NRCS-Utah Cultural Resources Inventory Services, San Juan County
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 12FPC326Q0036
- 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
- Utah, United States
- Points of contact
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About this opportunity
The Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service seeks an intensive pedestrian cultural resources inventory of approximately 1,725 acres across San Juan County, Utah and Dolores County, Colorado to satisfy Section 106 National Historic Preservation Act compliance before implementing federal-funded mechanical brush management and range planting projects, with quotations due August 10 and questions due July 31. This is a Total Small Business Set-Aside.
Place of performance is Utah and Colorado. Of the 1,725-acre area of potential effects, approximately 460 acres in San Juan County have been previously inventoried; the contractor must conduct a Class III intensive pedestrian survey across 1,265 acres using transects spaced no more than 15 meters apart and revisit ten previously recorded archaeological sites. The Principal Investigator must hold a current permit under 36 CFR 61.5 from Utah's Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation and meet the Secretary of the Interior's Professional Standards for Archaeologists.
Performance period runs August 15, 2026 through July 31, 2027. Fieldwork must be completed within 60 days of task order issuance, with exceptions for weather delays. Payment is structured as 40% upon fieldwork completion, 30% upon draft report submission, and 30% upon final report acceptance and State Historic Preservation Office concurrence. Draft reports are due within 30 days of fieldwork completion; final reports within 15 days of receiving NRCS comments.
The NAICS code is 541620, Environmental Consulting Services, with a small business size standard of $19 million. Service Contract Labor Standards apply; Environmental Technicians are subject to a wage determination of $29.84 per hour. Award will be made on a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable basis to a single offeror, evaluated on personnel qualifications and technical capability, compliance and management capability, and past experience, with price evaluated only for technically acceptable proposals.
Notice text
NRCS Utah is soliciting proposals from Cultural Resource Management Firms (Contractor) for the completion of an intensive pedestrian cultural resources inventory of approximately 1725 acres of private lands with roughly 1,545 acres located in San Juan County, Utah, and roughly 180 acres located in Dolores County, Colorado. Of the total 1,725 acre-APE, approximately 460 acres within San Juan County, Utah have been recently previously inventoried and a repeat Class III inventory of this acreage is not necessary, as further detailed in Section B. Scope below. For this undertaking, NRCS Utah is providing technical and financial assistance to Robinson Livestock and Chris Halls to implement mechanical brush management and range planting projects that are intended to improve overall range conditions, reduce soil losses, improve wildlife habitat, and increase forage production.
Projects that receive Federal funding from the NRCS through the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Bill are considered undertakings that are subject to review for potential impacts to historic properties under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) as set forth in 36 CFR 800. The NRCS has assumed the role of lead Federal Agency and is responsible for compliance with Section 106 of the NHPA. Identification of cultural resources within the area of potential effects (APE) for this undertaking is therefore necessary prior to the range management practice implementation.
The authorized Contractor will complete an intensive pedestrian cultural resources inventory of the APE to identify historic properties that may be adversely affected because of the undertaking. As shown on the attached project maps, the APE for this project consists of approximately 1725 acres of private lands; roughly 1,545 acres of which is located in San Juan County, Utah, and 180 acres of which is located in Dolores County, Colorado. The individual practice APEs were used to define the cultural resources inventory area for the purposes of this project. Of the total 1,725 acre-APE, roughly 460 acres within San Juan County have been previously inventoried under UDSH Project No. U21HV0293. A repeat class III inventory of this acreage is not necessary; however, the ten (10) previously recorded sites in this portion of the current APE should be revisited and updated if warranted. Therefore, intensive Class III pedestrian inventory of 1,265 acres of the total 1,725-acre APE, and revisits to the ten previously recorded sites within the U21HV0293 project area constitutes the scope of this project.
Any/all questions must be submitted in writing to amy.smith2@usda.gov no later than July 31, 2026, 5:00pm ET.
Please see RFQ documents/attachments below for complete details.
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