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CODE

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Melissa.A.Vaughn@mvn01.usace.army.mil

RATING PAGE OF PAGES

7. ISSUED BY

(Date)

IMPORTANT - Award will be made on this Form, or on Standard Form 26, or by other authorized official written notice.

Previous Edition is Unusable 33-134 STANDARD FORM 33 (REV. 9-97)

Prescribed by GSA FAR (48 CFR) 53.214(c)

1 276

(If other than Item 7)

15A. NAME 16. NAME AND TITLE OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO

AND

ADDRESS

SIGN OFFER (Type or print)

OFFEROR

AMENDMENT NO. DATE

15B. TELEPHONE NO (Include area code) 17. SIGNATURE15C. CHECK IF REMITTANCE ADDRESS

IS DIFFERENT FROM ABOVE - ENTER

SUCH ADDRESS IN SCHEDULE.

18. OFFER DATE

1. THIS CONTRACT IS A RATED ORDER

UNDER DPAS (15 CFR 700)

2. CONTRACT NO.

W912P8 8. ADDRESS OFFER TO

See Item 7

9. Sealed offers in original and 4 copies for furnishing the supplies or services in the Schedule will be received at the place specified in Item 8, or if handcarried, in the depository located in

CAUTION - LATE Submissions, Modifications, and Withdrawals: See Section L, Provision No. 52.214-7 or 52.215-1. All offers are subject to all terms and

Room 172 conditions contained in this solicitation.

10. FOR INFORMATION

CALL:

A. NAME (NO COLLECT CALLS)

MELISSA A. VAUGHN (504) 862-2762

11. TABLE OF CONTENTS

SOLICITATION/ CONTRACT FORM

SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/ COSTS

2 - 14

X I CONTRACT CLAUSES

DESCRIPTION/ SPECS./ WORK STATEMENT X

PACKAGING AND MARKING

15 - 49

J LIST OF ATTACHMENTS

INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

X K

REPRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS AND

OTHER STATEMENTS OF OFFERORS

CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA 53 X

SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

OFFER (Must be fully completed by offeror) X M

L INSTRS., CONDS., AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS

EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

NOTE: Item 12 does not apply if the solicitation includes the provisions at 52.214-16, Minimum Bid Acceptance Period.

is inserted by the offeror) from the date for receipt of offers specified above, to furnish any or all items upon which prices are offered at the price set opposite each item, delivered at the designated point(s), within the time specified in the schedule.

13. DISCOUNT FOR PROMPT PAYMENT

(See Section I, Clause No. 52.232-8)

14. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF AMENDMENTS

(The offeror acknowledges receipt of amendments

AMENDMENT NO. DATE

to the SOLICITATION for offerors and related documents numbered and dated):

FACILITY

12. In compliance with the above, the undersigned agrees, if this offer is accepted within calendar days (60 calendar days unless a different period

SOLICITATION, OFFER AND AWARD

(X) SEC. DESCRIPTION (X) SEC. DESCRIPTION PAGE(S)

PART I - THE SCHEDULE

26. NAME OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print) 27. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 28. AWARD DATE

EMAIL:TEL: (Signature of Contracting Officer)

CODE CODE

B. TELEPHONE (Include area code) C. E-MAIL ADDRESS

AWARD (To be completed by Government)

19. ACCEPTED AS TO ITEMS NUMBERED 20. AMOUNT 21. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION

22. AUTHORITY FOR USING OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION:

10 U.S.C. 2304(c)( ) 41 U.S.C. 253(c)( ) (4 copies unless otherwise specified)

23. SUBMIT INVOICES TO ADDRESS SHOWN IN ITEM

24. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 7) CODE 25. PAYMENT WILL BE MADE BY CODE

PART IV - REPRESENTATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS

PART III - LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER ATTACHMENTS

54 - 63

PART II - CONTRACT CLAUSES

USACE, CONTRACTING DIVISION

ATTN: CEMVN-CT, ROOM 172

7400 LEAKE AVE.

NEW ORLEANS LA 70118-3651

FAX:

TEL:

FAX:

TEL:

NOTE: In sealed bid solicitations "offer" and "offeror" mean "bid" and "bidder".

SOLICITATION

64 - 262

6. REQUISITION/PURCHASE NO.

W42HEM81281670

5. DATE ISSUED

10 Oct 2018

4. TYPE OF SOLICITATION

SEALED BID (IFB)

NEGOTIATED (RFP)

[ X ]

3. SOLICITATION NO.

W912P818R0058

Section B - Supplies or Services and Prices

ITEM NO SUPPLIES/SERVICES MAX

QUANTITY

UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT

0001 1 Job Base Year - Cultural Resources Services

FFP

for the Mississippi Valley Division and the Memphis, Vicksburg, or New Orleans Districts within the division in accordance with the attached scope of work and contract terms and conditions. Period of Performance : TBD based upon date of award.

