B.08. Solicitation- W912DW24R0Z8N LJAD Site Update.pdf

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation

Libby Dam and Libby-Jennings Archeological District Site Update and National Register Eligibility Evaluations

Lincoln County, Montana Solicitation W912DW24R0Z8N

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation (Per FAR 12.603)

i. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice.

This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

ii. Solicitation W912DW24R00Z8N is issued as a request for quote (RFQ), procedurally and in accordance with FAR 12, 13 and 16.

iii. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2024-04.

iv. This action is a Small Business Total Set-Aside under NAICS Code: 541720 Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities and has a Small Business Size Standard: $28M.

v. Line Items, quantities, and units of measure:

CLIN SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT

0001 Site Updates and CS-R Forms 94 EACH

0002 National Park Service (NPS) 10-900 Determination of Eligibility Form

1 EACH

0003 Final technical report and GIS database 1 EACH

vi. Description of services to be acquired:

This is a non-personal service(s) contract to provide perform fieldwork to document current site and district conditions and compile updated Montana Cultural Site Record (CS-R) site forms for 94 sites in the Libby-Jennings Archaeological District (LJAD) at Lake Koocanusa, Lincoln County, Montana. Each of the site form updates, based on current conditions and past work conducted, will include an updated evaluation of eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). In addition to the individual site form updates, the contract will be to compile a National Park Service (NPS) 10-900 Determination of Eligibility (DOE) form for the LJAD that outlines the current understanding of the district, defines the contributing and non-contributing sites, updates the significance criteria, and describes the period of significance for the archaeological district. The final step is to compile a technical report and GIS database of the site data collected during fieldwork.

The resulting contract from this solicitation will be a Firm Fixed Price, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ), Single Award Task Order Contract (SATOC). All work will be ordered via Task Order.

No work will begin prior to a Task Order being issued. The full quantities are expected to be ordered over the three year period.

vii. Dates and Location of Contract Performance:

Period of Performance: 36 Months from award date. Anticipated contract award date is 19 June 2024. Place of performance is the Lake Koocanusa area in Lincoln County, Montana.

viii. The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition and is incorporated by reference.

ADDENDUM TO 52.2 212-1(b)

All E-mail submissions must clearly identify this notice on the subject line. Quoters bear the burden of ensuring the quote reached the designated contracting office on time and should allow reasonable time for transmission to be completed. Large e-mail files may not transmit properly so it is advised to send large attachments in several separate e-mails. All pages of the transmission and attachments must reach the office before the deadline specified. Any part of the quote that arrives after the specified deadline may not be considered. The submitter bears the risk of non-receipt of quotes and should confirm by telephone that the quote was received. The point of contact for this requirement is Contract Specialist Alfonso Nolasco.

The quoter shall submit 1 copy of its entire quote. The submission of an incomplete quote may render the quote unacceptable and will not be considered. (NOTE: quotes submitted through sam.gov are unacceptable)

DOCUMENTATION, shall include the following:

I. Administrative Submission: A cover letter with signatures of a corporate officer authorized to negotiate for the company. Include name of the company, phone, fax numbers, and email address(es) and:

Acknowledged amendment(s) if applicable. If amendment(s) are not clearly acknowledged your offer may not be considered.

Provide CAGE and UEIs. Offerors are required to be fully registered in SAM at the time a quote is submitted. Quotes from quoters who are not fully registered in SAM will not be evaluated and will not be eligible for award.

There are no exceptions.

II. Required Key Personnel Submission: The quoter shall provide vitae or resume identifying the following key personnel and state qualifications.

1. Principal Investigator: The Principal Investigator will meet the Secretary of the Interior’s standards for professional archaeology, defined in 36 CFR 61, https://www.nps.gov/history/local-law/arch_stnds_9.htm .

2. Field Director: The Field Director will meet the Secretary of the Interior’s standards for professional archaeology, defined in 36 CFR 61, https://www.nps.gov/history/local-law/arch_stnds_9.htm .

An offer will receive a rating of UNACCEPTABLE for not meeting both (1) Principal Investigator qualifications and (2) Field Director qualifications. The offer will not be evaluated further.

III. Technical Capability Submission: The quoter shall provide:

1. Technical narrative describing the approach to be used to accomplish the contract tasks. The technical narrative shall be detailed, concise, and shall cover every aspect of how the contractor will accomplish the Tasks (Part 5) of the Performance Work Statement (PWS) and Performance Requirement Summary (PRS). The narrative should describe the contractor’s quality control program and how the contractor will implement it, in accordance with the PWS. The contractor shall describe their technical proficiency and unique qualifications for requirements described in the PWS.

