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SERVICE RFQ – BLM Taos Field Office 140L4022Q0032 Sombrillo Area Paleontological Resource Inventory

A - Solicitation/Contract Form Solicitation Standard Form 1449 COMBINED SYNOPSIS / SOLICITATION QUOTES ARE DUE: September 22, 2021 at 9:00 AM - Mountain Standard Time.

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This is a COMBINED SYNOPSIS / SOLICITATION for Service prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Subparts 13.1 and 36.2, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation issued as Request for Quote (RFQ) 140L4021Q0032

FAR clauses and provisions enclosed within this RFQ are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-59 and are available in full text through Internet access at http://www.acquisition.gov/far. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541620and the small business size standard is $16.5 million. The proposed contract is 100% set-aside for small business concerns. All responsible small business concerns may submit an offer which shall be considered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The Government requires performance of the work described in these documents for the BLM Taos Field Office. See attached solicitation package and list of attachments. Enter prices in SF-1449 and in Section B/Schedule of items using a typewriter or written in black/blue ink. Follow instructions carefully in section M; these will be included in any subsequent award.

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BASIS OF AWARD: Price shall be fair market value for materials, labor, and supplies represented in the specifications necessary to complete the project, and must include all taxes, all incidental expenses, and all direct and indirect costs. Bid price is assumed to be best and final offer. Award will be made based on Best Value to the Government. Best Value is a combination of total price offered, past experience and performance; and technical approach of the proposal (See Section M for evaluation criteria).

NOTE: All bidders must submit a response to the evaluation criteria listed in Section M of the Solicitation in order to be considered for award. Failure to submit a written proposal responding to the evaluation criteria will result in the offer not being considered for award.

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C - Description/Specifications

Scope of Work: Sombrillo Area Paleontological Resource Inventory Taos Field Office September 19, 2022

SECTION 1 – Scope This Scope of Work (SOW) sets forth the contract performance requirements for conducting a pedestrian paleontological resource inventory for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Taos Field Office (TFO), including collecting and curating scientifically important paleontological specimens. The Contractor shall perform the pedestrian paleontological resource inventory work in accordance with this SOW and the following guidance documents:

1. BLM Paleontological Resource Management Manual 8270

2. BLM General Procedural Guidance for Paleontological Resource Management H-8270-1

3. BLM IM 2009-011 Assessment and Mitigation of Potential Impacts to Paleontological Resources

4. BLM IM 2016-124 Potential Fossil Yield Classification (PFYC) System for Paleontological Resources on Public Lands

5. FGDC-STD-001-1998 Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Standard "Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata"

6. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1989 (ADA) and section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (see www.section508.gov for guidance)

Herein referred to as the “applicable documents”. The Contractor shall note and bring to the BLM’s attention of any conflict or contradiction in the guidance provided within the applicable documents. The BLM will provide clarification.

SECTION 2 – Background The Paleontological Resources Preservation Act of 2009 (PRPA) mandates the Secretary of the Interior to “manage and protect paleontological resources on Federal land using scientific principles and expertise,” and to “develop appropriate plans for inventory, monitoring, and the scientific and educational use of paleontological resources, in accordance with applicable agency laws, regulations, and policies.”

The BLM uses the Potential Fossil Yield Classification (PFYC) system as a predictive model to determine what areas require assessment of paleontological resources in order to plan for multiple uses of public lands.

In the PFYC system, geologic units are assigned a class based on the relative abundance of scientifically important paleontological resources and their sensitivity to adverse impacts. This classification is applied to the geologic formation, member, or other mapped unit (USDI BLM 2016). The classes are defined as follows:

1. Class 1 – Very Low: Geologic units that are not likely to contain recognizable paleontological resources. These units are typically Precambrian in age, igneous (excluding ash-fall and http://www.section508.gov/ volcaniclastic rocks), and metamorphic. Note that caves within these units may trap and preserve fossil material.

2. Class 2 – Low: Geologic units that are not likely to contain paleontological resources. These units are typically recent aeolian deposits, less than 10,000 years old, or exhibit significant physical and chemical changes. Furthermore, field surveys may have confirmed that scientifically important paleontological resources are not present or vary rare.