FOB: Destination

MILSTRIP: W42HEM81281670

PURCHASE REQUEST NUMBER: W42HEM81281670

MAX

NET AMT

ITEM NO SUPPLIES/SERVICES MAX

QUANTITY

UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT

0002 1 Job Option Year 1 Cultural Resources Service

FFP

FOB: Destination

MAX

NET AMT

ITEM NO SUPPLIES/SERVICES MAX

QUANTITY

UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT

0003 1 Job Option Year 2 Cultural Resources Service

FFP

FOB: Destination

UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT

0004 1 Job Option Year 3 Cultural Resources Service

FFP

UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT

0005 1 Job Option Year 4 Cultural Resources Service

FFP

CONTRACT MINIMUM/MAXIMUM QUANTITY AND CONTRACT VALUE

The minimum quantity and contract value for all orders issued against this contract shall not be less than the minimum quantity and contract value stated in the following table. The maximum quantity and contract value for all orders issued against this contract shall not exceed the maximum quantity and contract value stated in the following table.

MINIMUM

QUANTITY

MINIMUM

AMOUNT

MAXIMUM

QUANTITY

MAXIMUM

AMOUNT

30,000.00 1,500,000.00

CLIN DELIVERY/TASK ORDER MINIMUM/MAXIMUM QUANTITY AND CLIN ORDER VALUE

The minimum quantity and order value for the given Delivery/Task Order issued for this CLIN shall not be less than the minimum quantity and order value stated in the following table. The maximum quantity and order value for the given Delivery/Task Order issued for this CLIN shall not exceed the maximum quantity and order value stated in the following table.

CLIN

MINIMUM

QUANTITY

MINIMUM

AMOUNT

MAXIMUM

QUANTITY

MAXIMUM

AMOUNT

PRICE SCHEDULE

LINE

ITEM DESCRIPTION UNIT

UNIT

PRICE TOTAL

LABOR

0001 Principal Investigator

0002 Project Manager 0003 Field Archeologist 0004 Archeologist Technician 1 0005 Archeologist Technician 2 0006 Archeologist Technician 3 0007 Laboratory Supervisor 0008 Laboratory Technician 0009 Historian 0010 Cultural Geographer 0011 Architectural Historian 0012 Geomorphologist 0013 Remote Sensing Specialist 0014 Cultural Anhropologist 0015 Sociologist 0016 Marine Archeologist 0017 Industrial Archeologist 0018 Computer Specialist 0019 Statistician 0020 Preservation Specialist 0021 Soils Scientist 0022 Technical Writer 0023 Photographer 0024 Cartographic Technician 0025 Draftsman 0026 Illustrator 0027 Word Processor

LABOR SUBTOTAL

TRAVEL

0028 Mileage – Auto Mile 0029 Mileage – 4WD Mile 0030 Per Diem Man

Day

TRAVEL SUBTOTAL

SPECIAL PROCEDURES

0031 Faunal Analysis 0032 Pollen/Paleobotanical Analysis 0033 Skeletal Analysis 0034 Soil Sample Analysis-Chemical 0035 Soil Sample Analysis-Particle

0036 Radiocarbon Dating 0037 Archeomagnetic Dating

SPECIAL PROCEDURES SUBTOTAL

REPORT DUPLICATING

0038 Pages 0039 Oversize Figures 0040 Cover Stock and Binding

REPORT DULICATING SUBTOTAL

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT

0041 Marine Survey Boat-Inland Waters 0042 Marine Survey Boat-Coastal Waters 0043 Air Boat 0044 Small Motor Boat 0045 Marine Magnetometer 0046 Recording Fathometer 0047 DifferentialGlobal Positioning System 0048 Microwave Positioning System 0049 Electronic Distance Measurer 0050 Two-way Marine Radios 0051 Side-scan Sonar 0052 Sub-bottom Profiler 0053 Underwater Metal Detector 0054 Land Metal Detector 0055 Water pump/Jet System 0056 Surface-supplied Air System 0057 Scuba Gear 0058 Backhoe w/Operator 0059 Water Pump for Excavation Units

