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Section SF 1449 - CONTINUATION SHEET

SOLICITATION NARRATIVE

1. The solicitation is issued in accordance with FAR Part 12 (Acquisition of Commercial Items) and FAR Part 13 (Simplified Acquisition Procedures). The result of this solicitation will be a Firm Fixed Price 5-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with five ordering periods, each one lasting one year, with the first ordering period beginning on date of award of the basic contract.

2. The US Army Corps of Engineers – Rock Island hereby issues the solicitation W912EK-17- R-0016 for Cultural Resource investigations at various locations primarily within the Upper Mississippi River Basin, which includes the Rock Island, St. Louis, and St. Paul Districts, and could potentially occur within the Memphis, Vicksburg, and New Orleans Districts in the Mississippi Valley Division (MVD).

Requirements for the guaranteed minimum and maximums quantities are as follows:

*The guaranteed minimum of $20,000.00 shall occur under CLIN 0001.

CLIN 0001: $20,000.00 minimum; $750,000.00 maximum

This guaranteed minimum amount is the only guaranteed quantities to be awarded under this solicitation. The Government is under no further obligation to order additional amount.

4. Rock Island, St. Louis, St. Paul, Memphis, Vicksburg and New Orleans Districts are authorized to issue delivery orders under the resultant IDIQ contract.

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

Indefinite Quantity Archaeological Contract

Performance Work Statement Cultural Resource Investigations in the

Upper Mississippi River Basin, Mississippi Valley Division (MVD) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers -- Rock Island, St. Paul, and St. Louis Districts, Rock Island, Illinois

1. INTRODUCTION. This indefinite quantity contract is to assist the Rock Island District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) in its program of cultural resource investigations at various locations primarily within the Upper Mississippi River Basin, which includes the Rock

Island, St. Louis, and St. Paul Districts, and could potentially occur within the Memphis, Vicksburg, and New Orleans Districts in the Mississippi Valley Division (MVD) (Exhibit 1).

Work will also be required throughout the Rock Island, St. Louis, and St. Paul Districts with an emphasis on Federally-owned projects and in areas (Federally- or privately-owned) that are under study for proposed Federal projects.

1.1 Services required may include, but are not limited to, archival and historical research; reconnaissance and intensive archaeological/geomorphological field surveys; site testing/evaluation for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP); data recovery through site excavation; NRHP assessment and recordation of architectural resources; preparation of cultural resources input to management plans; special studies; laboratory analyses; computerized data base creation and management; technical reports; and preparation of National Register nomination forms. Services may be required on very short notice, necessitating close contact between the Contractor and personnel at the Corps office.

1.2 Services may be required anywhere within the Upper Mississippi River Valley within the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Wisconsin.

1.3 The work and services required under this contract shall be completed by the Contractor within the time negotiated and specified in each task order. No task order(s) shall be issued after the expiration date of this contract; however, any task ordered issued prior to but not complete upon expiration of the contract shall not be cancelled because of expiration of the contract.

1.4 The Contractor shall submit detailed technical and/or cost proposals as requested for negotiating each task order. The contract will have five (5) ordering periods, each one lasting one year, with the first ordering period beginning on date of award of the basic contract.

1.5 This will be an indefinite quantity contract with issuance of negotiated firm-fixed-price task orders.

2. AUTHORITY. Services under this contract shall be supplied in compliance with the Corps' responsibilities under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (PL 89-665) as amended;

Executive Orders 11593 and 13007; the Archaeological and Historic Preservation Act of 1974 (PL 93-291); Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 60-66, 79, and 800, as appropriate; the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 (PL 101-601);

the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines for Archaeology and Historic Preservation (Federal Register 48:190:44716-44742); applicable Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota state historic preservation regulations and guidelines that are in effect on the date of award of each individual task order; the Corps' Engineering Regulation (ER) 1105-2-100 Planning Guidance Notebook, Appendix C-4, Cultural

Resources, pp. C-24 to C-37 found at http://publications.usace.army.mil/publications/eng-regs/er1105-2-100/toc.htm; ER 1130-2-540 Project Operations -Environmental Stewardship Operations and Maintenance Policies, Chapter 6, Cultural Resource Stewardship found at http://publications.usace.army.mil/publications/eng-regs/er1130-2-540/toc.htm; Engineering Pamphlet (EP) 1130-2-540 Project Operations - Environmental Stewardship Operations and Maintenance Guidance and Procedures, Chapters 1 and 6, and Appendices B, O and P, all at http://publications.usace.army.mil/publications/eng-pamphlets/ep1130-2-540/toc.htm; and other laws, rules, regulations, and guidelines as applicable and appropriate.

3. CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITIES. The Contractor shall furnish all material, equipment, supplies, labor, transportation, and services required to accomplish the work described herein as may be specified in subsequent task orders under this contract. The Contractor shall assign a Principal Investigator (PI) who shall be responsible for all work performed and shall be the point of contact (POC) between the Contractor and the Contracting Officer (CO) and/or Contracting Officer's Representative (COR). All work and services shall meet the standards set forth herein and shall be performed in accordance with the laws, rules, regulations, and guidelines cited in paragraph 2, above.

4. SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED BY THE CONTRACTOR.

4.1 General. Individual tasks under this contract shall be assigned by task orders duly issued by the Contracting Officer. The Contractor shall initiate fieldwork within ten (10) calendar days following the date of a task order unless otherwise specified within the individual task order. This contract does not grant the Contractor exclusive right to provide cultural resource services for the Corps; similar services may be obtained from sources other than the Contractor at the discretion of the CO.

4.2 Statement of Services. An individual task order may include, but not be limited to, any or all of the following services.

4.2.1 Archival, historical, archaeological, and geomorphological background literature and records review and research (literature review).

4.2.2 Reconnaissance survey and intensive archaeological and geomorphological survey (Phase I survey). Individual task orders may require the Contractor to design and conduct sample (reconnaissance) and/or full-coverage (intensive) surveys for: 1) deeply or shallowly buried sites; 2) surface sites in areas of forest, grass, or other heavy ground cover; and 3) surface sites in open, cultivated fields.

4.2.3 Test excavations and evaluations of sites to determine their eligibility for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places (Phase II testing).

4.2.4 Site mitigation recommendations and plans, generally, but not always, limited to data recovery plans or avoidance strategies.

4.2.5 Archaeological data recovery (Phase III mitigation/data recovery).

4.2.6 Evaluation of cultural resource impacts resulting from proposed projects.

4.2.7 Draft text for Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) and/or Environmental Assessments (EA).

4.2.8 Draft cultural resource study designs -- including draft Scopes of Work --for inclusion in Government contract documents.

4.2.9 Professional review, comment, and/or editing of cultural resource reports prepared by others.

4.2.10 Completion of site survey forms, "standard National Register forms" in accordance with 36 CFR Part 60, and other forms as may be required under applicable laws, regulations, and guidelines. Only typed, not handwritten, s ite survey or National Register forms shall be acceptable.

4.2.11 Creation, updating, and utilization of historic-properties-related data base files.

4.2.12 Preparation of Cultural Resources input to various Corps Operational Management Plans for given projects in accordance with EP 1130-2-540, Appendix B, Section B-2d, Part IIj, Cultural Resources.

4.2.13 Consultation with the appropriate State Historic Preservation Officer

(SHPO) at the beginning of work on each task order to initiate records, document and literature reviews for the project area (to include obtaining updated versions of all applicable state historic preservation guidelines regarding conduct and reporting of cultural resource and related investigations). Any other consultation shall be initiated only with the written consent of the COR.

4.2.14 Organization, cataloging, and compilation of all project materials, photographs, documents, and objects and providing for their permanent curation at a facility acceptable to the Corps.

4.2.15 Perform or provide for special studies generally involving aspects of geomorphology, soils, faunal and/or botanical site remains, radiocarbon and/or other dating methods, and other studies as may be detailed in individual task orders.

4.2.16 Analyze all data recovered from literature reviews, reconnaissance and intensive surveys, test excavations and evaluations, archaeological data recovery, and special studies resulting in the interpretation of the significance of the information obtained in the context of what is currently known about the history and prehistory of the region.

4.2.17 Provide high-quality, professional technical reports on any or all of the above or similar items.

4.3 Performance Standards. All work performed under this contract shall, at minimum, conform to the requirements of the laws, rules, regulations, and guidelines found in paragraph 2, above, and to the following specifications if not otherwise detailed in individual task orders or set forth in applicable Secretary of the Interior and/or SHPO standards, guidelines, and directives in force during the period of individual task order performance.

4.3.1 Archival, historical, archaeological, and geomorphological background literature and records review and research (literature review). Literature review shall cover the specified project areas. Information on the natural environment, prehistory, and history shall be provided. Background literature and records review and research shall be primarily directed toward attaining a thorough familiarity with previous cultural resource and related investigations in the project area. It is not the intent of this contract to duplicate previous archival, historical, archaeological, or geomorphological research but rather to provide a contextual background for analyzing results of current work. The background literature and records review and research shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, state site files and records, archaeological site reports, plat books, atlases, maps, county histories, historic aerial photography, and other relevant maps and documentation on file at Corps offices or other locations.