3. Class 3 – Moderate: Sedimentary geologic units where fossil content varies in scientific importance, abundance, and predictable occurrence. These units are typically marine in origin, or paleontological resources occur intermittently but in low abundance, or scientifically important paleontological resources are known but widely scattered.

4. Class 4 – High: Geologic units that are known to contain a high occurrence of paleontological resources. These units typically have documented scientifically important paleontological resources, but resources may vary in occurrence and predictability. Also, rare or uncommon fossils, including non-vertebrate (such as soft body preservation) or unusual plant fossils, may be present.

5. Class 5 – Very High: Highly fossiliferous geologic units that consistently and predictably produce significant paleontological resources. These units have documented scientifically important paleontological resources that occur consistently.

6. Class U – Unknown: Geologic units that cannot receive an informed PFYC assignment. These units may exhibit features or preservational conditions that suggest scientifically important paleontological resources could be present, but little information about the actual paleontological resources of the unit or area is known. The geologic units may be poorly studied, or scientific literature does not reveal the nature of the paleontological resources.

7. Class W – Water: Includes any surface area that is mapped as water.

8. Class I – Ice: Includes any area that is mapped as ice or snow.

PFYC assignments are updated as new information comes available and should be considered a living document. The current PFYC map of New Mexico has not been updated to the newest class definitions released in 2016.

SECTION 3 – Project Specific Background The ubiquitous geologic unit in central New Mexico is the Santa Fe Group. The Santa Fe Group includes geologic formations deposited by the ancestral Rio Grande and basin-fill deposits along the Rio Grande corridor during the Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene Epochs (23.03–0.0117 Ma). Hundreds of paleontological localities have been recorded in this Group throughout the Rio Grande Valley, and is rated PFYC 5 (very high). In the area around Espanola, New Mexico, the Group is largely represented by the Tesuque Formation.

This Formation was deposited in the Espanola Basin, an area within the Rio Grande Rift system that allowed for the accumulation of basin-fill sediments from the uplifting mountains to the east and west, and eventually sediments deposited by the ancestral Rio Grande. The basin in generally centered on the city of Espanola, but extends south past Santa Fe and northwest to Abiquiu, and north to Ojo Caliente and Lamadera. The terrain typically consists of badland escarpments and ridges. Vegetation cover can be sparce, consisting mostly of Pinon and Juniper trees, shrubs, and some grasses. Usually around 80–90% of the formation is exposed (figure 1).

Figure 1: Nambe Badlands with exposures of the Tesuque Formation.

Geologic mapping typically divides the formation into two informal lithosomes that were were first described by Cavazza (1986 and 1989). (Koning et al, 2002; Koning, 2002, 2003). Lithosome A consists of a basin-margin facies while Lithosome B consists of a basin-floor facies. More recent studies have named seven members which are, from oldest to youngest: Nambé Member, Skull Ridge Member, Pojoaque Member, Ojo Caliente Member, Chama El Rito member, Cejita Member, and Cuarteles Member (Williamson, 2016).

Many of these members have preserved scientifically important paleontological resources on BLM-administered lands.

The paleontological resource inventory area is east of Espanola, NM and includes portions of the Sombrillo ACEC south of the NM-76 and other contiguous BLM land to the east and southeast, as well as a small portion north of NM-76. (Figure 2). Here the Tesuque Formation is exposed throughout the Sombrillo ACEC, excluding Precambrian units on the eastern edge. The Skull Ridge member is the most exposed, but the Nambé Member. The area contains three important paleofaunas: The Nambé, Skull Ridge, and Pojoaque (Morgan, 2015).

The late early Miocene (late Hemingfordian, He2, 17.5–16 Ma) Nambé Fauna consists of 17 species of mammals belonging to only three taxonomic orders as reported by Morgan (2015). These are the orders Carnivora, Perissodactyla, and Artiodactyla. Lower vertebrates (i.e., amphibians, reptiles, and birds) and small mammals (e.g., insectivores, rodents, and lagomorphs) have not been reported as of Morgan (2015), which is attributed to a sampling bias.