The offeror will receive a rating of EXCEPTIONAL for submitting a technical narrative and quality control plan that covers all aspects of the Specific Tasks listed in Part 5 of the PWS and the PRS in a detailed and concise manner and demonstrates a high level of technical proficiency and unique qualifications to fulfill the requirements described in the PWS.

The offeror will receive a rating of SATISFACTORY for submitting a technical narrative and quality control plan covers all or most of the aspects of the Specific Tasks listed in Part 5 of the PWS and the PRS and demonstrates technical proficiency and qualifications to fulfill the requirements described in the PWS.

The offeror will receive a rating of UNSATISFACTORY for submitting a technical narrative and quality control plan that does not sufficiently cover all or most of the aspects of the Specific Tasks listed in Part 5 of the PWS and the PRS and demonstrates questionable proficiency and qualifications to fulfill the requirements described in the PWS.

IV. Past Performance Submission: The quoter shall provide:

1. The quoter shall provide a list of no more than three (3) projects completed within the past 10 years that are similar in scope to this requirement. Similar experiences consist of projects completed as a prime contractor or subcontractor.

The contractor shall provide project start and completion dates, enough details to show similarity to this project, performance rating and points of contact- titles, phone number and email address.

2. No submission: The Government will evaluate each supplier’s past performance history in Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) at CPARS.gov. The Government may also use information from its own records, information provided by the quoters or their customers, or from any other source it deems appropriate and consider them for past performance evaluation.

The quoter will receive a rating of EXCEPTIONAL for past performance that demonstrates more than three (3) years of favorable performance on similar projects, and any additional information retrieved from CPARS and from the Contracting Officer is favorable, as applicable.

In the case of an offeror without a record of relevant past performance or for whom information on past performance is not available, the offeror will not be evaluated favorably or unfavorably.

The quoter will receive a rating of UNSATISFACTORY for past performance that demonstrates unfavorable performance on similar projects and/or the additional information from CPARS and/or the Contracting Officer is not favorable.

V. PRICE

Submission: Provide Proposal Pricing using the provided pricing schedule. The quote shall be inclusive of all costs to perform the work specified in the PWS.

PRICING SCHEDULE

CLIN Services Quantity Unit Unit Price Amount 0001 Perform site updates and CS-R forms as stated in Performance Work Statement para 5.2.1

94 Each

0002 Prepare A National Park Service (NPS) 10-900 Determination of Eligibility (DOE) that includes all sites as stated in Performance Work Statement para 5.2.2

1 Each

0003 Final technical report and GIS database as stated in Performance Work Statement para 5.2.3

1 Each

TOTAL AMOUNT

(End of Addendum to 52.212-1)

ix. The provision at 52.212-2 Evaluation—Commercial Products and Commercial Services applies to this acquisition:

ADDENDUM TO 52.212-2

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Factor II. Required Key Personnel, Factor III.

Technical Capability, Factor IV. Past Performance, & Factor V. Price.

Evaluation Methodology: A comparative evaluation will be performed in accordance with FAR 13.106-2(b)(3). A comparative evaluation is defined as the act of comparing two or more offers in response to the RFP. The item-by-item comparison is performed by comparing each offer directly to one another to determine which provides the best value to the Government utilizing technical, past performance criteria and price as described below.

Required Key Personnel, Technical Capability and Past Performance, when combined, are more important than price.

(b) Options. N/A

(c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party.

Before the offer’s specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

(End of Addendum to FAR 52.212-2)

x. Offerors shall state they have a current and complete record in SAM which meets the requirement of the provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, or a copy of the complete provision must be provided with its offer.

xi. 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition.

xii. The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, applies to this acquisition.

xiii. 52.222-41, Service Contract Labor Standards applies to this requirement. Wage Determination No.:

2015-5401 Rev 21 is currently applicable. The most recent revision of this Wage Determination that is in effect on the date of contract award will be incorporated into the contract.

xiv. Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) rating is not applicable.

xv. Offers are due on June 11, 2024 at 12:00:00 pm (PDT) and shall be electronically sent to the following personnel:

Contract Specialist: Alfonso Nolasco, alfonso.nolasco@usace.army.mil

Contracting Officer: Jeffrey Ross, jeffrey.a.ross@usace.army.mil

xvi. For questions regarding this solicitation, email Alfonso Nolasco at alfonso.nolasco@usace.army.mil .

Questions submitted less than three (3) business days prior to solicitation closing may not receive a response.

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS)

Libby Dam and Libby-Jennings Archeological District Site Update and National Register Eligibility Evaluations

Lincoln County, Montana

Part 1 General Information

1. General: This is a non-personal service(s) contract under which the personnel rendering the service(s) are not subject, either by the contract’s terms or by the manner of its administration, to the supervision and control usually prevailing in relationships between the Government and its employees.