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT SUBTOTAL

REIMBURSABLE ITEMS

0060 Curation Processing Fee 0061 Special Equipment 0062 Special Material and Supplies

REIMBURSABLE ITEMS SUBTOTAL

GRAND TOTAL

Option Year 1

ITEM

DESCRIPTION UNIT UNIT

PRICE

TOTAL

LABOR SUBTOTAL

TRAVEL

0028 Mileage – Auto Mile 0029 Mileage – 4WD Mile

0031 Faunal Analysis 0032 Pollen/Paleobotanical Analysis 0033 Skeletal Analysis 0034 Soil Sample Analysis-Chemical 0035 Soil Sample Analysis-Particle 0036 Radiocarbon Dating 0037 Archeomagnetic Dating

SPECIAL PROCEDURES SUBTOTAL

REPORT DUPLICATING

0038 Pages

0039 Oversize Figures 0040 Cover Stock and Binding

REPORT DULICATING SUBTOTAL

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT SUBTOTAL

REIMBURSABLE ITEMS

0060 Curation Processing Fee 0061 Special Equipment 0062 Special Material and Supplies

Option Year 2

ITEM

DESCRIPTION UNIT UNIT

LABOR SUBTOTAL

TRAVEL

0028 Mileage – Auto Mile 0029 Mileage – 4WD Mile

SPECIAL PROCEDURES SUBTOTAL

REPORT DULICATING SUBTOTAL

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT SUBTOTAL

REIMBURSABLE ITEMS

0060 Curation Processing Fee 0061 Special Equipment 0062 Special Material and Supplies

Option 3

ITEM

DESCRIPTION UNIT UNIT

LABOR SUBTOTAL

TRAVEL

0028 Mileage – Auto Mile 0029 Mileage – 4WD Mile

SPECIAL PROCEDURES SUBTOTAL

0040 Cover Stock and Binding

REPORT DULICATING SUBTOTAL

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT SUBTOTAL

REIMBURSABLE ITEMS

0060 Curation Processing Fee 0061 Special Equipment 0062 Special Material and Supplies

Option 4

ITEM

DESCRIPTION UNIT UNIT

LABOR SUBTOTAL

TRAVEL

0028 Mileage – Auto Mile 0029 Mileage – 4WD Mile

SPECIAL PROCEDURES SUBTOTAL

REPORT DULICATING SUBTOTAL

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT SUBTOTAL

REIMBURSABLE ITEMS

0060 Curation Processing Fee 0061 Special Equipment 0062 Special Material and Supplies

Section C - Descriptions and Specifications

SCOPE OF WORK

SCOPE OF WORK FOR

INDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACT

PERFORMANCE OF CULTURAL RESOURCES SERVICES

FOR

THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY DIVISION of

THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

I. INTRODUCTION

The purpose of this contract is to provide a full range of cultural resources related services for projects assigned to the Mississippi Valley Division and the Memphis, Vicksburg, or New Orleans Districts within that division. The Scope of Work outlines the technical and cultural resources capabilities and experience that a contractor must meet throughout contract performance. Additionally, contractors must be familiar with current U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (CE) and other federal regulations, guidelines, and procedures. Finally, the contractor must have the capability to manage and supervise other subcontractors and must demonstrate the ability to handle large volumes of work under strict deadlines.

C-1.0. General Nature of Work to be Performed. The Contractor shall be capable of furnishing expertise in recording, recovering, analyzing, and interpreting all types of prehistoric and historic archeological, cultural, and paleontological data found in the Mississippi Valley Division (MVD). All services required under this contract shall be described in an individual Statement of Work that may include, but not necessarily be limited to, the following types of tasks:

a. background literature, archival, and courthouse record research and informant interviews;

b. preparation of land use histories, including research of Federal, state, and local regulatory agencies; as a part of Corps of Engineers HTRW (Hazardous, toxic, and radioactive waste) studies. Field work will not be necessary to meet this requirement unless specified;

c. geomorphological and environmental reconstruction;

d. reconnaissance and sample surveys;

e. intensive, comprehensive cultural resource surveys;

f. architectural evaluation of standing structures and structure conservation;

g. National Register assessments of engineering structures;

h. test excavation of archeological sites for assessment of National Register eligibility and, if significant, preparation of detailed data recovery plans;

i. assessment of project impacts to cultural resources;

j. various types of mitigation including, but not limited to, archeological data recovery, architectural mitigation measures, Historic American Building Survey /Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey (HABS/HAER/HALS) recordation, scaled drawings, popular histories, and collection of oral histories;

k. preparation of research designs, unanticipated discovery plans, and discovery plans, including peer review, for a broad array of data gathering and resource assessment techniques, ranging from regional, to project, to site specificity;

l. construction monitoring, including hosting and working with tribal monitors;

m. remote sensing techniques including fieldwork and analysis of data;

n. expertise in computerization of data for analyses, and creation or maintenance of meta data, data base files, and models;