4.3.2 Geomorphological investigations. Prior to all Phase I surveys, project areas shall be evaluated for existing geomorphological data relating to the potential for archaeological site preservation and/or destruction. This and all other geomorphological work shall be conducted in accordance with the guidelines in Exhibit 2 which shall, for the purposes of this contract, apply to work in Illinois, Missouri, and Wisconsin as well as to work in Iowa, until such time as individual states may have their own geomorphological guidelines.

4.3.3 Reconnaissance survey and intensive archaeological survey (Phase I survey).

4.3.3.1 Reconnaissance surveys shall be directed toward identifying the potential of specific landforms, topographic zones, or other features within a specified project area to contain cultural resources. Reconnaissance surveys may require the utilization of statistical sampling procedures.

4.3.3.2 Intensive surveys shall be directed toward producing a thorough (100%) inventory of cultural resources in areas specified by the individual task order(s). The Contractor shall provide a sufficient level of investigation (documentary, archeological, and geomorphological) for the Corps and the SHPO to assess the potential for the proposed project areas to contain significant historic properties. Both historic and prehistoric sites shall be addressed.

4.3.4 Site numbers. The Contractor shall be responsible for completing the required state site survey forms (either initial or revisit forms) and for obtaining official state site numbers. No draft report shall be approved without the official site numbers being used therein.

4.3.5 Test excavations and evaluations of sites to determine their eligibility for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places (Phase II testing). This work shall:

4.3.5.1 determine the site's horizontal and vertical extent;

4.3.5.2. identify the extent, nature, preservation, and types of cultural features, of botanical and faunal remains, and of human remains along with the extent and nature of post-depositional impacts at the site (e.g., erosion, accretion, or other stratigraphic disturbances which may affect the integrity of the archaeological record);

4.3.5.3 include cultural chronologies based upon comparative artifact analyses and Carbon-14 or other dating techniques when appropriate materials are available;

4.3.5.4 result in a clearly reasoned, site-by-site justification for the decision to recommend a site as not eligible for inclusion in the NRHP;

4.3.5.5 or shall result in a clearly reasoned, site-by-site justification for the decision to recommend a site as eligible for inclusion in the NRHP.

4.3.5.5.1 Each site recommended as eligible for the NRHP shall have standard National Register forms completed and included in the report.

4.3.5.5.2 Recommendations for mitigation, detailed on a site-by-site basis and in the form of a data recovery plan, shall be included in the report.

4.3.5.6 include establishment of a minimum of two site datums on each site. Each datum shall be tied to known points already established by USGS or established to a USGS or other known standard whenever possible. Otherwise each datum shall be established using the minimum GPS accuracy required at paragraph 4.3.8, below.

4.3.6 Archaeological data recovery (Phase III mitigation). Specifications will accompany individual task orders for archaeological data recovery. Task orders may call for the development of specific data recovery plans designed around general guidelines and may require these plans to be submitted for CO or COR approval prior to initiation of data recovery.

4.3.6.1 Site Datums. At each data recovery site, a minimum of two site datums shall be established. Each datum shall be tied to known points already established by USGS or established to a USGS or other known standard whenever possible. Otherwise each datum shall be established using the minimum Global Positioning System (GPS) accuracy required at paragraph 4.3.8, below.

4.3.6.2 Piece-Plotting. All data recovery excavations shall utilize shovel-skimming and piece-plotting of individual items as the primary method of recovery.

Other procedures appropriate to the information being sampled (soils, ecofacts, etc.) also shall be used for stratigraphic control including standing bulkheads/blocks, hand- or mechanically-driven cores, etc.

4.3.6.3 Piece-Plot Accuracy. Individual points shall be plotted to an accuracy of

+/- 1 cm in both the vertical and horizontal planes.

4.3.6.4 Utilization of Piece-Plotted Data. Piece-plotted data shall be used to prepare daily updates to maps showing the distribution of piece-plotted artifact classes relevant to the Data Recovery Plan. These maps shall be used to make field decisions about ongoing excavations.

4.3.7 Architectural Assessments. The Contractor shall be required to conduct architectural assessments, render NRHP eligibility determinations of architectural properties, and prepare formal documentation and recordation of architectural properties.