1.1 Description of Services/Introduction: This is a non-personal service(s) contract to provide perform fieldwork to document current site and district conditions and compile updated Montana Cultural Site Record (CS-R) site forms for all 94 sites in the Libby- Jennings Archaeological District (LJAD) at Lake Koocanusa, Lincoln County, Montana.

Each of the site form updates, based on current conditions and past work conducted, will include an updated evaluation of eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). In addition to the individual site form updates, compile a National Park Service (NPS) 10-900 Determination of Eligibility (DOE) form for the LJAD that outlines the current understanding of the district, defines the contributing and non-contributing sites, updates the significance criteria, and describes the period of significance for the archaeological district. The final step is to compile a technical report and GIS database of the site data collected during fieldwork.

The performance period for this project will be 36 months from date of award. Specific tasks that will be awarded under this contract via task orders are detailed in Part 5

Professional historic property management services to be provided by the Contractor are listed below in Part 5. Services will be performed in accordance with the standard professional practices and methods as prescribed by the Secretary of Interior's Standards and Guidelines (https://www.nps.gov/subjects/historicpreservation/upload/standards-guidelines-archaeology-historic-preservation.pdf ) and shall meet Montana State Historic Preservation Office standards as defined in the latest version of the Consulting with the Montana SHPO Guidelines and Procedures, available online (https://mhs.mt.gov/Shpo/Archaeology/ConsultingWith ).

1.2 Background: The Libby Project (the Project) was built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) under the authority of the Flood Control Act of 1950.

USACE began constructing the dam in spring 1966 and completed the primary structure in 1973. The Project became operational for flood control in 1972 and started generating power in 1975. The Project is one of 14 federally owned dams that are part of the Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS).

The operation and maintenance of the Libby Dam directly and indirectly affects archaeological and traditional cultural sites. These sites are protected by Federal regulations and are important to all living communities, especially the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation. Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) requires Federal Agencies to consider the effects of their actions on historic properties that are significant to our nation’s history.

Today, through the establishment of the FCRPS Cultural Resource Program, USACE and Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) are co-leader Federal agencies jointly responsible for compliance with Section 106 of NHPA under the terms of the 2009 Systemwide Programmatic Agreement for the Management of Historic Properties Affected by the Multipurpose Operations of Fourteen Projects of the Federal Columbia River Power System of Compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (SWPA) at the Project.

As part of the FCPRS Program, and stipulated by the SWPA, USACE and BPA work with the Libby Dam Cooperating Group in developing and implementing management objectives for cultural resources at the Project. A Historic Property Management Plan (HPMP) provides guidance for the management of cultural resources at the Project.

Although USACE and BPA are jointly responsible for cultural resource compliance under the NHPA at the Project, USACE is the contracting agency for the purposes of this contract.

1.3 Scope: Reserved

1.4 General Information:

Performance Requirements and Responsibilities (PRS). The Government will evaluate the Contractor’s performance under this contract in accordance with the performance requirements standards in the PRS. The PRS will be used as a basis for evaluation.

Failure to adequately complete any service or submittal to at least a satisfactory level of quality and timeliness may result in repeat of work, a poor performance evaluation, or both. The PRS is primarily focused on what the Contractor must do to meet performance standards. The PRS is identified in the Government’s Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP). The QASP is used by the Government to ensure that the Contractor has performed in accordance with the performance standards. The PRS defines how the performance standards will be applied, the frequency of surveillance, and the minimum acceptable defect rate(s).

1.4.1 Quality Control Plan: The Contractor is responsible for controlling the quality of services provided under this contract by performing those services, including submission of all deliverables, in compliance with the performance standards. The control of quality required during performance of this contract is related to the performance of services, such as surveying, documenting, etc., and providing the required deliverables such as technical documents, reports, and any other submission requirements that meet the contract schedule, required quantities and are in compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements as referenced herein.

1.4.2 Quality Assurance: The Government will evaluate the Contractor’s performance under this contract in accordance with the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP).

This plan is primarily focused on what the Government must do to ensure that the Contractor has performed in accordance with the performance standards. It defines how the performance standards will be applied, the frequency of surveillance, and the acceptable quality levels (performance thresholds).

The guidelines and conditions identified below represent the Government’s minimum requirements and do not relieve the Contractor of responsibility of complying with all Federal, state, and local laws pertaining to the performance and accomplishment of the services identified throughout this contract. Any reference to a Federal, state, or local law or regulation within this contract is for emphasis only and does not relieve the Contractor of the obligation to be aware of and comply with all applicable Federal, state, and local county laws and regulations. The Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein. Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the Contractor who, in turn is responsible to the Government.

