Cultural Resources Assessment - Round 2

This is a non-personnel services contract to conduct a Phase I cultural resources survey including a literature search and background review, field surveys, and associated reporting for the proposed Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Wetland Reserve Easement (WRE) Program study areas.

An intensive Phase I cultural resources assessment will be conducted by the contractor to aid in the agency's compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) (16 U.S.C. §470) and its implementing regulations (36 C.F.R. Part 800). The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform the cultural resources survey in the WRE study areas as defined in this Performance Work Statement (PWS), except for those items specified as government furnished property and services. The contractor shall perform to the standards in this contract.

The goal of the Phase I cultural resources assessment under this contract is to locate, record, establish vertical and horizontal site boundaries as appropriate, and evaluate the significance and eligibility of cultural resources (archaeological sites and other types of historic resources) identified within the WRE study areas for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The results of the investigations will be important in developing restoration plans and assessing the potential effects of the WRP project to cultural resources within the project areas and surrounding environs.