Figure 2:Location of inventory areas near Espanola, New Mexico

The early Barstovian (Ba1, 16–15 Ma) Skull Ridge Fauna is consists of 55 species of mammals belonging to six taxonomic orders: Carnivora, Perissodactyla, Artiodactyla, Erinaceomorpha, Rodentia, and Lagomorpha (Morgan, 2015). The small mammals reported were collected by Frick Laboratory workers while excavating larger specimens, as no sites have undergone screenwashing for microvertebrates as of Morgan (2015). The paleofauna does contain a few taxa of reptiles and birds.

The late Barstovian (Ba2, 15–12.5 Ma) Pojoaque Fauna is very diverse, including at least 78 species of mammals belonging to the nine taxonomic orders: Carnivora, Perissodactyla, Artiodactyla, Proboscidea, Erinaceomorpha, Soricomorpha, Chiroptera, Rodentia, and Lagomorpha (Morgan, 2015). The number of species of mammals from the Pojoaque Member will continue to increase gradually because of ongoing screenwashing projects and taxonomic studies of various groups of small mammals.

Figure 3: Hikers on the trail system in the Sombrillo Travel Management Area

This inventory will support the Sombrillo Travel Management Plan (Figure 3) and a small rangeland fence project. Inventory areas consist of 100-foot buffers on routes and fences, with select areas having a 200-foot buffer. These buffered areas were intersected with PFYC mapped at 1:24,000 to determine which areas to receive pedestrian inventory.

SECTION 4 – Tasks and Deliverables This section describes four (4) tasks and multiple deliverables. The Contractor shall furnish all personnel, equipment, supervision, transportation, supplies, and incidentals to perform all work necessary for completion of the paleontological resource inventory in accordance with this SOW. The Contractor is fully responsible for coordination with the BLM and meeting the required project milestones and completion date.

Furthermore, the Contractor must hold a BLM New Mexico Paleontological Resources Use Permit (survey with limited collection) and a valid curatorial agreement with an approved Department of the Interior (DOI) repository. The Contractor must include a research design or inventory strategy and list of key personal.

For all tasks and deliverables, the following shall apply:

1. Data collection, data entry, calculations, geoprocessing, photo editing, document writing and editing shall be accurate and free of errors.

2. All supporting documentation and data, raw data, and interim data are to be retained in the project file and accurately referenced.

For all geospatial tasks and deliverables, the following shall also apply:

1. Geospatial data shall be in NAD 1983 UTM Zone 13N.

2. Accuracy of geospatial data points shall be one (1) meter or less.

3. The Contractor shall provide complete geospatial paleontological resource inventory data in a file geodatabase format that complies with the applicable documents and that is compatible with ESRI ArcGIS 10.

4. Geospatial deliverables must comply with applicable Agency standards and Federal geographic information standards, particularly those determined by the FGDC as supporting the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI).

5. The paleontological resource inventory metadata created by the Contractor and delivered to BLM shall be compliant with the FGDC Standard "Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata", FGDC-STD-001-1998. The metadata must be thorough and include concise information about who created the data, the data’s content, when the data was collected/published, where geographically the data applies, why the data was created, how it was produced, and how it has been processed.

Cost Proposal The BLM requests a cost proposal breakdown per task necessary prior to selection. This will include Labor Hours, Labor Dollars, Expense Dollars, and an Overall Total Cost.

TASK 1—Initial Project Management Meeting and Project Management The Contractor will schedule and hold an initial Project Management Meeting within 7 calendar days of receiving the Notice to Proceed (NTP). The Meeting may be conducted via conference call. The Contractor shall submit a draft work plan and preliminary schedule at the initial project meeting. The draft work plan will illustrate the tasks and methods to be used to complete the project within the period of performance. The draft work plan will also include a detailed schedule illustrating anticipated completion times for each task (schedule does not need to include processes internal to the Contractor).

