Utah Public Procurement Place U3P #BD27-120

Cherry Fire cultural-resources inventory and reporting services

The State of Utah is seeking cultural-resources survey and reporting services for Cherry Fire rehabilitation in Juab County. - Government buyer: State of Utah Division of Purchasing (Utah State Purchasing), with the Wildlife procurement unit; project agencies include the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire & State Lands (FFSL), Trust Lands Administration (TLA), and Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR). Utah State Historic Preservation Office (Utah SHPO) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requirements are also referenced; BLM land is excluded from the project area. - Project scope: Approximately 4,556 acres of TLA and private lands, with new inventory across about 4,095 acres. The remaining approximately 461 acres are excluded from new survey, subject to required site revisits. - Services: Background research for the project area and a quarter-mile buffer; approximately 2,098 acres of intensive Class III survey using 15-meter transects and 1,997 acres of Class II survey using 30-meter transects; revisits and updates to qualifying recorded sites, including site 42TO3315; resource documentation and National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility recommendations; and rolling consultation and final reporting. - Deliverables and requirements: Utah SHPO/BLM-compliant reports, site forms, GIS and tabular data, isolated-find data, photographs, and rolling-consultation spreadsheets and shapefiles. Rolling materials are due within seven working days after each field session. The work must be led by a principal investigator with a PLPCO permit; GPS documentation must meet submeter accuracy requirements, and field staff must be qualified and supervised. - OEMs and vendors: No commercial OEMs, vendors, or resellers are named in the supplied materials. - Commercial structure: The work is priced as a lump sum; the price must cover the project scope, without increases for unexpected or excessive findings.

Description

This invitation for bids seeks an archaeological survey and cultural resources work for the Cherry Fire Rehabilitation project in Juab County, Utah, on Trust Lands Administration and private lands. Work includes cultural-resource background research, inventory of approximately 4,095 acres, site revisits and documentation, and rolling consultation reporting; the project area is approximately 4,556 acres. Bidders must be on the approved archaeology vendor list, and the project must be led by an individual holding a PLPCO Principal Investigator Permit to Conduct Archaeological Surveys. The solicitation anticipates one contract award and requires pricing to be guaranteed for the project; the scope specifies a lump-sum contracting model.

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