SAM #W9127N26QA111

ArcGIS StoryMap Expansion for Nez Perce Cultural Sites

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Portland District, is seeking to award a noncompetitive firm-fixed-price contract to the Nez Perce Tribe for the expansion of an existing ArcGIS StoryMap. - Government Buyer: - United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Portland District - Vendors/OEMs: - Nez Perce Tribe (sole-source service provider) - Products/Services Requested: - Expansion of an ArcGIS StoryMap to include four Historic Properties of Religious and Cultural Significance (Traditional Cultural Properties, TCPs) at The Dalles and John Day Dam Operating Projects - Documentation to include current and historic photos, descriptions of natural resources, events, and traditional practices associated with the sites and connecting trail system - Unique/Notable Requirements: - The Nez Perce Tribe is the only entity with the required technical expertise and access to unique, confidential information necessary for this project - The contract serves as partial mitigation for adverse effects to culturally significant sites - No commercial OEMs or physical products are requested; the procurement is solely for specialized cultural documentation and mapping services

Description

The United States Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) intends to award before 30 September 2026, a noncompetitive firm fixed price contract to the Nez Perce Tribe as partial mitigation for adverse effects to four Historic Properties of Religious and Cultural Significance to Indian Tribes or Traditional Cultural Properties (TCPs) located within The Dalles and John Day Dam Operating Projects. USACE and Bonneville Power Administration, in consultation with the Tribal and State participants of the Wana Pa Koot Koot Cooperating Group, has determined that the operation and maintenance of The Dalles Lock and Dam and the John Day Lock and Dam has caused and is continuing to cause adverse effects to four TCPs which are part of the system of trails connecting the Nez Perce homelands in the Palouse region of Idaho and Washington to their traditional trading and gathering places along the middle Columbia River. 

The purpose of this firm-fixed-price contract will be to expand the existing ArcGIS StoryMap, adding the four identified TCPs. The StoryMap will include current and historic photos, descriptions of natural resources, events, and traditional practices that take place within the four TCPs, as well as those that embody the journey along the trail.

The project requires technical expertise and access to unique and confidential information held only by the Nez Perce Tribe, a federally recognized tribe as identified in 84 Federal Register 1200. There are no known alternatives for these services that possess the knowledge of the Nez Perce tribal history or could speak on the Nez Perce Tribe’s behalf.

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