o. digitization of map data for GIS manipulation and production of overlays;

p. capability to upload data into existing world wide web sites, or existing digital repositories;

q. stabilization, preservation and curation of recovered remains;

r. preparation of maps and charts;

s. preparation of scientific reports and the ability to provide un-biased peer review of the same;

t. preparation of summary reports for professional journals, the lay public, or the management sector;

u. design and preparation of descriptive interpretive displays as well as video productions, tutorials and teaching aids, educational materials in both digital and analog format for publication and electronic dissemination;

v. preparation of various types of documentation for submission to the State Historic Preservation Officer, Federally recognized consulting American Indian tribes, the Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation as appropriate;

w. maritime/underwater archeology; and

x. Museum Services, exhibit design, curation and collections management of archaeological, natural history, and military collections, including acquisition, assessment, valuation, transportation, stabilization, conservation, rehabilitation, preservation, installation ,and curation of recovered remains, records, and both macro and micro objects.

y. the Contractor shall furnish expert personnel to attend conferences and furnish testimony in any judicial proceedings involving the archeological and historical study, evaluation, analysis and report. When required, arrangements for these services and payment therefore will be made through a separate task order.

z. Support for implementation for NAGPA, ARPA, and the Louisiana Unmarked Human Burial Sites Act.

Task orders may require a combination of the above skills or tasks. All work completed under this contract will satisfy current scientific standards for data collection, analysis, and reporting, as well as the local districts requirements. All work will be performed within the context of an approved, detailed research design which pairs data collection techniques with specific research problems relevant to the designated project area. All data will be analyzed, described, and integrated into scientific reports of findings.

C-1.1. Location of Work. Study areas under this contract will not be limited to the Mississippi Valley Division boundaries. Most work performed under this contract will be located within the boundaries of the Memphis, Vicksburg, and New Orleans Districts.

On occasion, work may be performed outside the boundaries of MVD. Specific project study areas will be stipulated in individual work orders.

C-1.2. Regulatory Compliance and Guidance. Tasks to be performed are in partial fulfillment of the MVD obligations under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, 54 U.S.C. 300101 et seq.; the National Environment Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C.

§4321-4347; Executive Order No. 11593, Protection and Enhancement of Cultural Environment;

the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 469-469c-2 (PL 96-95); and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, Procedures for the Protection of Historic and Cultural Properties (36 CFR Part 800).

All contract work shall comply with applicable DOD directives and Federal, State and local statutes and regulations. A non-inclusive list of relevant statutes is included in Attachment 1.

II. CONTRACTOR SERVICES

The contractor must be technically qualified to provide services to the Division. Cultural resources services to be performed under this contract will be conducted in a manner consistent with the Secretary of Interior’s “Standards and Guidelines for Archaeology and Historic Preservation, 48 Fed. Reg. 44716-44723.

C-2.0. Personnel Standards—See Paragraph V of this Scope of Work.

C-2.1. The Contractor shall designate in writing the name of the Principal Investigator(s) (PI) for each task order. Each PI must meet the Secretary of Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards for Archaeology, Architectural Historian, or Historian. In the event of controversy or court challenge, the Principal Investigator shall be available to testify with respect to report findings. The additional services and expenses will be made through use of a separate task order. If it becomes necessary to designate a new PI for the overall responsibility of this contract, written approval of the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) is required. The Contractor shall provide to the COR a resume of the proposed Co-PI or replacement PI along with a written request for the proposed change. The Principal Investigator, key staff members, and key consultants, shall meet the minimum qualification standards promulgated by the Department of the Interior in 36 CFR Part 61. Each shall have recognized/demonstrable expertise in the type of archeological investigations appropriate for each task order, and shall be responsible for the validity of the data, statements of significance, and conclusions included in the final report. It shall be the responsibility of the PI to maintain the delivery schedule as specified in each task order. The PI will be responsible for maintaining standards of conduct, integrity, and competency for Contractor employees and key consultants.

C-2.2. The Contractor shall keep standard field and laboratory records which may be reviewed by the Contracting Officer. These records shall include field notes, appropriate state site survey forms and any other cultural resource forms and/or records, field maps and photographs necessary to successfully implement requirements of the Scope of Work.

C-2.3. To conduct field investigations, the Contractor will obtain all necessary permits, licenses; and approvals from all local, state and Federal authorities. Should it become necessary in the performance of the work and services of the contractor to secure the right of ingress and egress to perform any of the work required herein on properties not owned or controlled by the Government, the Contractor shall secure the consent of the owner, his representative, or agent, prior to effecting entry on such property. The Contractor will contact the landowner(s) prior to fieldwork simply to inform them when archeologists will be on their property and what they will be doing. Since most fieldwork is destructive, the contractor must backfill all shovel tests, units, and trenches and leave the property as neat as possible. Landowners should be informed if a permanent datum is left at a site. In some districts and projects ingress and egress permissions may be obtained by the local district.

