officers, employees and agents against liability, including costs, for actual or alleged direct or contributory infringement of, or inducement to infringe, any United States or foreign patent, trademark or copyright, arising out of the performance of this contract, provided the Contractor is reasonably notified of such claims and proceedings.

(i) Payment.-

(1) Items accepted. Payment shall be made for items accepted by the Government that have been delivered to the delivery destinations set forth in this contract.

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(2) Prompt payment. The Government will make payment in accordance with the Prompt Payment Act (31

U.S.C.3903) and prompt payment regulations at 5 CFR Part 1315.

(3) Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT). If the Government makes payment by EFT, see 52.212-5(b) for the appropriate EFT clause.

(4) Discount. In connection with any discount offered for early payment, time shall be computed from the date of the invoice. For the purpose of computing the discount earned, payment shall be considered to have been made on the date which appears on the payment check or the specified payment date if an electronic funds transfer payment is made.

(5) Overpayments. If the Contractor becomes aware of a duplicate contract financing or invoice payment or that the Government has otherwise overpaid on a contract financing or invoice payment, the Contractor shall-

(i) Remit the overpayment amount to the payment office cited in the contract along with a description of the overpayment including the-

(A) Circumstances of the overpayment (e.g., duplicate payment, erroneous payment, liquidation errors, date(s) of overpayment);

(B) Affected contract number and delivery order number, if applicable;

(C) Affected line item or subline item, if applicable; and

(D) Contractor point of contact.

(ii) Provide a copy of the remittance and supporting documentation to the Contracting Officer.

(6) Interest.

(i) All amounts that become payable by the Contractor to the Government under this contract shall bear simple interest from the date due until paid unless paid within 30 days of becoming due. The interest rate shall be the interest rate established by the Secretary of the Treasury as provided in 41 U.S.C. 7109, which is applicable to the period in which the amount becomes due, as provided in (i)(6)(v) of this clause, and then at the rate applicable for each six-month period as fixed by the Secretary until the amount is paid.

(ii) The Government may issue a demand for payment to the Contractor upon finding a debt is due under the contract.

(iii) Final decisions. The Contracting Officer will issue a final decision as required by 33.211 if–

(A) The Contracting Officer and the Contractor are unable to reach agreement on the existence or amount of a debt within 30 days;

(B) The Contractor fails to liquidate a debt previously demanded by the Contracting Officer within the timeline specified in the demand for payment unless the amounts were not repaid because the Contractor has requested an installment payment agreement; or

(C) The Contractor requests a deferment of collection on a debt previously demanded by the

Contracting Officer (see 32.607-2).

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(iv) If a demand for payment was previously issued for the debt, the demand for payment included in the final decision shall identify the same due date as the original demand for payment.

(v) Amounts shall be due at the earliest of the following dates:

(A) The date fixed under this contract.

(B) The date of the first written demand for payment, including any demand for payment resulting from a default termination.

(vi) The interest charge shall be computed for the actual number of calendar days involved beginning on the due date and ending on-

(A) The date on which the designated office receives payment from the Contractor;

(B) The date of issuance of a Government check to the Contractor from which an amount otherwise payable has been withheld as a credit against the contract debt; or

(C) The date on which an amount withheld and applied to the contract debt would otherwise have become payable to the Contractor.

(vii) The interest charge made under this clause may be reduced under the procedures prescribed in FAR 32.608-2 in effect on the date of this contract.

(j) Risk of loss. Unless the contract specifically provides otherwise, risk of loss or damage to the supplies provided under this contract shall remain with the Contractor until, and shall pass to the Government upon:

(1) Delivery of the supplies to a carrier, if transportation is f.o.b. origin; or

(2) Delivery of the supplies to the Government at the destination specified in the contract, if transportation is f.o.b. destination.

(k) Taxes. The contract price includes all applicable Federal, State, and local taxes and duties.

(l) Termination for the Government’s convenience. The Government reserves the right to terminate this contract, or any part hereof, for its sole convenience. In the event of such termination, the Contractor shall immediately stop all work hereunder and shall immediately cause any and all of its suppliers and subcontractors to cease work. Subject to the terms of this contract, the Contractor shall be paid a percentage of the contract price reflecting the percentage of the work performed prior to the notice of termination, plus reasonable charges the

Contractor can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Government using its standard record keeping system, have resulted from the termination. The Contractor shall not be required to comply with the cost accounting standards or contract cost principles for this purpose. This paragraph does not give the Government any right to audit the

Contractor’s records. The Contractor shall not be paid for any work performed or costs incurred which reasonably could have been avoided.

(m) Termination for cause. The Government may terminate this contract, or any part hereof, for cause in the event of any default by the Contractor, or if the Contractor fails to comply with any contract terms and conditions, or fails to provide the Government, upon request, with adequate assurances of future performance. In the event of termination for cause, the Government shall not be liable to the Contractor for any amount for supplies or services not accepted, and the Contractor shall be liable to the Government for any and all rights and remedies provided by law. If it is determined that the Government improperly terminated this contract for default, such termination shall be deemed a termination for convenience.

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(n) Title. Unless specified elsewhere in this contract, title to items furnished under this contract shall pass to the Government upon acceptance, regardless of when or where the Government takes physical possession.

(o) Warranty. The Contractor warrants and implies that the items delivered hereunder are merchantable and fit for use for the particular purpose described in this contract.

(p) Limitation of liability. Except as otherwise provided by an express warranty, the Contractor will not be liable to the Government for consequential damages resulting from any defect or deficiencies in accepted items.

(q) Other compliances. The Contractor shall comply with all applicable Federal, State and local laws, executive orders, rules and regulations applicable to its performance under this contract.

(r) Compliance with laws unique to Government contracts. The Contractor agrees to comply with 31 U.S.C.

1352 relating to limitations on the use of appropriated funds to influence certain Federal contracts; 18 U.S.C.

431 relating to officials not to benefit; 40 U.S.C. chapter 37, Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards; 41 U.S.C.

chapter 87, Kickbacks; 41 U.S.C. 4712 and 10 U.S.C. 4701 relating to whistleblower protections; 49 U.S.C. 40118, Fly American; and 41 U.S.C. chapter 21 relating to procurement integrity.

(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, and Unauthorized Obligations paragraphs of this clause;

(3) The…