The purpose of the meeting is to:

1. Provide introductions between key Contractor personnel and BLM staff;

2. preview the project;

3. discuss overall expectations;

4. review and discuss the draft work plan;

5. identify and coordinate the exchange of initial datasets;

6. review the anticipated sequence of the work and time-frames;

7. establish communication protocols; and

8. provide project clarification as needed.

The BLM and Contractor will discuss the draft work plan and any other outstanding topics. The Contractor will modify the draft work plan and schedule, if needed, as a result of the meeting, and provide BLM the opportunity to review all changes before finalizing the schedule and work plan. The BLM will provide all changes to the draft work plan and schedule to the Contractor within five (5) business days of the Initial Project Management Meeting. Based on BLM’s review, the Contractor will finalize the work plan and schedule and provide it to the BLM within five (5) business days of receiving the BLM’s changes to the draft work plan after the Initial Project Management Meeting. The BLM will notify the Contractor of approval of the work plan within five (5) business days of receiving the final work plan.

The Contractor will coordinate one (1) project management conference call every week. If the Contractor or BLM feels that a specific call is not needed during certain phases of this project, it may be cancelled if both BLM and the Contractor agree. During some stages of the contract, there could be more frequent calls, and in some stages, fewer calls. The Contractor will provide notes from the weekly conference call to all participants, and other interested parties, as identified by BLM. The Contractor will be responsible for creating agendas and capture notes from project conference calls and distributing them, creating and maintaining a project schedule with key milestones.

The project details will be provided by the BLM. The Contractor, in consultation with BLM, will provide timely notification to all participating parties if significant delays to the project schedule arise as part of the data collection and/or analysis process.

TASK 2—Field Inventory for Paleontological Resources The field inventory methods will follow the guidelines listed in the applicable documents and listed below. All paleontological resources observed, recorded, and collected on Public Lands are Federal property.

1. Perform a pedestrian paleontological inventory of the designated inventory areas which totals 560 acres. Note that this project is an inventory to find all paleontological resources in the inventory areas.

2. An emailed status report to the Technical Manager is requested at the end of each week. This shall include a summary of the areas surveyed, number of localities identified, fossils collected, fossils that require excavation, and any issues or problems encountered.

3. Record all paleontological sites on BLM Locality forms, or equivalent, as listed in applicable documents. Document all fossil types, including macro and micro vertebrate and invertebrate sites, plants, and trace fossils. For each locality describe potential natural and anthropogenic threats.

4. The inventory will identify and record the presence of all paleontological resources discovered, including both diagnostic and non-diagnostic vertebrate, invertebrate, plant, and trace fossils. Areas with multiple instances of non-diagnostic fossil material, such as bone scrap and float, or plant rhizoliths, may be lumped into a single locality. List number of pieces observed and extent of spatial distribution in these cases.

5. Known fossil localities within the inventory area shall be revisited and assessed for locality condition, to include collection of addition fossil material if needed

6. Exposed paleontological resources judged to be of scientific importance should be collected as long as they can be safely recovered under the limited surface disturbance criterion (less than one (1) meter square disturbance). If more extensive excavation is required, recommendation for future excavation shall be noted in the locality report and final recommendations. Trace fossils, if discovered, should be recorded but not collected unless it is warranted and agreed upon by the Technical Manager.

7. All paleontological resources recorded will be documented with digital photographs. The photos shall clearly indicate the locality so it can easily be identified at a later date. This includes an overall photo of the locality that includes the horizon (and ideally a visually distinctive landmark), and not taken into the sun. Photos of all specimens (including samples of non-diagnostic fossil material and rhizoliths) will be full frame, with scale bar, and either be in full shadow or full sun with no shadows or glare. A photo log will be created that follows the guidance listed in the applicable documents.

Each photo point will be named with a unique identifier.

TASK 3—Paleontological Resource Inventory Report Upon completion of the pedestrian inventory, the Contractor will prepare a final report of the findings.

This report shall follow guidelines listed in the applicable documents, and will not contain confidential information, such as locality forms, coordinates, maps, and overview photos, such that it may be distributed to the Public. Additionally, the Contractor will prepare a non-public confidential appendix that will contain paleontological resource locality forms, maps, and associated photos. The report should include the scientific importance and recommendations for management of all localities. The recommendations should include a monitoring schedule and a rationale for the monitoring schedule for each locality.

