MODIFICATION
B -- MISSISSIPPI VALLEY DIVISION ARCHAEOLOGICAL CURATION SERVICES CONTRACT
- Notice Date
- 7/31/2014
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541720
— Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities
- Contracting Office
- USACE District St. Louis, ATTN: CEMVS-CT, 1222 Spruce Street, St. Louis, MO 63103-2833
- ZIP Code
- 63103-2833
- Solicitation Number
- W912P914X0007
- Response Due
- 9/30/2014
- Archive Date
- 10/30/2014
- Point of Contact
- Lisa Marie White, 314-331-8518
- E-Mail Address
-
USACE District St. Louis
(lisa.white@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Sources Sought Mississippi Valley Division Archaeological Curation Services Contract Purpose: To identify small business facilities/repositories interested in competing on a possible future RFP for curation services for Mississippi Valley Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps) archaeological collections. If any facilities/repositories other than small businesses are interested, they may respond to this Sources Sought at this time. Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), FFP Contract Base Year with Four Option Years Minimum Per Task Order: $xx,xxx Maximum Per Task Order: $xx,xxx Cumulative Guaranteed Minimum: $xx,xxx per Base Year ($xx,xxx per option year should options be exercised) Cumulative Guaranteed Maximum: $xxx,xxx per Year This is a Sources Sought and is not a request for quotation. It will not result in any award of contract and no remuneration will be forthcoming for the preparation of a response to this Sources Sought. General: The work covered by this Sources Sought includes housing, stabilizing, preserving, transporting, and providing collections management services and access to archaeological materials and associated records (hereafter archaeological collections) generated in conjunction with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers activities in the Mississippi Valley Division (in the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana). 36 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 79-Curation of Federally-Owned and Administered Archeological Collections (Enclosure 1)-states in 79.6(b)(1), that, quote mark When possible, the collection should be deposited in a repository that: (ii) Stores and maintains other collections from the same site or project location; or (iii) Houses collections from a similar geographic region or cultural area. quote mark Additionally, 36 CFR 79.6(b)(2) recommends that collections quote mark should not be subdivided and stored at more than a single repository unless such subdivision is necessary to meet special storage, conservation, or research needs. quote mark Finally, the two components of these collections-material remains and associated records- quote mark should be deposited in the same repository to maintain the integrity and research value of the collection. quote mark Except in those instances where nonfederally owned material remains are retained and disposed of by the owner [36 CFR 79.6(b)(3)]. The Mississippi Valley Division (MVD) will curate its archaeological collections in a limited number of facilities/repositories in the states that fall within MVD's area of responsibility. Facilities/Repositories interested in housing MVD's collections should have the capacity to store between 2,000 and 5,000 cubic feet of the Corps' archaeological materials and up to 400 linear feet of Corps records, and meet the standards set forth in 36 CFR 79.9. The facilities/repositories interested must accept collections from any state within MVD and must accept collections that include Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) defined human skeletal materials and cultural objects. The facilities/repositories must accept collections that are not, upon delivery, housed/contained within the repositories' preferred primary and secondary containers. Additionally, facilities/repositories should have a demonstrated ability to foster public access and outreach programs that promote education and research and must be able to permit access as appropriate for religious use consistent with 36 CFR 79.10. Typical Work: Typical work includes, but is not limited to the following: (1) maintaining an archaeological collections management center that provides for the long-term curation of Corps archaeological collections in accordance with 36 CFR 79.9 and ER/EP 1130-2-540; (2) arranging for the loan or display of all or part of a collection upon request of agencies, organizations, institutions, or individuals having adequate facilities for study or display; (3) ensuring that curatorial services furnished pursuant to this scope of work conform to the standards in 36 CFR 79 and ER/EP 1130-2-540; (4) maintaining a computer-assisted collections-management-retrieval system that will permit Corps and other qualified individuals and institutions access for study, loan, education, or public interpretation of Corps collections; (5) accepting one-time accessioning/processing fees (which are separate from annual curation services costs) from other investigating organizations or contractors that are depositing archaeological collections recovered from MVD fee-title lands; (6) upgrading or rehabilitating MVD archaeological collections, as necessary, conducting an annual inspection of all Corps collections (artifacts and records) and preparing a report that evaluates the condition of each collection in accordance with 36 CFR 79.11 and ER/EP 1130-2-540; (7) and maintaining a curatorial staff that includes Qualified Museum Professionals as described in 36 CFR 79.4(b)(h). The repositories/facilities shall not publicly display NAGPRA defined Native American human skeletal remains, associated and unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony from any MVD collections, nor shall they research, photograph, or publish any such collections protected under NAGPRA without prior written permission from the Corps. The repositories/facilities shall not dispose of or transfer any MVD archaeological collections without prior written permission from the Corps. Work Period: The facilities/repositories shall be available for typical operations utilizing an 8-hour work day during daylight hours Monday through Friday. Archaeological collections will be appropriately secured and monitored during non-work hours. The contract duration shall be one Base Year with four Option Years to be issued at the discretion of the Contracting Officer. Contract Areas and Construction Limits: The primary contract areas consist of most of the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Mississippi, and Louisiana and portions of the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Arkansas. Required Trades: The facilities/repositories shall have the capabilities of supplying trades including, but not limited to curators, collections managers, conservators, archivists, electronic records managers, archaeologists (including historic archaeologists), archaeological technicians, and physical anthropologists. Required Equipment: No specific equipment is required of the facilities/repositories; however, as specified in 36 CFR 79.9(2), the facilities/repositories must be able to quote mark dedicate the requisite facilities, equipment, and space to properly store, study and conserve the collection. Space used for storage, study, conservation, and, if exhibited, any exhibition must not be used for non-curatorial purposes that would endanger or damage the collection. quote mark Additionally, the facilities/repositories must quote mark keep the collection under physically secure conditions within storage, laboratory, study and any exhibition areas quote mark [see 36 CFR 79.9(3)]. Responders to this Sources Sought should submit a five to ten page narrative that outlines facility/repository capabilities including. 1.Available space for artifacts and records. 2.A demonstrated ability to maintain an archaeological collections management center that will provide for the long-term curation of archaeological collections in accordance with 36 CFR 79.9 and ER/EP 1130-2-540 (digital images may be included as supporting evidence). 3.A demonstrated ability to arrange for the loan or display of all or part of a collection upon request of agencies, organizations, institutions, or individuals having adequate facilities for study or display (a description of loan arrangements with others will suffice). 4.Maintenance of a computer-assisted collections-management-retrieval system that will permit Corps and other qualified individuals and institutions access for study, loan, education, or public interpretation of collections. 5.Information regarding fee schedules for one-time accessioning/processing fees (which are separate from annual curation services costs). 6.Information regarding upgrade or rehabilitation schedules for archaeological collections, including discussion of how annual inspections and preparation of a report that evaluates the condition of each collection in accordance with 36 CFR 79.11 and ER/EP 1130-2-540 will be undertaken. 7.Information regarding the professional curatorial staff that includes Qualified Museum Professionals as described in 36 CFR 79.4(b)(h). 8.Either a copy of, or a reference to the web location of, the facility/repository guidelines. (These guidelines may be attached to the ten page narrative). Please submit this information or questions to Lisa White at lisa.white@usace.army.mil.
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- Zip Code: 63103-2833
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