1.4.3 Recognized Holidays: The following provides information on recognized holidays for the purpose of the PWS. If submittal of any documentation (e.g.

deliverables, submittals, etc.) deadlines fall on a holiday, the closest work day prior to the holiday will apply as the deadline for submittal.

New Year’s Day Labor Day

Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday Columbus Day

President’s Day Veteran’s Day

Memorial Day Thanksgiving Day

Juneteenth Day Christmas Day

Independence Day

1.5 Security Requirements: The security requirements described below apply to all contract personnel (including employees of the prime Contractor (“Contractor”) and all subcontractor employees) supporting the performance requirements of this contract.

The Contractor is responsible for compliance with these security requirements.

Questions regarding security matters shall be addressed to the designated Government representative (e.g., Contracting Officer Representative (COR), Requiring Activity (RA) representative, or Contracting Officer (if a COR or other RA representative is not appointed)). Contract personnel are critical to the overall security and safety of US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) installations, facilities and activities, and security awareness training contributes to those efforts. The Department of Defense (DoD) and Army security training requirements specified below, if applicable, are performance requirements; all applicable contract personnel shall complete initial training within 30 days of contract award or the date new contract personnel begin performance on the contract. Within five business days from the completion of training, the Contractor shall provide written documentation (e.g., email or memorandum) to the Government representative. The documentation shall include the names of contract personnel trained and which training they completed; the Contractor shall maintain training records as part of their contract files and be prepared to provide copies of training certificates to the Government representative. Contractor personnel and vehicles are subject to search when entering federal installations. Additionally, all contract personnel shall comply with Force Protection Condition (FPCON) measures, Random Antiterrorism Measures (commonly referred to as “RAMs”), and Health Protection Condition (HPCON) measures. The Contractor is responsible for meeting performance requirements during elevated FPCON and/or HPCON levels in accordance with applicable RA plans and procedures --this includes identifying mission essential and non-mission essential personnel. In addition to the changes otherwise authorized by the changes clause of this contract, should the FPCON or HPCON levels at any individual facility or installation change, the Government may implement security changes that affect contract personnel. The Contractor shall ensure all contract personnel are aware of their security responsibilities, including any site-specific requirements identified in local policies or procedures.

1.5.1 Physical Security and Access Control Requirements: All contract personnel requiring physical access to a federal installation or facility shall comply with the access control procedures of that location. Contract personnel requiring unescorted access to meet contract performance requirements on a DoD installation in the US shall be vetted by the installation/facility Provost Marshal/Directorate of Emergency Services/Security Office using the National Crime Information Center-Interstate Identification Index (commonly referred to as “NCIC-III”) and Terrorist Screening Database (commonly referred to as “TSDB”). Contract personnel shall comply with all personal identity verification requirements specified in installation/facility policies and procedures.

Contract personnel who do not meet requirements for unescorted access to USACE facilities shall coordinate escorted access with the Government representative, as needed. Contract personnel who receive keys, access cards, or lock combinations that provide access to government-owned property shall comply with key and lock control procedures of the RA.

1.5.2 Pre-screen Candidates Using E-Verify Program: Contractors shall comply with the requirements set forth in FAR clause 52.222-54 Employment Eligibility Verification and FAR Subpart 22.18 in using the E-Verify Program at (https://www.e-verify.gov/ ) (website subject to change) to meet the contract employment eligibility requirements.

Contractors are encouraged to cooperate with Federal and State agencies responsible for enforcing labor requirements to include eligibility for employment under United States immigration laws in accordance with FAR 22.102-1(i). An initial list of verified/eligible candidates shall be provided to the COR no later than three business days after the initial contract award. When contracts are with individuals, the individuals will be required to complete a Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, and submit it to the Contracting Officer to become part of the official contract file.

1.6 Post Award Conference/Periodic Progress Meetings: The Contractor shall attend any post award conference convened by the contracting activity or contract administration office in accordance with FAR Subpart 42.5. The Contracting Officer, COR, and other Government personnel, as appropriate, may meet periodically with the Contractor to review the Contractor's performance. At these meetings the Contracting Officer will apprise the Contractor of how the Government views the Contractor's performance and the Contractor shall apprise the Government of problems, if any, being experienced. Appropriate action shall be taken to resolve outstanding issues. These meetings may be virtual or in person if necessary. These meetings shall be at no additional cost to the Government.

