WRFO Cultural Resource Inventory, Colorado

White River Field Office Cultural Resource Inventory, Northwest Colorado, 2861 acres

The Bureau of Land Management, Colorado, has a requirement for an archaeological Class III Cultural Resource Inventory of 2,861 acres on 33 units ranging from 1 to 411 acres in Rio Blanco and Moffat Counties.

Details are included in the solicitation and Statement of Work attached to this RFQ. No site visit is scheduled but maps are included at the end the Statement of Work.

This solicitation is being issued as a total small business set-aside. The NAICS associated with this solicitation is 541620 Environmental Consulting Services, which has a small business size standard of $16.5M.

Award decision will be based on a Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable basis. See provision FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation on page 3 of the solicitation.

Technical: Technically acceptable means that the offeoror includes a technical description of how it will accomplish the work, detail in addressing how standards and procedures for WRFO and Colorado are achieved to ensure a high quality product that requires minimal review and correction by the reviewing official, and on the quality of past work demonstrated by example of acceptable work in northwest Colorado (Submit a minimum of 2 and no more than 4). We also request a list of project leads and their experience conducting cultural surveys in Colorado.
The contractor must have a valid Colorado consulting archaeological permit or be able to obtain a permit (see BLM Handbook for more information). The contractor must also have, or be able to obtain, a Colorado Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation consulting permit prior to conducting work in the field office. In addition, the contractor must also carry a Fieldwork Authorization Form (FAF) at all times when conducting fieldwork.
Before an award is made the apparently successful offeror, if it does not already have the required permit, must obtain it within 45 days of notification of selection for award or the offer will be withdrawn.

Past Performance: The offeror must have satisfactory past performance. If the offeror has records in the CPARS system (Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System, www.cpars.gov) the ratings may not be less than Satisfactory. If Marginal or Unsatisfactory CPARS records do exist the offeror shall include a description of the problems encountered and steps taken to ensure the issues have been corrected. The Contracting Officer will review the information submitted.

Price - Offeror shall propose a firm fixed price for each of the tasks listed in the SOW and a total price for all tasks


Technical questions regarding this RFQ shall be submitted in writing only via email to the Contract Specialist Laura StJohn at lstjohn@blm.gov by no later than Friday March 10, 2023 at 4:00 pm MT. Any questions received will be answered via an amendment to the solicitation on or about Friday March 17, 2023. If no questions are received no amendment will be issued.

Quotes shall be submitted via email to lstjohn@blm.gov by no later than Friday March 24, 2023 at 4:00 pm MT. Please be sure to include the RFQ number (140L3723Q0020) in the subject line of the email to ensure your quote is properly identified. All quotes received will be acknowledged with a return email. Due to system limitations submissions through sam.gov or FBMS/PRISM will not be accepted. Offerors must be actively registered in the System for Award Management (sam.gov) as of the closing date and time of this solicitation.