The details of these activities shall be specified in individual task orders as appropriate.

4.3.8 Analyses shall be at a level sufficient to obtain a determination of the site's

NRHP eligibility. More intensive analyses may be required on large, complex projects requiring major Phase III mitigation and shall be detailed in Date Recovery Plans required by or accompanying individual task orders.

4.3.9 Global Positioning System (GPS) requirements for documenting site boundaries. Positions of archaeological site points located by GPS for Corps of Engineers projects shall provide true position within ± 5 feet when equipment is used in a stand alone mode. Positions provided by differential mode measurements from a found United States Geological Survey (USGS) or National Geodetic Survey (NGS) control point shall provide true position within ±(2 feet + 0.00002 X distance [in feet] to the control point used). Coordinates shall be referred to the local state plane coordinate system and zone (typically Illinois East or West, Indiana West, Iowa North or South, Missouri East, Minnesota South and Wisconsin South) utilizing the 1983 North American Datum (NAD). The unit of measure shall be the US Survey Foot. Final coordinate values may be rounded off to the nearest whole foot.

4.3.10 Geographic Information Systems (GIS). All geospatial data including, but not limited to, archeological/architectural site boundaries, geomorphological tests, and archeological survey/testing limits shall be digitized with a resulting horizontal positional accuracy of > 12.19 m, the National Map Accuracy Standard (NMAS) for USGS 1:24,000 scale maps. All GIS data shall be complete and finalized when submitted and shall be compatible, either directly or in a recognized import format, with ESRI ArcGIS software (current versions). All GIS feature data (polygon, line, and point data) shall be provided as geodatabases in compliance with the latest released version of the Spatial Data Standard for Facilities, Infrastructure, and Environment (SDSFIE). The SDSFIE is available for download off the internet at the following address: http://www.sdsfie.org/.

All GIS submittals shall include an ArcView projection file or its equivalent. Geospatial coordinate information shall be provided in the local Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinate system, either Zone 15, NAD 1983, units in meters, or UTM Zone 16, NAD 1983, units in meters, as appropriate to the locations specified in the individual task orders. The Contractor shall prepare metadata that is compliant with Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) standards.

4.3.11 Legibility and margins. All field notes, site forms, or other products produced under this contract in the form of print, type, photocopy, facsimile, or any other form of reproduction and/or handwriting shall be legible and of sufficient detail and clarity so as to be of use to future researchers and so as to reproduce fully and without loss of information by standard black-and-white and/or color photocopying processes.

Margins shall be one inch or greater on the top, bottom, and sides unless standard forms are used which have lesser margins.

5. SPECIAL CONDITIONS.

5.1 Release of Information. Neither the Contractor nor his representatives shall release any sketch, photograph, map, report, or other material of any nature prepared under this contract without specific written approval of the Government, prior to the time of final report acceptance.

5.2 Liaison. Due to the short turnaround time required on many task orders, it is necessary for the Contractor and COR or Project Manager to remain in close contact during fieldwork and report preparation.

5.2.1 Informal reports of findings on certain work elements may be required and usually shall be made by telephone to the COR or designated Project Technical Manager, and shall require follow-up in writing or by email addressed to the project’s Technical Manager and the COR within 2 working days. The results of such reports may be modifications in the task order scope, to include its termination, at the option of the CO.

5.2.2 The Contractor must also maintain liaison with the local Project Manager of any Federally-operated project on which work is required. The Contractor shall notify the local Project Manager in advance of the dates and places where work is to be performed.

5.3 Government Rights. All cultural material, reports, drawings, maps, photographs, notes, and other work developed in the performance of this contract shall be and shall remain the sole property of the Government and may be used on any other work directed by the Government without additional compensation to the Contractor. The Contractor agrees not to assert any rights and not to establish any claim with respect thereto. The Contractor shall furnish all materials to the Government. If the Contractor desires to retain any material or use any material/information resulting from this contract, he shall request written permission from the Contracting Officer.

5.4 Inspection. The CO and COR, or their authorized representative (e.g., District Archaeologist or Project Manager) may, at all reasonable times, inspect or otherwise evaluate the work being performed hereunder and the premises in which it is being performed. If any inspection or evaluation is made by the Government on the premises of the Contractor, the Contractor shall provide all reasonable facilities and assistance for the safety and convenience of the Government representatives in the performance of their duties. All inspections and evaluations shall be performed in such a manner as shall not unduly delay the work.