1.7 Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR): Refer to Part 2 of this PWS for the definition of a COR. As determined by the Contracting Officer, a COR will be appointed and identified by letter of designation, a copy of which will be provided to the Contractor by the Contracting Officer. The designation letter states the responsibilities and limitations of the COR, especially with regard to changes in cost or price, estimates, or changes in delivery dates. The COR is not authorized to change any of the terms and conditions of the resulting order. The COR monitors all technical aspects of the contract and assists in contract administration. The COR is not authorized to obligate the Government. If the work is not written in the contract, the COR is not authorized to request new work. The COR is authorized to perform the following functions: assure that the Contractor performs the technical requirements of the contract, perform inspections necessary in connection with contract performance, maintain written and oral communications with the Contractor concerning technical aspects of the contract, issue written interpretations of technical requirements, including Government drawings, designs, specifications, monitor Contractor's performance and notifies both the Contracting Officer and Contractor of any deficiencies, coordinate availability of Government property, and coordinate site entry of Contractor personnel.

1.8 Contractor Key Personnel: The following personnel are considered key personnel by the Government:

a. Principal Investigator: The Principal Investigator will meet the Secretary of the Interior’s standards for professional archaeology, defined in 36 CFR 61, https://www.nps.gov/history/local-law/arch_stnds_9.htm . The Principal Investigator will also be the contract manager and will be responsible for the performance of the work.

The name of this person and an alternate who shall act for the Contractor when the manager is absent shall be designated in writing to the KO. The Principal Investigator or alternate shall have full authority to act for the Contractor on all contract matters relating to daily operation of this contract.

b. Field Director: The Field Director will meet the Secretary of the Interior’s standards for professional archaeology, defined in 36 CFR 61, https://www.nps.gov/history/local-law/arch_stnds_9.htm . The Field Director will be the in-field -supervisor that oversees the archaeological field crews in recording and interpreting data for the survey project.

They will coordinate in-field logistics for the project and resolve any problems to ensure the timely, safe, and effective completion of project objectives.

c. Archaeological Staff: These staff shall meet minimal qualifications: staff in the field shall have 12 months of cumulative experience in field or laboratory during which time they have been supervised by a professional archeologist meeting the Secretary of Interior qualifications set forth in the Federal Register. Staff shall possess demonstrated ability to carry out archeological field and laboratory data recording procedures; staff responsible for preparing reports must have demonstrated ability to carry projects to completion.

d. Technical Staff: Individuals shall meet qualifications appropriate to each tasking.

1.9 Identification of Contractor Products: The Contractor shall ensure that all documents or reports, produced by Contractors are suitably marked as Contractor products or that Contractor participation is appropriately disclosed.

1.10 Data Rights: The Government has unlimited rights to all documents and materials produced under this contract. All documents and materials, to include the source codes of software, produced under this contract shall be Government owned and are the property of the Government with all rights and privileges of ownership and copyright belonging exclusively to the Government. These documents and materials may not be used or sold by the Contractor without written permission from the Contracting Officer.

All materials supplied to the Government shall be the sole property of the Government and may not be used for any other purpose. This right does not abrogate any other Government rights.

1.11 Non-Disclosure Requirements: Performance under this contract may require the Contractor to access data and information proprietary to a Government agency, another Government Contractor, or of such nature that its dissemination or use other than as specified in this work statement would be adverse to the interests of the Government or others. The Contractor and Contractor personnel, shall not divulge or release data or information developed, or obtained under performance of this PWS, except to authorized Government personnel or upon written approval of the Contracting Officer. The Contractor shall not use, disclose, or reproduce proprietary data, which bears a restrictive legend, other than as specified in this PWS. All documentation showing individual names or other personal information shall be controlled and protected under the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, Public Law 93-579, 5 United States Code (U.S.C.) Section 552a.

1.12 Protection of Government and Contract Information: Per Public Use Notice of

Limitations stated by Defense imagery Management operations Center and contained at www.dimoc.mil/resources/limitations/ the Contractor shall not cite any information (e.g., contract information, pictures, locations, etc.) obtained through this contract on any hard copy or digital marketing tools to include its company website.

1.13 Safety: Compliance with OSHA, and other applicable laws and regulations for the protection of Contractor employees is exclusively the Contractor’s obligation.

1.14 Environmental Compliance: Reserved.

1.15 Submittal of Deliverables/Invoices: The contractor shall furnish invoices as required to the assigned COR, in accordance with the progress schedule, evidencing performance of work done under this contract. The invoice must include the following information:

(1) Contract number

(2) Task Order number

(3) Project Name

(4) Amount for each line item

(5) Line item description matching the contract invoice schedule

1.16 Billing and Invoices: When submitting invoices, please ensure that the business name on the invoices matches the legal business name in the System for Award Management (SAM) record and not the Doing Business As (DBA) name. Failure to ensure that the legal business name on the invoice and legal business name in the SAM record match could delay the processing of the invoice and may result in the invoice being rejected.

