B -- Cultural Resources Archeological Services

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is soliciting for a Cultural Resources Archeological Services Contract for work with in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This contract will be an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to include: one base year and two option years. Task orders could include performance of any part of all operations necessary to perform Cultural Resources surveys of varying intensity, including archival research, Phase 1 (Identification) surveys, Phase 2 (Evaluation) surveys and recovery activities. These surveys could include pedestrian surveys, shovel testing, and intensive subsurface testing.The chosen firm will be required to document findings in the form of an archaeological survey report which will comply with the Massachusetts Historical Commission guidelines. The firm will comply with the requirements defined in the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) (PL 89-665;16 U.S.C. 470) (http://www.cr.nps.gov/laws/NHPA1966.htm); the Nationwide Programmatic Agreement among the NRCS, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) and the Nation Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers (Agreement # NRCS A3A75-2-64) (http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/ECS/culture/PA_31.pdf); and the Final Draft Programmatic Agreement between MA NRCS and the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO); and the NRCS GM-420, Part 401 http://policy.nrcs.usda.gov/scripts'/lpsiis.dll/GM/GM_420.htm. A solicitation will be posted to www.fbo.gov on or around February 5, 2007. The NAIC code 541690 has a small business size standard of $6.5 million dollars in average annual revenues. Interested Parties should download all information posted to this site and submit their proposals before the posted cutoff date. The magnitude of work for this contract is estimated to be less than $ 100,000.00. Work under this contract will be subject to the Service Contract Act Wage Determination for all counties of Massachusetts.