NRCS-New Mexico Cultural Resources Inventory and Recordation Services
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 12FPC326Q0037
- Agency
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Farm Production and Conservation
Department of Agriculture
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 541620 Environmental Consulting Services
- PSC
- F999 Other Environmental Services
- Place of performance
- New Mexico, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), part of the Department of Agriculture's Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation, seeks an intensive pedestrian cultural resources inventory across four conservation projects totaling 2,647 acres in De Baca, Guadalupe, San Miguel, and Torrance Counties, New Mexico, with proposals due August 11, 2026. This procurement is set aside exclusively for small business concerns under NAICS 541620 (Environmental Consulting Services, $19.0 million size standard).
Work is performed on private lands and New Mexico State Trust lands across the four counties. The NRCS projects involve conservation practices funded through the Farm Bill and are undertakings subject to Section 106 review under the National Historic Preservation Act; the contractor must identify historic properties within the Area of Potential Effect before implementation can proceed. The Principal Investigator must hold a current New Mexico Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation permit meeting Secretary of Interior professional standards. The contractor must demonstrate expertise in cultural resources fieldwork and New Mexico archaeology, conduct records reviews, perform intensive pedestrian surveys using transects spaced no more than 15 meters apart, document all cultural resources per New Mexico standards, and register surveys in the New Mexico Cultural Resource Information System (NMCRIS) with GIS data and photographic documentation.
Period of performance runs August 15, 2026 through July 31, 2027, with estimated fieldwork completion within 180 days and an anticipated award of one firm-fixed-price contract. Evaluation uses Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) methodology weighted across Personnel Qualifications/Technical Capability, Compliance/Capacity and Management Capability, Past Experience, and Price. The contract is subject to Service Contract Act wage determinations applicable to the three New Mexico counties. Payment is structured at 50% upon fieldwork completion, 25% upon draft report submission, and 25% upon NRCS approval of final deliverables. Technical questions are due August 3, 2026.
Notice text
The NRCS is soliciting proposals from Contractors for the completion of an intensive pedestrian cultural resources inventory of four (4) projects where undertakings are planned. The project areas occur on private lands and New Mexico State Trust lands located in De Baca, Guadalupe, San Miguel, and Torrance Counties, New Mexico. For these undertakings, the NRCS New Mexico is providing technical and financial assistance to agricultural producers to implement conservation practices that have potential to affect cultural resources within the delineated project areas. The project areas range in size between 170 and 1,091 acres, with a combined acreage of 2,647 acres. The proposed conservation practices in the project areas are intended to improve overall range conditions, reduce soil losses, improve wildlife habitat, and increase forage production. Because these projects will receive Federal funding from the NRCS through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Bill, the proposed conservation practices are considered undertakings subject to review for potential impacts to historic properties under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). Identification of cultural resources within the area of potential effects (APE) is therefore necessary before implementation of the proposed conservation practices may occur.
Contractors will complete an intensive pedestrian cultural resources inventory of the indicated APEs to identify historic properties that may be adversely affected as a result of the proposed undertaking(s). As stated previously, and as shown on the attached project maps, the APE’s for the projects total 2,647 acres of private and New Mexico State Trust lands located in De Baca, Guadalupe, San Miguel, and Torrance Counties, New Mexico. The planned conservation practices and standard buffers guided the development of the APE for the purposes of these projects.
Any/all questions must be submitted in writing to amy.smith2@usda.gov no later than August 3, 2026, 5:00pm ET.
Please see RFQ documents/attachments below for complete details.
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