Management of cultural resources, historic properties, TCPs, and HPRCSIT

Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source contract to the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (CTCR) for non-personal, professional services for the management of cultural resources, historic properties, traditional cultural properties (TCPs), and Historic Properties of Religious and Cultural Significance to Indian Tribes (HPRCSIT).

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Northwestern Division (NWD), Seattle District (NWS), Contracting Division (CT, intends to award a service contract pursuant to the authority of FAR 13.501(a)(1) in accordance with 41 U.S.C 1901, sole source acquisition under simplified procedures for certain commercial services.

Services include: periodic reservoir shoreline monitoring, archaeological site monitoring, providing input for cultural management planning, attendance at site visits and Chief Joseph Dam Project Cooperating Group meetings, identification and assessment of archaeological/traditional cultural property sites and reporting, contacting and educating the public regarding tribal policies and efforts to reduce vandalism risk to the resources, training sessions, and emergency relocation of inadvertent discovery(ies) of ancestral human remains.

Place of Performance: Services will be performed within the historical aboriginal territory of the constituent tribes of the CTCR surrounding Chief Joseph Dam in Washington State.

Period of Performance:

15 June 2023 to 14 June 2024

15 June 2024 to 14 June 2025

15 June 2025 to 14 June 2026

15 June 2026 to 14 June 2027

15 June 2027 to 14 June 2028

The proposed action will be a Commercial, Firm Fixed-Price, Indefinite Delivery/ Indefinite Quantity, Service type contract.

The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS Code) for this project is: 541720- Research and Development in the Social Sciences. The size standard is $24.5M.

This notice is posted for informational purposes only and is not a request for competitive quotes. There is no expectation of increasing competition for these requirements due to the sensitive and integral nature of the tasks to the people of the CTCR. Interested firms must identify their interest and provide documentation demonstrating their capability (include detailed historical information) demonstrating the ability to meet the above requirements by e-mailing Contract Specialist Alfonso Nolasco at alfonso.nolasco@usace.army.mil no later than 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time May 9, 2023.

A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Any information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a competitive procurement. No requests for capability briefings will be honored as a result of this notice. Interested sources who submit data are responsible for appropriately marking information if it is proprietary in nature. If potential offerors choose to submit information, past performance and references regarding capability to perform these services must be provided along with the statement of capability. The Government will not award a contract based on the information received, nor reimburse participants for information they provide. Information provided is strictly voluntary. The Government reserves the right not to compete the proposed purchase order based on responses received to this notice. This requirement may be awarded without further notice.