When submitting invoices, please ensure that each invoice submitted only contains charges corresponding to the CLINs outlined in this contract action. Invoices that contain CLINs, activities, or task items from multiple contracts shall be rejected with appropriate revisions requested.

Deliverables/Invoices: The Contractor shall furnish invoices as required to the assigned COR, in accordance with the progress schedule, evidencing performance of work done under this contract. The invoice must include the following information:

Contract Number and Task Order Number Project Name Amount for each line item Period of Performance for the actions invoice Line-item description matching the contract invoice schedule

It is requested that a copy of the invoice be e-mailed to:

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District Attn: Agnes F Castronuevo

Email: agnes.f.castronuevo@usace.army.mil

Cc: on Email: Nathaniel Perhay (Nathaniel.i.perhay@usace.army.mil) Virginia Reeves (virginia.d.reeves@usace.army.mil) Derek Beery (derek.s.beery@usace.army.mil)

Only a warranted Contracting Officer (either a Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) or an Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO), acting within their delegated limits, has the authority to issue modifications or otherwise change the terms and conditions of this contract. If an individual other than the Contracting Officer (KO) attempts to make changes to the terms and conditions of this contract, you shall not proceed with the change and shall immediately notify the KO.

Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR): Nathaniel Perhay (Nathaniel.I.perhay@usace.army.mil)

Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR): Agnes F Castronuevo (agnes.f.castronuevo@usace.army.mil)

Contract Performance Specialist: Derek Beery (derek.s.beery@usace.army.mil)

Contracting Officer (KO): Jeffrey Ross (jeffrey.a.ross@usace.army.mil)

Contract Specialist: Alfonso Nolasco (alfonso.nolasco@usace.army.mil)

PART 2

DEFINITIONS & ACRONYMS

2. Definitions and Acronyms

2.1 Definitions: Although not inclusive of every term used within this PWS, the following provides a list of definitions used throughout this PWS and commonly used in the acquisition field.

Associated Documentation - Items of personal property such as drawings, maps, field notes, color slides, relevant photographs, reports, and other records associated with a given archaeological collection.

Associated Records- Original records (or copies thereof) that a are prepared, assembled and document efforts to locate, evaluate, record, study, preserve or recover a prehistoric or historic resource (36 CFR 79.4).

Contracting Officer (KO) – means a person with the authority to enter into, administer, and/or terminate contracts and make related determinations and findings on behalf of the Government. Note: The only individual who can legally bind the Government.

Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) – As defined in DFARS 202.101, means an individual designated and authorized in writing by the Contracting Officer to perform specific technical or administrative functions. An appointment letter defining roles and responsiblities of the COR will be provided after contract award.

Contractor – means a supplier or vendor awarded a contract to provide specific supplies or service to the Government. The term used in this contract refers to the prime.

Cultural Resources - Although Federal preservation law focusses on material and geographically definable cultural resources (see historic property definition), some peoples, including Indian tribes of the Columbia River basin, consider cultural resources as all the resources that a living group needs in order to survive or thrive. The other definition usually applied for purposes of management considers cultural resources as finite, unique, and non-renewable examples of past human behavior. Specific definitions of cultural resources thus depend on the definer's cultural affiliation, and range in scale from ideas and individual objects to the entire universe.

Cultural Materials - Refers to actual objects removed from sites as a part of the cultural resources management program in connection with areas affected by the Project, including but not limited to, artifacts, byproducts of human activity such as flakes of stone, fragments of bone, and organic waste of various kinds, architectural elements, soil samples, pollen samples, charcoal, skeletal material, and works of art.

Contractor-acquired Property - means property acquired, fabricated, or otherwise provided by the Contractor for performing a contract and to which the Government has title.

Day – means, unless otherwise specified, a calendar day.

Defective Service – means a service output that does not meet the standard of performance associated with the Performance Work Statement.

Deliverable – means anything that can be physically delivered, but may include non-manufactured things such as meeting minutes or reports.

Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS) - A series of multipurpose, hydroelectric facilities in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, constructed and operated by the U.S. Army of Engineers (USACE) and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and a transmission system built and operated by the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA).

General Public - All persons who are not affiliated with accredited academic institutions or governmental agencies and acting in official capacity; or who are not independent scholars working on cultural resource investigations with the official approval of the Tribe or Government.

Geographic Information Systems (GIS): System designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present spatial or geographic data.

