Patrick Kuntz

Patrick Kuntz, operating as Kuntz Field Research Archaeology, a sole proprietorship based in Billings, Montana, delivers Class III archaeological field surveys and cultural resource inventories to federal land management agencies as a small business prime contractor, competing under small-business set-asides and full-and-open competitions.

Kuntz Field Research Archaeology's capability portfolio centers on pedestrian archaeological surveys, site documentation using Montana State Historic Preservation Office and Bureau of Land Management forms, National Register of Historic Places eligibility evaluation, and preparation of professional inventory reports in GIS format. The vendor executes systematic foot-survey transects across large acreage blocks—typically 850 to 14,913 acres per project—with site recording, limited testing where approved, and deliverables including hard-copy and digital site forms, photographs, field notes, and GIS shapefiles. Representative recent work includes a $280,520 Class III cultural resource inventory across 11 project areas totaling approximately 14,913 acres in eight Montana counties (Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region, July 2026, performance through December 2027), a $57,640 intensive field inventory of 2,305.6 acres in the Scratchgravel Hills near Helena (BLM Montana-Dakotas Region, July 2026, performance through September 2027), and a $48,385 comprehensive archaeological survey of 6,641 acres in prescribed burn units at the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument (BLM Montana-Dakotas Region, April 2025). All work carries prevailing wage obligations under the Montana Service Contract Act.

Customer concentration is heavily concentrated in Interior Bureau of Land Management programs. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Montana-Dakotas Region anchors 12 awards valued at $698 thousand (combined potential value), and the Idaho Region contributes an additional $281 thousand, accounting for 49% of the vendor's combined potential value across all awards. The Bureau of Indian Affairs Rocky Mountain Region, BLM Wyoming Region, and U.S. Forest Service Northern Region round out the active customer set. Kuntz Field Research Archaeology operates primarily under an Interior IDC vehicle (Indefinite Delivery Contract NAC020038) carrying 40 task orders valued at $1.2 million. Over the past five years, award velocity has been modest—two awards in 2025 and two in 2026, following a dry spell in 2020–2022—with two awards (combined potential value $338 thousand) reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore subject to recompete exposure.