5.5 Quality Assurance/Quality Control.

5.5.1 Quality Assurance. The Term “Quality Assurance” refers to actions taken by the Government to ensure the Contractor’s quality control system is functioning and effective, and the Contractor is providing services, which are in accordance with this contract.

5.5.2 Quality Control Plan. The term “Quality Control” refers to action taken by the Contractor and/or their personnel to document, inspect, and control performance of services to ensure they meet the specifications and requirements of this contract.

Professional level skills and management practices are required in the performance of this contract. Accordingly, the Contractor shall establish an effective quality control program to assure that the end product meets professional requirements and submit a Quality Control Plan to the Corps.

5.6 Crop Damage. Payments for damage to agricultural crops necessary for carrying out the requirements of this contract shall be the responsibility of the Government.

Should crop damages occur, the Contractor shall provide an estimate of the acreage and type of crop damaged in the next monthly report.

5.7 Field Conditions. Areas to be investigated under this contract may include densely vegetated bottomlands, riverbanks, lakeshores, and uplands as well as on remote islands within the river system. The Contractor shall be prepared to perform services in any of these or similar environments.

5.8 Rights-of-Entry for Access to Government and Private Property. The Contractor has the right-of-entry for Government-owned land as may be required to accomplish the work under this contract. The Contractor shall be furnished all rights-of-entry for privately-owned land as may be required for the execution of this contract and shall not enter onto such land without having received a copy of a fully executed “Department of the Army Right-of-Entry for Survey and Exploration” contract signed by the landowner and the Government.

5.9 State Archaeological Site Survey Forms and GIS Submittals . The Contractor shall complete appropriate state archaeological site survey forms for all sites discovered or revisited during the course of this contract. In addition, the Contractor shall create GIS digital datasets that minimally comply with paragraph 4.3.10 and the appropriate State standards. These site forms and GIS standards shall be obtained from the states by the Contractor. All completed site forms and GIS datasets shall be submitted to the appropriate state agency by the Contractor, with copies furnished as in paragraphs 6.3.3 and 6.3.4, below. Official state site numbers (not temporary field numbers) shall be used in all draft and final reports and in all GIS submittals.

5.10 Curation of Materials and Data. The Contractor is responsible for the curation of all artifacts, materials, and associated written and photographic documentation upon completion of each task order.

5.10.1 The Contractor shall provide for all packaging, cataloging, and documentation necessary to ready items for curation at an institution within the state from which the items derived and which meets the approval of the Government and the standards set out under 36 CFR 79, Curation of Federally-Owned and Administered Archaeological Collections.

5.10.2 Particular care must be taken by the Contractor to assure and document that the use of acid-free paper, archival quality photographic processes and papers, and archival quality storage containers, materials, and methods are used in curation to meet the requirements of 36 CFR 79.

5.11 Corporate Release. The Contractor shall submit a fully executed Corporate Release (Exhibit 3) along with the final billing on each task order under this contract.

6. PRESENTATION OF FINDINGS.

6.1 General. Unless otherwise specified, each task order shall require draft and final technical reports of findings. Reports shall meet current professional standards and be suitable for publication. Reports shall set out study research designs along with methodologies utilized in data collection and analysis, and shall present and justify all conclusions, recommendations, and interpretations in a scholarly and professional manner. After acceptance by the Government of a final report, its reproduction and use shall not be restricted by either the Contractor or the Government except that all specific site locational data shall be excised from any reports released to the public.

6.2 Content of Reports. In addition to the elements required by the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines for Archaeology and Historic Preservation (Federal Register 48:190:44716-44742) and by current SHPO guidelines for the state in which the work takes place, reports shall include all of the following elements.

6.2.1 Standard Form 298 (Exhibit 4) shall be completed by the Contractor and included as the first right-hand page after the cover of the report. This page does not replace the title page. The abstract required by this form shall be suitable for publication in an abstract journal and shall be what the author considers to be the primary contributions of the investigation.

6.2.2 If a report has been principally authored by someone other than the contract PI, the cover and Standard Form 298 of the publishable version must bear the inscr iption Prepared under the supervision of (name), Principal Investigator. In this case, the PI must at least prepare a foreword or executive summary describing the overall research context of the report, the significance of the work, and any other background circumstances relating to the manner in which the work was undertaken.

6.2.3 Both the cover and title page of each report must bear a conspicuous inscription identifying the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, as the authority and funding source for the work. The contract and task order numbers shall likewise appear on each report cover and title page along with the month and year of the report submittal.