Government-furnished Property – As reflected in FAR 52.245-1, Government-furnished Property “means property in the possession of, or directly acquired by, the Government and subsequently furnished to the Contractor for performance of a contract. Government-furnished property includes, but is not limited to, spares and property furnished for repair, maintenance, overhaul, or modification. Government-furnished property also includes contractor-acquired property if the contractor-acquired property is a deliverable under a cost contract when accepted by the Government for continued use under the contract

Government Property - means all property owned or leased by the Government.Government property includes both Government-furnishedand Contractor-acquired property. Government property includes material, equipment, special tooling, special test equipment, and real property. Government property does not include intellectual property and software.

Historic Property - A legal term which means any prehistoric or historic district, site, building, structure, or object included in, or eligible for inclusion on the National Register, including artifacts, records, and material remains related to such a property or resource (54 U.S.C. 300308, NHPA as amended).

Property Administrator - means an authorized representative of the Contracting Officer appointed in accordance with agency procedures, responsible for administering the contract requirements and obligations relating to Government property in the possession of a Contractor.

Quality Assurance – (or Government contract quality assurance) means the various functions, including, inspection, performed by the Government to determine whether a Contractor has fulfilled the contract obligations pertaining to quality and quantity.

Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) – means the key Government-developed surveillance process document, and is applied to Performance-Based Service Contracting (PBSC). The QASP is used for managing Contractor performance assessment by ensuring that systematic quality assurance methods validate that Contractor quality control efforts are timely, effective, and are delivering the results specified in the contract or task order. The QASP directly corresponds to the performance objectives and standards (i.e., quality, quantity, timeliness) specified in the Performance Work Statement (PWS). It provides specific details on how the Government will survey, observe, test, sample, evaluate, and document Contractor performance results to determine if the Contractor has met the required standards for each objective in the PWS. The QASP, with very few if any exceptions, is an internal to Government document.

Quality Control – means all necessary measures taken by the Contractor to assure that the quality of an end product or service shall meet contract requirements.

Subcontractor – means one that enters into a contract with a prime Contractor. The Government does not have privity of contract with the subcontractor.

Systemwide Programmatic Agreement (SWPA) - Management of Historic Properties Affected by the Multipurpose Operations of Fourteen Projects of the Federal Columbia River Power System for Compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (2009).

2.2 Acronyms: Although not inclusive of every term used within this PWS, or that may be included in an acquisition, the following provides a list of acronyms commonly used in the acquisition field.

AFARS Army Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement AOR Area of Responsibility AR Army Regulation AT Anti-terrorism COR Contracting Officer’s Representative COTS Commercial-Off-the-Shelf DA Department of the Army DFARS Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement DoD Department of Defense FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation GFP Government Furnished Property IA Information Awareness KO Contracting Officer OCI Organizational Conflict of Interest OPSEC Operations Security PA Property Administrator PII Personally Identifiable Information POC Point of Contact PRS Performance Requirements Summary PWS Performance Work Statement QA Quality Assurance QAP Quality Assurance Program QASP Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan QC Quality Control QCP Quality Control Program RA Requiring Activity TE Technical Exhibit

PART 3

GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY AND SERVICES

3. Government Property and Services :

3.1 Access Rights

All sites are located on and within USACE owned land. The LJAD is accessible by paved state highways, paved National Forest roads, and paved city and country roads.

The contractor will have access to all roads within the LJAD. There are a number of developed campgrounds within the LJAD that will need to be accessed and surveyed.

The terrain within the area is made up of semi-rugged mountain landscapes and dense forests. The area is covered with minor slopes and sparse underbrush.

3.2 Equipment

Reserved

3.3 Materials

On request, the Government will provide the Contractor with prepared materials pertinent to studies under this contract, including lists of references, references, maps, aerial photographs, digital data and files and other information to the extent required to support study requirements. The Contractor shall return these materials to the COR upon completion of the study and before final payment. The Government will provide maps of the acreage to be surveyed.

PART 4

CONTRACTOR FURNISHED ITEMS AND SERVICES

4. Contractor Furnished Property and Services:

The Contractor shall furnish all supplies, equipment, facilities, and services required to perform work under this contract.

PART 5

SPECIFIC TASKS

5. Basic Services: The Contractor shall provide services for : This is a non-personal service(s) contract under which the personnel rendering the service(s) are not subject, either by the contract’s terms or by the manner of its administration, to the supervision and control usually prevailing in relationships between the Government and its employees.

5.1 Tasks: Tasks consist of the following:

5.1.1 CLIN 0001 Site Updates and CS-R Forms

Completion of Montana Cultural Site Record (CS-R) site forms for up to 94 accessible sites in the LJAD, including fieldwork to collect new information about site context and condition, including GIS data and photographs of each site. This includes assessing the current conditions and NRHP eligibility of each site per the regulations found at 36 CFR § 60.4.