C-2.4. Innovative approaches to data location, collection, description and analysis, consistent with other provisions of this contract and the cultural resources requirements of each district are encouraged.

C-2.5. No mechanical power equipment shall be utilized in any cultural resource activity without specific written permission of the Contracting Officers Representative (COR).

C-2.6. The Contractor, prior to the acceptance of final reports, shall not release any sketch, photographs, report or other material of any nature obtained or prepared under this contract without specific written approval of the Contracting Officer or the Contracting Officers Representative (COR).

C-2.7. The extent and character of the work to be accomplished by the Contractor shall be subject to the general supervision, direction, control and approval of the Contracting Officer. The Contracting Officer may have a representative of the Government present during any or all phases of Scope of Work requirements.

C-2.8. The Contractor shall obtain Corps of Engineers Safety Manual (EM 385-1-1) and comply with all appropriate provisions. Particular attention is directed to safety requirements relating to the deep excavation of soils.

C-2.9. There will be two categories of meetings between Contractor and Contracting Officer: (1) scheduled formal meetings to review contract performance, and (2) informal, unscheduled meetings for clarification, assistance, coordination and discussion. The initial meeting may be held prior to the beginning of fieldwork. Scheduled formal meetings will be scheduled by the Contracting Officer and will be held at a location to be chosen by the Contracting Officer. This may sometimes be on the project site, but generally will be at the office of the Contracting Officer.

C-2.10. Archaeological methods and sites are often of interest to the public, and the Contractor is encouraged to communicate with the public when they visit a work site.

However, inquires from the public regarding USACE project specifics should be forwarded to the Contracting Officer. Under no circumstances should the Contractor take the role of consulting with the public under Section 106 unless directed to take this role by the Contracting Officer. Any inquires regarding USACE projects the Contractor receives from representatives of the media, Native American representatives, or other members of the public must be forwarded directly to the Contracting Officer.

C-2.11. Work will be conducted according to professional and ethical guidelines, including but not limited to the Register of Professional Archaeologist’s ethics code, the Society for American Archaeology’s Principles of Archaeological Ethics, the National Park Service’s National Register Bulletins, and the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and Guidelines for Archaeology and Historic Preservation.

C-3.0 DEFINITIONS.

C-3.1. Cultural Resources are defined to include any building, site, district, structure, object, data, or other material relating to the history, architecture, archeology, or culture of an area.

C-3.2. Background and Literature Search is defined as a comprehensive examination of existing literature and records for the purpose of inferring the potential presence and character of cultural resources in the study area. The examination area may also serve as collateral information to field data in evaluating the eligibility of cultural resources for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places or in ameliorating losses of significant data in such resources.

C-3.3. Intensive Survey is defined as a comprehensive, systematic and detailed on-theground survey of an area, of sufficient intensity to determine the number, types, extent and distribution of cultural resources present and their relationship to project features.

C-3.4. Mitigation is defined as the amelioration of losses of significant prehistoric, historic, or architectural resources which will be accomplished through preplanned actions to avoid, preserve, protect, or minimize adverse effect upon such resources or to recover a representative sample of the data they contain by implementation of scientific research and other professional techniques and procedures. Mitigation of losses of cultural resources includes, but is not limited to, such measures as: (1) recovery and preservation of an adequate sample of archeological data to allow for analysis and published interpretation of the cultural and environmental conditions prevailing at the time(s) the area was utilized by man; (2) recording, through architectural quality photographs and/or measured drawings of buildings, structures, districts, sites and objects and deposition of such documentation in the Library of Congress as a part of the National Architectural and Engineering Record; (3) relocation of buildings, structures and objects; (4) modification of plans or authorized projects to provide for preservation of resources in place; (5) reduction or elimination of impacts by engineering solutions to avoid mechanical effects of wave wash, scour, sedimentation and related processes and the effects of saturation.

C-3.5. Reconnaissance is defined as an on-the-ground examination of selected portions of the study area, and related analysis adequate to assess the general nature of resources in the overall study area and the probable impact on resources of alternative plans under consideration.

Normally reconnaissance will involve the intensive examination of not more than 15 percent of the total proposed impact area. Each state has different guidelines regarding reconnaissance methodology, such as shovel test intervals. It is the Contractor’s responsibility to ensure these guidelines are followed in the appropriate state.