6.2.4 Draft reports shall be finished products which adequately represent the content and format of the final report. Draft versions of photographs, maps, and drawings shall not be substantially different in quality from those prepared for the final report.

6.2.5 When required by a task order, the Contractor shall submit a tentative outline and table of contents of the draft report prior to preparing the draft.

6.2.6 Final reports shall be prepared in accordance with review comments submitted to the Contractor by the COR.

6.2.7 A brief, non-technical summary of the investigation results and their significance to regional history/prehistory may be required at the time of submission of the final report. This summary shall be oriented toward the nonprofessional public. The purpose of this summary is to inform the interested public of the types of activities and research conducted using public funds. The non-technical summary shall give a synopsis of the project and shall be of a style and length adaptable to a newspaper article or short informational bulletin. Photographs and/or drawings of significant aspects of the investigation shall be included. When required, the submission of such a summary shall be specified in individual task orders.

6.3 Format of Reports. Reports shall be prepared using the Society of American Archaeology’s style guidance in effect on the date of award of individual task orders. (Currently the guidance is entitled Editorial Policy, Information for Authors, & Style Guide and can be found at http://www.saa.org/AbouttheSociety/Publications/StyleGuide/tabid/984/Default.aspx.

6.3.1 Draft reports shall be double spaced and may be photocopied and unbound.

Figures and tables shall appear in the same size, format, and general location in the draft as they will in the final report. No draft report shall be accepted without the official state site numbers being used therein.

6.3.2 Final reports shall be single spaced with all pages of the text numbered and printed on both sides. All photographs, graphics, and text must be clean and clear. The entire report shall be suitable for black and white and/or color photocopying and shall be on 8.5- by 11-inch paper, except that fold-out tables or figures may be on 11- by 17-inch paper. In rare cases, larger figures may be included but must be folded to fit in a page-size pocket.

6.3.3 Copies of site survey forms and standard National Register forms shall be bound together with the reports only if they are included as individual appendices. Only typed --not handwritten -- site survey or National Register forms shall be acceptable. Original National Register forms for submittal to the Keeper of the National Register shall be unbound.

6.3.4 Copies of all digital submittals made to the appropriate State agencies including, but not necessarily limited to, geospatial datasets, GIS shapefiles of archeological sites and surveyed areas, and scanned versions of State forms and the final report, shall be submitted on compact disc with the final report submittal. Where differences exist between the appropriate State geospatial data requirements and those of this Contract, the Contractor shall submit the geospatial data in both formats.

6.4 Report Submittals.

6.4.1 All draft and final reports, supporting digital submittals, and other submittals shall be furnished to the COR under a cover letter signed by the Principal Investigator and with a copy furnished to the project’s Technical Manager.

6.4.2 The Contractor shall submit three (3) hard copies and one pdf version of draft reports, five (5) hard copies and one pdf version of final reports, and supporting digital data including GIS submittals in accordance with 4.3.10, 5.9, and 6.3.4 unless the number of copies is otherwise set out in individual task orders.

6.5 Monthly Progress Reports. Unless otherwise provided by individual task orders, monthly progress reports shall be submitted to the COR and shall be due on the fifteenth day of each month. The reports shall summarize the work undertaken during the reporting period, shall detail the percentage completion for each work task as of the end of the reporting period, shall outline the work proposed for the next reporting period, and shall generally inform the COR of the current status of the project and factors affecting the project's conduct and schedule including information on Crop Damage estimates (see paragraphs 5.6 and 9).

6.6 Report & Submittal Rejection. The Government may reject any monthly progress report, corrected monthly progress report, draft report, corrected draft report, final report, corrected final report, submittal, or corrected submittal by written notification to the Contractor setting out the deficiencies therein. Upon the rejection, the Contractor shall prepare (adhering to the comments forwarded by the CO or COR) and submit corrected reports or submittals in the number required by the individual task order for additional review or acceptance within 14 calendar days from the date of the Corps letter. Corrected reports and submittals shall be provided at no additional expense to the Government.

7. SCHEDULES. Schedules shall be included in individual task orders, and unless specified otherwise, shall have fieldwork commence within ten (10) calendar days following the date of award of the task order.

7.1 The Corps may review draft and final reports or other submittals and may forward them to the SHPO and other appropriate parties for review and comment. The Corps anticipates a 30-day review period for such reviews; however, this anticipated period is only provided for general scheduling, and the Corps reserves the right to any extension of the review period as may be necessary to obtain and compile responses from internal or outside reviewers.