The Contractor will perform a geologic map review of the inventory areas and a literature review of the inventory area, following the guidelines in the applicable documents.

The Contractor will conduct a paleontological records search that follows the guidelines of the applicable documents to identify museums and/or repositories that hold paleontological resources from the inventory area, including a one (1) mile buffer surrounding the inventory area. The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science in Albuquerque, New Mexico is the current locality data steward for BLM New Mexico, and the TFO can provide the Contractor with up-to-date locality information for the area. Obtain specimen and locality records for fossils recovered in the inventory area from non- NMMNHS localities. Specimen and locality data will include information on recorded localities collected from non-federal and federal lands.

TASK 4—Curation of Collections All collected paleontological material will be delivered to the DOI approved repository identified on the Contractor’s BLM New Mexico Paleontological Resources Use Permit (survey with limited collection) and with which the Contractor has a valid curatorial agreement. The Contractors will notify the BLM in writing when delivery has been made, including an itemized list of the material. This material will be accessioned and curated into the collections by the museum. All paleontological resources collected on Public Lands retain Federal ownership after accessioning and curation.

SECTION 5 – Deliverables The Contractor shall assemble the paleontological resource inventory process and results into a suite of deliverables including a final report sufficient for public release, a confidential appendix containing sensitive locality information, and a project geodatabase.

Draft documents shall be supplied to the BLM as electronic Microsoft Word files (.docx). The BLM will review all draft documents within 20 business day of receipt unless otherwise agreed upon by BLM and

Contractor, or listed below. The Contractor, upon receipt of BLM’s revision comments, will generally have 10 business days to respond (unless otherwise specified) with the necessary written revisions.

Final versions of document deliverables will include a bound paper and electronic copy. All documents, supporting records, and publications will be verified true and correct Portable Document Format (PDF) and MS Word copies on a USB flash drive and are to be provided to the BLM. Documents are to be of high quality and in color as determined necessary by the BLM and be made ADA/section 508 compliant.

All final reports shall be provided as bookmarked PDF documents with Table of Contents, annotations, and hyperlinks. Listed below is the list of deliverables by task:

Task 1: Work Plan

1. Draft work plan will be presented and delivered to the BLM at Initial Project Planning Meeting within five (5) business days of the NTP.

2. Final work plan will be delivered to BLM within five (5) business days of receipt of BLM changes to draft work plan.

Task 2: Field Inventory

3. Weekly status reports emailed to BLM Technical Manager, which shall include a summary of the areas surveyed, number of localities identified, fossils collected, fossils that require excavation, and any issues or problems encountered.

Task 3: Paleontological Resource Inventory Report

4. Draft Report and supporting files

1. Draft of paleontological inventory report

2. Draft of Confidential Appendix of locality forms and maps

3. Draft GPS-Derived shapefiles

1. Point data for localities

2. Point data for photos

3. Polygons of actual areas inventoried

5. Final Report and supporting files

1. Paleontological Resource Inventory Report (sans any confidential information)

1. Three (3) bound paper copies

2. One (1) pdf copy

2. Confidential Appendix

1. Three (3) unbound paper copies of final locality forms, including photographs and maps, and updated forms for previously recorded localities.

2. One (1) pdf copy

3. File Geodatabase

1. Point data for localities, attributed with field number, fossil ID, and scientific importance

2. Point data for photos, attributed with photo point ID, number of photos, and photo facing

3. Polygons of actual areas inventoried

4. Photos

1. All photos, organized into folders by photo/fossil point unique identifier

Task 4: Collections Delivery

6. Written notification of delivery of all collected paleontological material to be accessioned and curated at the DOI approved repository listed on Contractor’s BLM New Mexico Paleontological Resources Use Permit (survey with limited collection)

7. Itemized list of delivered paleontological material

SECTION 6 – Schedule Task 1: Initial Project Management Meeting and Work Plan

1. Initial Project Management Meeting shall occur within five (5) business days from the NTP. Contractor presents draft Work Plan.

