Cultural Resource Surveys

On or about 10 August 2022, the Government intends to issue a solicitation for “National Register Testing, Evaluation, and Form Preparation at Big Bend, Fort Randall, and Gavins Point Project Lands, South Dakota and Nebraska”.  The solicitation will close on or about 09 September 2022.   The solicitation is restricted to Small Businesses.   

Project Description: 

The contractor will perform archaeological testing and National Register Evaluation (Phase II Archaeological Investigation) of 27 archaeological sites totaling approximately 101 acres of land belonging to USACE Lake Project Offices, with options for an additional four sites and 44 acres, and produce draft National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) Nomination forms (NPS Form-10-900) for sites recommended eligible for listing to facilitate USACE’s management responsibilities under Sections 106 and 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA).

The Period of Performance for this effort is 730 days after award.

NAICS Code: 

The Primary North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code anticipated for solicitation is 541720, Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities with a size standard for Small Business of $24.5M.

Obtaining Solicitation Documents:

Solicitation documents will be posted to the web via SAM.gov (sam.gov).

Find solicitation announcement in SAM.gov (sam.gov).

1. Use the ‘All Award Data' to locate the project (by entering the solicitation number.
2. By using the ‘login' feature, it allows additional search features and allows you to keep your searches. Login might be required on some solicitations that are considered restricted.
3. Once you have located your project, click on link to solicitation to view the project.  Files may be downloaded from the column on the left side reading ‘Attachments/Links’. 

Contracting Office Address:

USACE Omaha District

1616 Capital Ave, Omaha, NE 68102-4901

Point Of Contact:

All questions regarding this pre-solicitation should be made to the Contract Specialist, who can be reached by email: Brianna.Boehne@usace.army.mil

Place of Performance:

All work will be conducted on lands currently owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) at Big Bend and Fort Randall Project in South Dakota and Gavins Point Project in Nebraska. After award of the contract, the USACE will provide the contractor shapefiles that identify the site locations.

Note:  Offerors please be advised that an online registration requirement in System for Award Management (SAM) database http://www.sam.gov/ exists and directed solicitation provisions concerning electronic annual Representations and Certifications on SAM.  Representations and certifications are required to be up-dated annually as a minimum to keep information current, accurate and complete.  The electronic annual representations and certifications are effective for one year from date of submission or update to SAM. Solicitation documents will be posted to the web via SAM.gov (sam.gov).   Registration is required to access solicitation documents. SAM.gov provides secure access to acquisition-related information, synopsis or pre-solicitation notices and amendments.