C-3.6. Significance is defined as the importance of a property to the history, architecture, archeology, engineering, or culture of a community. Significance is determined by applying the criteria of eligibility within the framework of a cultural and regional prehistoric/historic context. Integrity is defined as the authenticity of a property’s historic identity, evidenced by the survival of physical characteristics that existed during the resource’s historic or prehistoric period, or by a relative lack of subsurface disturbance on a particular site. In other words, integrity is the ability of a resource to convey its significance. A site may have significance, but could be so disturbed that it lacks integrity, and therefore cannot be eligible for listing on the National Register.

Significance is attributable to those cultural resources of historical, architectural, or archeological value when such properties are included in or have been determined by the Secretary of the Interior to be eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places after evaluation against the criteria contained in 36 CFR 63.

C-3.7. Testing is defined as the systematic removal of the scientific, prehistoric, historic, and/or archeological data that provide an archeological or architectural property with its research or data value. Testing may include controlled surface survey, shovel testing, profiling, and limited subsurface test excavation of the properties to be affected for purposes of research planning, the development of specific plans for research activities, excavation, preparation of notes and records, and other forms of physical removal of data and the material analysis of such data and material, preparation of reports on such data and material and dissemination of reports and other products of the research. Subsurface testing shall not proceed to the level of mitigation.

C-3.8. Analysis is the systematic examination of material data, environmental data, and ethnographic data, written records, or other data, which may be prerequisite to adequately evaluating those qualities, which contribute to their significance.

C-4.0. GENERAL PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS

The Contractor will furnish archaeologists, architectural historians, geomorphologists, historians, historic architects, other specialist as required, and all equipment, supplies, and facilities required to provide cultural resources services, as defined below. These services will include documentary research, discussions with knowledgeable individuals and a review of existing cultural resources studies to develop detailed research designs and an archaeological testing program. Services may also include subsurface testing, remote sensing surveys, and terrestrial or underwater investigation of impact areas.

C-4.1. Research Design. The contractor shall develop a Work Plan/Research Design that specifically states the theoretical and methodological approaches to be followed during the Phase I/Phase II investigation. The plan/design links theory, known information, research goals, and methods (ARMR 1989); the level of detail will be dependent upon the magnitude of the undertaking.

C-4.1.1. Phase I survey or Phase II, testing and data recovery (mitigation) shall be conducted within the framework of a regional research design including, where appropriate, requirements of the applicable State Preservation Plan. All typological units not generated in these investigations shall be adequately referenced. It should be noted that artifact typologies constructed for other areas may or may not be suitable for use in the study area. It is, therefore, of great importance that considerable effort be spent in recording and describing artifact characteristics treated as analytically diagnostic in this study as well as explicit reasons for assigning (or not assigning) specific artifacts to various classificatory units. Specific requirements of research designs undertaken as individual work items will be listed in task orders. At a minimum, the work items will require a report/research design that is in accordance with report requirements laid out in C-9 and approved by the Contracting Officer.

C-4.2. Cultural Resources Assessment. The Contractor will conduct historic and archival literature research to determine the potential for archaeological sites, standing structures, and any other cultural resources on and near the area identified in the task order. The literature review and records search will provide sufficient data to define area research problems and provide a context within which cultural resources significance may be accurately assessed. The records search will include, but not be limited to, information available from the National Register of Historic Places, the State Historic Preservation Offices (SHPO), local historic societies, court records, and ethnohistoric sources. Land use history may also be required, as well as a physical examination of a sample of the project area to facilitate formulation of cultural resources site predictive models. The cultural resources assessment will culminate in a report that:

a. Identifies and maps the locations of all previously located or reported cultural resources;

b. Summarizes the geomorphological, ecological, and cultural histories of the area as they pertain to the location, identification, and evaluation of historic properties;

c. Summarizes all previous archaeological investigations and evaluate the reliability of the data in terms of contemporary methodologies and research objectives;

d. Develops a set of research objectives specific to the project area; and

e. Utilizes the preceding information to develop statistically valid survey sampling strategies and field methods that are appropriate for the specific objectives, using specified data collection and analysis techniques.

f. The Contractor shall include as an appendix to the draft and final reports, written evidence of all discussions and interviews and any subsequent response(s), including the dates of such communications.

g. The background and literature search shall be performed in such a manner as to facilitate the construction of predictive statements (to be included in the study report) concerning the probable quantity, character, and distribution of cultural resources within the project area. In addition, information obtained in the background and literature search should be of such scope and detail as to serve as an adequate data base for subsequent cultural resources work undertaken for the purpose of discerning the character and significance of specific cultural resources or for the construction of research designs undertaken in conjunction with future area cultural resources tasks.

