ArcGIS StoryMap Development for Nez Perce Cultural Sites
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- W9127N26QA111
- Agency
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ENDIST Portland
US Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 541720 Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities
- Place of performance
- Lapwai, Idaho, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The United States Army Corps of Engineers intends to award a noncompetitive firm fixed-price contract to the Nez Perce Tribe by September 30, 2026, for ArcGIS StoryMap development documenting four Historic Properties of Religious and Cultural Significance to Indian Tribes located within The Dalles and John Day Dam Operating Projects.
The contract is sole-source to the Nez Perce Tribe based on exclusive access to confidential tribal historical information and unique expertise in Nez Perce cultural knowledge; USACE and Bonneville Power Administration determined no known alternatives exist that possess equivalent knowledge of Nez Perce tribal history or authority to speak on the Tribe's behalf. The work constitutes partial mitigation for adverse effects to four Traditional Cultural Properties caused by operation and maintenance of The Dalles Lock and Dam and John Day Lock and Dam. These sites are part of the historic trail system connecting Nez Perce homelands in the Palouse region of Idaho and Washington to traditional trading and gathering places along the middle Columbia River.
The expanded StoryMap will incorporate current and historic photos, natural resource descriptions, events, and traditional practices within the four identified TCPs and along the associated trail. Performance location encompasses the four TCP sites within the two dam operating projects in Oregon and Washington. Work is classified under NAICS 541720 (Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities) and PSC B503 (Special Studies/Analysis—Archeological/Paleontological). Award is anticipated by September 30, 2026. A pre-solicitation notice response is due July 10, 2026.
Notice text
The United States Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) intends to award before 30 September 2026, a noncompetitive firm fixed price contract to the Nez Perce Tribe as partial mitigation for adverse effects to four Historic Properties of Religious and Cultural Significance to Indian Tribes or Traditional Cultural Properties (TCPs) located within The Dalles and John Day Dam Operating Projects. USACE and Bonneville Power Administration, in consultation with the Tribal and State participants of the Wana Pa Koot Koot Cooperating Group, has determined that the operation and maintenance of The Dalles Lock and Dam and the John Day Lock and Dam has caused and is continuing to cause adverse effects to four TCPs which are part of the system of trails connecting the Nez Perce homelands in the Palouse region of Idaho and Washington to their traditional trading and gathering places along the middle Columbia River.
The purpose of this firm-fixed-price contract will be to expand the existing ArcGIS StoryMap, adding the four identified TCPs. The StoryMap will include current and historic photos, descriptions of natural resources, events, and traditional practices that take place within the four TCPs, as well as those that embody the journey along the trail.
The project requires technical expertise and access to unique and confidential information held only by the Nez Perce Tribe, a federally recognized tribe as identified in 84 Federal Register 1200. There are no known alternatives for these services that possess the knowledge of the Nez Perce tribal history or could speak on the Nez Perce Tribe’s behalf.
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