2. BLM will review the draft work plan within five (5) business days of Initial Project Management Meeting

3. Contractor reviews and implements BLM edits to draft work plan and delivers final work plan to BLM within five (5) business days of receiving BLM edits.

4. BLM will approve the final work plan within five (5) business days of receiving the final version from the Contractor.

Task 2: Field Inventory

1. The Contractor will have 180 calendar days to complete the field component of the pedestrian paleontological resource inventory after acceptance of final work plan by the BLM.

Task 3: Paleontological Resource Inventory Report

1. The Contractor will deliver draft deliverables to the BLM within 40 business days of the completion of the field component of the pedestrian paleontological resource inventory.

2. The BLM will have 20 business days from the delivery of the draft deliverables to review and return edits to the Contractor.

3. The Contractor will have 20 business days to review and implement BLM edits, then return a second draft of the deliverables to the BLM for further review.

4. The BLM will have 10 business days from the delivery of the second draft deliverables to review and return edits to the Contractor.

5. The Contractor will have 10 business days to review and implement BLM edits, and deliver final report deliverables to BLM.

Task 4

1. The Contractor will deliver collected paleontological materials to the DOI approved repository within 40 business days of the completion of the field component of the pedestrian paleontological resource inventory.

1. The Contractor shall complete accession of delivered material within five (5) business days of the delivery to the DOI approved repository.

2. Final curation of material is the duty of the DOI approved repository

3. The Contractor shall notify the BLM in writing of the completed accession and deliver itemized list of material accessioned within one (1) day of task completion.

SECTION 7 – Government Furnished Materials and Services Government furnished materials will include:

2. BLM Paleontological Resource Management Manual 8270

3. BLM General Procedural Guidance for Paleontological Resource Management H-8270-1

4. BLM IM 2009-011 Assessment and Mitigation of Potential Impacts to Paleontological Resources

5. BLM IM 2016-124 Potential Fossil Yield Classification (PFYC) System for Paleontological Resources on Public Lands

6. FGDC-STD-001-1998 Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Standard "Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata"

7. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1989 (ADA) and section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (see www.section508.gov for guidance)

8. Previous paleontological resource survey reports and geospatial data within the inventory areas

9. BLM Paleontological resource locality data for the applicable geologic units within one (one) mile of the inventory areas

10. Shapefiles of relevant geologic maps of the inventory areas

11. If necessary, keys to government padlocks to access parcels for inventory.

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SECTION 8 – Communication and Acceptance of Deliverables Deliver all interim and draft paleontological resource inventory deliverables to the Technical Manager for inspection. Allot the BLM no less than two weeks to complete their review unless otherwise approved within the project schedule or by the Technical Manager. The Contractor may post deliverables that are too large to send via email to their FTP site or other mutually agreeable secure file sharing systems. The Contractor shall verify the BLM policy and limitations on using various file sharing options in advance of employing such a system.

Contacts:

Contracting Officer (CO) Anna Salas-Waldo BLM Albuquerque District Office 100 Sun Ave NE UNIT 330, Albuquerque, NM 87109

(505) 761-8711; asalas@blm.gov

Contracting Officer Representative (COR) Garrett Leitermann BLM Las Cruces District Office 1800 Marquess Street Las Cruces, NM 88005

(575) 525-4313; gleitermann@blm.gov

Project Manager Mara Weisenberger BLM Las Cruces District Office 1800 Marquess Street Las Cruces, NM 88005

(575) 525-4358; mweisenberger@blm.gov

Technical Manager Colin Dunn BLM Las Cruces District Office 1800 Marquess Street Las Cruces, NM 88005

(575) 525-4454; crdunn@blm.gov

FINAL ACCEPTANCE

To be made by the CO and COR:

Contracting Officer (CO) Brian Cooper BLM Albuquerque District Office 100 Sun Ave NE UNIT 330, Albuquerque, NM 87109