C-4.3. Cultural Resources Phase I Reconnaissance Survey—Terrestrial. A Phase I reconnaissance survey should visually inspect the ground surface to determine presence or absence of archaeological remains including inspection and verification of previously recorded resources as well as locating previously unknown cultural resources. Phase I reconnaissance surveys may be directed toward locating archaeological sites, initial examinations of existing buildings or other aspects of the built environment, or at objects within the project area. Phase I reconnaissance surveys should tentatively identify cultural resources by categories of significance. The contractor will provide a recommendation of for each resource as to where it falls within one of three National Register of Historic Places categories: 1) eligible, 2) insufficient information to determine eligibility (undetermined), or 3) not eligible.

a. A primary objective of the Phase 1 Reconnaissance level investigation is to perform surface collection of diagnostic artifacts and record location of distributions, and assess the degree and extent of impact on cultural resources of proposed project alternatives. The reconnaissance shall be of such a magnitude and nature as to provide predictive statements, to be included in the study report, concerning the numbers, types, and distribution of various cultural resources throughout the study area.

b. Unless otherwise documented by the background and literature search the underlying assumption guiding the formulation of the sampling design utilized in the reconnaissance level investigation is that sites are located relative to such variables as environmental features and that past cultures located their sites in adaptive relation to these variables. It is, therefore, axiomatic that sites are not distributed randomly across landscapes.

c. Unless another fraction is determined by the Contracting Officer to be appropriate, the reconnaissance level investigation will examine a 15 percent sample of the entire study area utilizing a 30-meter survey interval unless otherwise specified.

d. The use of probability sampling procedures is highly encouraged. If such procedures are employed, the Contractor should exercise caution in insuring that it is possible, within the terms of this contract, to implement the statistically valid sampling design submit. Due consideration should be given, during the formulation of the sampling design, to such factors as vegetal ground cover, landforms, probable weather conditions and the nature and extent of analysis and fieldwork necessary to arrive at supportable predictive statements, concerning cultural resources in the project area. The sampling design should include a discussion of such factors as the types and sizes of sample units to be employed (ex: quadrants or transects) as well as the types of data retrieval (ex: shovel units, surface observational units) to be used. Unless otherwise approved by the Contracting Officer, field data retrieval techniques shall be consistent with those provided by this Scope of Work. The sampling design should also address the nature of planned sampling procedures (stratified proportional, stratified disproportional, systematic, etc.) and the rational(s) for their use in view of known data including that obtained in the background and literature search.

e. Data resulting from the reconnaissance shall be of such sufficient magnitude to allow the Corps of Engineers to make an informed decision and/or finding and be presented in such a manner that an outside party can understand the basis for that decision or finding. The report of reconnaissance activities, consequently, shall discuss in general terms, recommendation for further study and testing and, where appropriate, the project cost and time requirements of legally mandated cultural resource studies of various proposed construction alternatives in the study area.

f. The type and nature of site specific investigations will be detailed in the reconnaissance task order or may be stipulated in a separate task order.

C-4.4. Phase I Intensive Survey and Site Delineation—Terrestrial. A Phase II survey is designed to investigate and evaluate potentially significant resources located during Phase I survey work and to arrive at a determination on the significance of the subject cultural resource. The results of a Phase II investigation will be reported in both draft and final form, suitable for publication, as specified below. A Phase II survey may entail both archaeological and structural investigations and will employ on-site assessment methods identical to those described for the Phase I survey above. In addition to the methods outlined above, a Phase II survey will:

a. Determine whether or not a location contains materials and deposits of such nature and condition as to meet the criteria of eligibility for inclusion on the

NRHP,

b. Shovel testing—Within each area identified as a site during Phase I investigations, or in other areas where the ground surface is covered, a grid will be superimposed over the area to be investigated. At the intersection of each grid line, a shovel test unit will be hand excavated. The dimensions of each unit will be approximately 30 centimeters long and 30 centimeters wide by 50 centimeters deep (or 10 centimeters below the bottom of the plow zone). The unit fill will be screened using ¼-inch mesh hardware cloth. The bottoms of each of the units will be trowel scraped and visually examined. Each unit will be recorded onto a standardized recording log. Following recordation, each unit will be backfilled.