7.2 Any reduction/extension of such Corps review periods and resulting correspondence shall not shorten or lengthen the Contractor’s time to prepare any subsequent report or submittal.

The Contractor shall continue to be bound to the number of calendar days set out in the Project Schedule calculated from the date of the Corps letter forwarding review comments, directions for preparation of final reports, notifications of acceptance, or other written guidance or notification as may be appropriate to the given report or submittal.

8. PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS STANDARDS. Prospective offerors must adhere to the professional qualifications standards set forth in the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines for Archaeology and Historic Preservation (Federal Register 48:190:44716-44742).

It is the responsibility of the Contractor to insure that the designated Principal Investigator (PI) and Key Personnel are in compliance with this requirement. The PI must be able to document involvement in each delivery order and shall be held responsible for the quality of the work.

9. PROTECTION OF NATURAL AND HISTORIC FEATURES. The Contractor shall be responsible for all damages to persons and property which occurs in connection with the work and services under this contract, without recourse against the Government, except as provided for above at paragraph 5.6, Crop Damage. The Contractor shall provide maximum protection, take every reasonable means, and exercise care to prevent damage to existing historic structures, roads, utilities, and other public and private facilities. Special attention shall be given the historic structures and natural and landscape features of the area, and special care shall be taken to protect these elements in their surroundings. The Contractor shall provide suitable protection for vegetation and facilities adjacent to work areas.

10. PUBLICITY. The Contractor shall not release any material for publicity without the prior written approval of the COR. This provision shall not be construed so as to restrict in any way the Contractor's right to publish in scholarly or academic journals following the Government's acceptance of the final report. Students and other archaeologists are likewise free to use information developed under this contract in theses and dissertations or in publications in scholarly or academic journals following the Government's acceptance of the final report.

11. CONFIRMATION OF CURATION REQUIREMENTS. Written confirmation documenting that curation requirements have been met must be submitted to the COR before final payment shall be approved on any task order.

12. ANTITERRORISM (AT) AND OPERATIONS SECURITY (OPSEC)

12.1a Access and General Protection Policy and Procedures. For all projects located at the Clock Tower and Annex Buildings, all personnel will receive a pass for access to the Clock Tower portion of the building. This must be accomplished prior to start of work and will be coordinated with the Contractor, Contracting Officer, and Security and Law Enforcement Office.

All Contractor and subcontractor employees to comply with installation and facility access guidelines and rules as stated herein. Contractor workforce must comply with all personal identity verification requirements as directed by Department of Defense (DoD), Department of the Army Headquarters, Rock Island District, and/or local policy. In addition to the changes otherwise authorized by the CHANGES clause of this Contract, should the Force Protection Condition (FPCON) at any installation or facility change, the Government may require changes in Contractor security matters or processes.

In support of Rock Island District evaluation of personnel authorized for access to federal facilities, the Contractor will follow installation policies and procedures in place of the background checks conducted by a bonded third party for off Arsenal Island Government property access, which will include, but is not limited to, completing the NCIC III background checks conducted by the Rock Island Arsenal. For further Rock Island Arsenal access details, visit the website: http://www.usagria.army.mil/AccessRequests/. To obtain Arsenal Island access badges Contractor's will enter the Moline, Illinois, gate and proceed to the Visitor Center to have background checks completed. Address to the Arsenal Visitor Center:

23 Prospect Court Rock Island Arsenal Island Rock Island, Illinois

For all other contracts “NOT” located on Rock Island Arsenal please follow the below 12.1b:

12.1b Access and General Protection Policy and Procedures. Per ENG FORM 6055, June 2015, the Contractor must comply with the following Operational Security Requirements:

All Contractors and sub-contractor employees shall comply with installation and facility access guidelines and rules as stated herein. Contractor workforce must comply with all personal identity verification requirements as directed by Department of Defense, Department of the Army Headquarters, Rock Island District and/or local policy. In addition to the changes otherwise authorized by the changes clause of this contract, should the Force Protection Condition (FPCON) at any installation or facility change, the Government may require changes in Contractor security matters or processes.

In support of Rock Island District evaluation of personnel authorized for access to federal facilities, the Contractor shall submit background checks that have been conducted by a bonded third party within the last 6 months of Notice to Proceed date and authorize reports to be provided to the Rock Island District Security and Law Enforcement Office by the third party. The background check will cover, at a minimum, the last ten years covering States the contractor has lived in, national criminal records check which includes felony and misdemeanor offenses, DMV records, and a national sex offender registry check, submitted 14 days prior to accessing the project site.