(505) 761-8719; becooper@blm.gov

Contracting Officer Representative (COR) Garrett Leitermann BLM Las Cruces District Office 1800 Marquess Street Las Cruces, NM 88005

(575) 525-4313; gleitermann@blm.gov

DELIVERABLES

If not otherwise stated in the task order, the following requirements apply to all deliverables submitted:

Deliverables shall be addressed to the BLM Project Manager as follows NAME OF COR: Garrett Leitermann (gleitermann@blm.gov, 575-525-4313) Technical Manager: Colin Dunn (crdunn@blm.gov, 575-525-4454) mailto:asalas@blm.gov mailto:gleitermann@blm.gov mailto:mweisenberger@blm.gov mailto:crdunn@blm.gov mailto:gleitermann@blm.gov mailto:crdunn@blm.gov

Bureau of Land Management Las Cruces District Office 1800 Marquess Street Las Cruces, NM 88005

SECTION 7 – References Cavazza, W., 1986, Miocene sediment dispersal in the central Española Basin, Rio Grande Rift, New Mexico, USA: Sedimentary Geology, v. 51, p. 119-135.

Cavazza, W., 1989, Sedimentation pattern of a rift-filling unit, Tesuque Formation (Miocene), Española Basin, Rio Grande Rift, New Mexico: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 59, no. 2, p. 287-296.

Koning, D.J., 2002, Preliminary geologic map of the Espanola 7.5 minute quadrangle, Rio Arriba and Santa Fe counties, New Mexico, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Open-File Geologic Map OF-GM 54, 1:24,000.

Koning, D.J., Nyman, M., Horning, R., Eppes, M., and Rogers, S., 2002, Preliminary geologic map of the Cundiyo 7.5 minute quadrangle, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Open-File Geologic Map OF-GM 56, 1:24,000.

Koning, D.J., 2003, Preliminary geologic map of the Chimayo 7.5 minute quadrangle, Rio Arriba and Santa Fe Counties, New Mexico, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Open-File Geologic Map OF-GM 71, 1:24,000.

Morgan, G.S., 2015. Oligocene and Miocene Vertebrates of New Mexico. IN Lucas, S.G., and Sullivan, R.M., Eds. 2015. “Fossil Vertebrates in New Mexico” New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 68, 438p.

Murphey, P.C., Knauss, G.E., Fisk, L.H., Deméré, T.A., and Reynolds, R.E., 2019. Best Practices in Mitigation Paleontology. Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History, No. 47, 43p.

USDI, Bureau of Land Management. 2016. Instruction Memorandum No. 2016-124: Potential Fossil Yield Classification (PFYC) System for Paleontological Resources on Public Lands. [July 2016].

Williamson, G.R., 2016, The Stratigraphic Position of Fossil Vertebrates from the Pojoaque Member of the Tesuque Formation (Middle Miocene, Late Barstovian) Near Espanola, New Mexico. Thesis. Stephen F.

Auston State University

F - Deliveries or Performance 52.242-15 Stop-Work Order. (AUG 1989)

G - Contract Administration Data H - Special Contract Requirements

I - Contract Clauses

52.202-1 Definitions. (NOV 2013)

52.203-5 Covenant Against Contingent Fees. (MAY 2014)

52.203-6 Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government. (SEP 2006)

52.203-7 Anti-Kickback Procedures. (MAY 2014)

52.203-17 Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights and Requirement To Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights. (APR 2014)

52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items.

As prescribed in 12.301(b)(3), insert the following clause:

CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2018)

(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 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.

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(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.

(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.

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(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.

(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-https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.232-33#FAR_52_232_33 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.232-34#FAR_52_232_34 http://uscode.house.gov/browse.xhtml;jsessionid=114A3287C7B3359E597506A31FC855B3 http://uscode.house.gov/browse.xhtml;jsessionid=114A3287C7B3359E597506A31FC855B3 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/52.212-5#FAR_52_212_5

(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).

(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.

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(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 32.608-2 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation 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 https://www.acquisition.gov/far/32.608-2#FAR_32_608_2

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.

(n) Title. Unless specified elsewhere in this contract, title to items furnished under this contract shall…