The number and types of artifacts and features encountered during this activity will be reported by unit. All field methods, observations, and results will be thoroughly recorded. Recordation shall include, but not be limited to, a daily log, unit and/or shovel test pit (STP) level sheets, artifact lists, photo-documentation, sketch maps, and unit sidewall profiles. Photocopies of field shovel test logs will be presented in an appendix of the draft and final reports, and results will be presented in the body of the report.

c. Provide descriptions of buildings and other structures, including floor plans,

d. Produce a detailed historic context for structures based on archival research and compare the subject with other reported buildings, or comparable archaeological remains, to determine if other, perhaps better, examples exist,

e. Prepare building condition assessments, if required by this phase of work.

f. When cultural remains are encountered, preliminary horizontal site boundaries shall be derived by the use of surface observation procedures. The Contractor shall establish a primary site datum at the discovered cultural loci, which shall be precisely related to a permanent reference point (in terms of azimuth and distance) by means of a transit level. If possible, the permanent reference point used shall appear on Government blueline (project) drawings and/or 7.5 minute U.S.G.S. quad maps. If no permanent landmark is available, a permanent datum, consisting minimally of a metal rod, shall be established in a secure location for use as a reference point. The permanent datum shall be precisely plotted and shown on U.S.G.S. quad maps and project drawings. All descriptions of site location shall refer to the location of the primary site datum.

g. All standing buildings and structures (other than those patently modern, i.e., less than 50 years old) shall be recorded and described. For a building to be considered a standing structure it must retain four walls and at least a skeletal roof structure. A building or structure found in the field to be partially or totally collapsed will be considered an archeological site. In these cases, general data concerning construction materials and techniques and floor plan, if discernible, must be collected. The Contractor shall supply preliminary information concerning the suitability of a structure or building for relocation and restoration (structural soundness for example).

h. For each archeological site or architectural property recorded during the survey, the Contractor shall complete and submit the standard state archeological site or architectural property survey form, respectively. The Contractor shall be responsible for submitting information in the standardized format required of any SHPO to meet the needs of the project. The Contractor shall be responsible for coordinating with the appropriate state agency to obtain state site-file numbers for each archeological site and architectural property recorded.

C-4.5. Site Surface Testing/Evaluation

a. Surface collection of the site area shall be accomplished in order to obtain data representative of total site surface content. Both historic and prehistoric items shall be collected. The Contractor shall carefully note and report descriptions of surface conditions of the site including ground cover and the suitability of soil surfaces for detecting cultural items (ex: recent rainfall, standing water or mud). If ground surfaces are not highly conductive to surface collection, screened shovel tests units shall be used to augment surface collection procedures. It should be noted, however, that such units should be substituted for total surface collection only where the presence of ground cover requires such techniques.

b. Care should be taken to avoid bias in collection certain classes of data or artifact types to the exclusion of others (ex: debitage or faunal remains) so as to insure that collections accurately reflect both the full range and the relative proportions of data classes present (ex: the proportion of debitage to finished implements or types of implements to each other). Such a collecting strategy shall require the total collection of quadrant or other sample units in sufficient quantities to reasonably assure that sample data are representative of such discrete site subareas as may exist. Since the number and placement of such sample units will depend, in part, on the subjective evaluation of intrasite variability, and the amount of ground cover, the Contractor shall describe in the study report the rationale for the number and distribution of collection units. In the event that the Contractor utilizes systematic sampling procedures in obtaining representative surface samples, care should be taken to avoid periodicity in recovered data. No individual sample unit type used in surface data collection shall exceed 25 percent of total site areas. No two-collection units shall be adjacent to each other unless otherwise approved by the Contracting Officer. Detailed results of controlled surface collections shall be graphically depicted in plan view in the report of investigations.

c. The Contractor shall undertake (in addition and subsequent to sample surface collecting) a general site collection in order to increase the sample size of certain classes of data which the Principal Investigator may deem prerequisite to an adequate sitespecific and intersite evaluation of data.

d. As an alternative to surface collecting procedures discussed above, where surface visibility is excellent, the Contractor may collect all visible artifacts. If such a procedure is undertaken, the precise provenience of all individual artifacts shall be related to the primary site datum by means of a transit level.

e. Site surface evaluation may be combined with Phase I Intensive Survey and Site Delineation procedures or conducted separately under a different task order.

C-4.6. Cultural Resources Phase II NRHP Testing. Subsurface testing and evaluation may include but not be limited to the excavation of formal test units, excavation of informal test units (ex: shovel tests), block excavations, mechanical excavation, stripping and feature excavation. The purpose of Phase III excavation is to determine both the horizontal and vertical extent of the site, along with its function and significance. Subsurface testing will be employed within each area previously identified as a site during Phase I and Phase II surveys.

Testing will consist of the following:

a. Test excavation units—The precise number of units to be excavated, and the depths of units, will be stipulated in individual task orders. All artifact concentrations and features encountered will be plotted, mapped, and photographed in situ.

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