Identification Badges: The Contractor shall be responsible for furnishing a photo identification badge/card to each employee prior to the employee's work on-site, and for requiring each employee engaged on the work to display identification. At a minimum, the badge shall have the following items shown, the employee’s picture, employee’s name, and company name working for. The badge will be prominently displayed unless restricted for safety concerns, in which case it will be available for immediate display upon request (carried on person).

As employees are added or deleted from the submitted and approved Access Control List (ACL), this information will be reported immediately to the Contracting Officer Representative (COR). Added employees will not be permitted on-site until requirements of this paragraph are completed, submitted, and approved.

Disqualifying factors include, but are not limited to:

a. Criminal conduct, in particular violent crime and sex offenders;

b. Habitual use of intoxicating beverages to excess as evidenced by DUI or public intoxication records; or

c. Any illegal activity or other disqualification which makes the individual unfit for service

(e.g. drug trafficking or procurement fraud).

In addition to the submitted background checks, supplemental agency checks may be performed at the discretion of the Rock Island District security personnel. The Contractor agrees to cooperate and ensure that Contractor personnel provide any documentation required to complete these checks. Any person lacking proper identification credentials or deemed a security threat may be denied access to the project.

Such action in no way relieves the Contractor from performance of the contract. The Rock Island District retains the right to deny any Contractor and sub-contractor employee from working on a contract awarded by the Rock Island District based on final background investigation results. All information received as a result of a background check will be handled according to Privacy Act regulation.

In the event that an unexpected change in personnel is required, due to sudden absence of a critical path employee, the Contractor shall immediately contact the COR, and or the Contracting Officer to coordinate obtaining written approval from the Security Office for new/additional personnel to be brought on site prior to background check acceptance. Contractor shall submit Personnel Change Request Form and will receive written authorization from the Security Office prior to bringing new personnel on site, and ensure a background check is sent to the Rock Island District Security Office no later than ten days from written notice of approval. The Rock Island District reserves the right to terminate access of the employee upon completion of the Government’s review of the background check and the Contractor shall be notified immediately of any such Government decision.

In the event of an unforeseen change in work site conditions which may require a contract modification, and the contractor is required to immediately add personnel, a Personnel Change Request Form will be submitted to and approved by the Security Office prior to bringing new personnel on site, and ensure a background check is sent to the Rock Island District Security Office no later than ten days from written notice of approval. The Rock Island District reserves the right to terminate access of the employee upon completion of the Government’s review of the background check and the Contractor shall be notified immediately of any such Government decision.

Subcontractor personnel not expected to be on the worksite for more than 15 days may be allowed on site with the following conditions:

1) Employee will be on site a total of 15 days or less, for the duration of the project.

2) Employee is added to the ACL as a short term employee.

3) Employee is escorted while on site. This is defined as being in the line of sight of an identified prime contractor employee who has a background check on file with the Rock Island District (as noted on the ACL).

4) Each prime contractor employee can sponsor only five short term employees at a time.

Foreign National employees: Due to a difference in background check procedures for long term foreign national employees, all such employees must provide a photocopy of their passport to the Rock Island District Security Office No Later Than (NLT) 30 days prior to arrival on site. Short term foreign national employees (e.g. specialists with a two week period of performance) may work on site with the following conditions:

1) Foreign national employee will be on site a total of 15 days or less, for the duration of the project.

2) Foreign national employee will comply with E-verify requirements (see AT/OPSEC E-verify paragraph).

3) Approved and identified prime contractor employee shall escort the foreign national employee at ALL times while on site.

4) Each prime contractor employee can sponsor only one short term foreign national at a time.

12.2 E-Verify Program. The Contractor must pre-screen Candidates using the E-verify Program website (http://www.uscis.gov/e-verify) to meet the established employment eligibility requirements. The Contractor must ensure that the Candidate has two valid forms of Government issued identification prior to enrollment to ensure the correct information is entered into the E-verify system. Documentation of company enrollment in E-verify, via a print screen of the company profile within the E-verify system, must be submitted to the Security Office no later than 3 business days after the initial Notice to Proceed.

*When contracts are with individuals, the individuals will be required to complete a Form I-9 (http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/i-9.pdf ), Employment Eligibility Verification must be given/coordinated with the designated Government representative. This Form will be provided to the Security Office after Notice to Proceed is given.

To protect the privacy of the Contractor, all Contractor employees, and all sub-contractor employees, background checks, OPSEC SOPs, E-verify, and I-9 forms shall be submitted with a…