CS-R forms will be created following the Montana State Historic Preservation Office (MTSHPO) guidelines The sites have been previously recorded and existing information should be incorporated with the new data (see Appendix B for list of sites to be updated).

The Contractor shall physically visit each site within the LJAD (See Appendix B) to document current site conditions and collect field notes, photos, GIS data, sketch maps or illustrations, and any other information necessary to adequately update the site records and evaluate or reevaluate the NRHP eligibility of the site. During the site visit, Contractor staff shall attempt to relocate any previously identified features and/or artifact concentrations along with previously documented disturbances to assess any changes in site condition. Assessment of current site boundaries should be completed to document changes to the site boundaries previously recorded. If site boundaries have changed, both the prior and new boundaries should be noted in the CS-R form. The Contractor shall record any newly identified features and/or artifact concentrations and any newly identified impacts that affect site integrity. Site visits shall be completed during times when ground surface visibility is good, and the sites are most exposed.

Site visits must not take place when snow or other factors obscure the ground surface.

There shall be no ground disturbance, nor shall archaeological materials be collected.

Based on the information collected during background research and the site visit fieldwork, the Contractor shall create a new site form using the CS- R form available on the MTSHPO website(https://mhs.mt.gov/shpo/forms). The forms will document past work from prior forms and any new information collected during current fieldwork. All fields of the form must be filled.

GIS data will need to accompany each site form for each site. The GIS data will include polygons indicating the site area surveyed, updated site boundaries if applicable, polygons or points for any observed cultural materials and/or features encountered, and any impacts/disturbances to the current site conditions.

In the CS-R form the Contractor will evaluate each site for its eligibility for inclusion in the NRHP, making recommendations on site eligibility, and providing management recommendations based on past observations and current site conditions. The Contractor will use standard professional practices and methods as prescribed by the Secretary of Interior's Standards and Guidelines in this data recovery.

(https://www.nps.gov/subjects/historicpreservation/upload/standards-guidelines-archaeology-historic-preservation.pdf), and shall meet Montana State Historic Preservation Office standards as defined in the latest version of the Consulting with the Montana SHPO Guidelines and Procedures, available online (https://mhs.mt.gov/Shpo/Archaeology/ConsultingWith)This recommendation should include analysis of eligibility Criteria A through D for each cultural resource encountered. This analysis should include the reasoning behind the eligibility recommendation and why the resource does or does not meet each criterion.

Deliverables- For each archaeological site recorded and updated, Montana SHPO CS-R Draft and GIS data- Will be submitted no later than 9 months after Task Order award. The

Government will review draft documents for completeness and accuracy and return to the contractor within 6 weeks with comments. Final CS-R forms and the final GIS data will be submitted to USACE no later than 12 months after Task Order award.

5.1.2 CLIN 0002 National Park Service 10-900 Determination of Eligibility Form A National Park Service (NPS) 10-900 Determination of Eligibility (DOE) form for the LJAD that outlines the current understanding of the district, defines the contributing and non-contributing sites, updates the significance criteria, and describes the period of significance for the archaeological district. Although a district boundary and list of contributing sites exists, no prior NPS 10-900 form has been prepared. The new NPS 10-900 form for the historic district will follow NPS NRHP Bulletins 15, 16a and 36.

Deliverables- The Contractor will provide a draft and final NPS 10-900 form for the LJAD.

The form will include complete information per the guidance in NRHP Bulletins 15, 16a and 36. Each of the sites listed in the table in Appendix B shall be addressed as contributing to or not contributing to the eligibility of the LJAD. The Contractor shall collect sufficient archaeological data to evaluate each site’s eligibility to the NRHP and/or contribution to the LJAD. The Contractor shall take into account guidance on NRHP eligibility from resources found on the MTSHPO website (https://mhs.mt.gov/Shpo/docs/F_propertyresearch.pdf) in addition to those prepared by the NPS (https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/publications.htm). Final completed NPS 10-900 form will be submitted to USACE within 12 months of the award of the Task Order.

5.1.3 CLIN 0003 Final Technical Report and GIS Database

A final technical report and GIS database of the site data collected during fieldwork- including updated site boundary data for both the district and each individual site- that can be integrated into the existing FCPRS archaeological database. The technical report will include discussions of the timing and methodology of the fieldwork, outline the staff who conducted the work, provide management recommendations for future work at each site (if warranted), and any problems encountered during the contract.

Deliverables- A draft and final copy of the final technical report incorporating site data and recorded information for all sites visited during the full period of performance of this contract. A compilation of all GIS data collected during the period of performance. The final copy of the technical report, and the GIS data will be submitted to USACE within 12 months of the award of the Task Order.

5.2. General Requirements

5.2.1. No cultural material will be collected or removed from the project area.

5.2.2 GIS…