SPECIAL NOTICE
B -- Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Misc Mgt Assistance for Historic Properties of Religious and Cultural Significance to Indian Tribes
- Notice Date
- 3/24/2017
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 921150
— American Indian and Alaska Native Tribal Governments
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE District, Seattle, Attn: CENWS-CT, PO Box 3755, Seattle, Washington, 98124-3755, United States
- ZIP Code
- 98124-3755
- Solicitation Number
- W68MD970192937
- Archive Date
- 5/23/2017
- Point of Contact
- Monique Paano, Phone: 206-764-6084
- E-Mail Address
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monique.a.paano@usace.army.mil
(monique.a.paano@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is an advance notice announcing the intent of the Seattle District US Army Corps of Engineers to award a sole-source firm fixed-price indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract with one (1) base year and three (3) option years to the Kalispel Indian Tribe (Kalispel Tribe) for Miscellaneous Management Assistance for Historic Properties of Religious and Cultural Significance to Indian Tribes for Albeni Falls Dam and Pend Oreille Lake Project, Bonner and Kootenai Counties, Idaho, (including traditional cultural properties) and ancestral cemeteries; evaluation and protection of such sites; and routine interaction with local governments and the public. All work is to be performed on the Kalispel Tribe's adjudicated ceded lands areas. The action is authorized by 10 USC 2304(c)(1), or 41 USC 253(c)(1), FAR 6.302-1 entitled "only one responsible source and no other suppliers or services will satisfy agency requirements." The resultant contract with the Kalispel Tribe will require technical expertise, labor and materials unique to the Kalispel Tribe for Cultural Resource Management tasks at the Albeni Falls Dam project. This is a continuation of services previously provided under contract W912DW-14-D-1015 with the Kalispel Tribe of Indians. This action is in conformance with: a. the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended and the Reservoir Salvage Act of 1960, as amended; b. Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 (NAGPRA--P.L. 101-601,and 43 CFR Part 10, Department of Interior NAGPRA Regulations); c. Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines for Archaeological Documentation, (Federal Register Volume 48, Number 190, pp. 44734-44737, September 29, 1983); d. ER 1130-2-540, Chapter 6, "Cultural Resources Management" e. Recent Executive Orders; f. the project's approved Historic Property Management Plan (HPMP) g. Annual Action Plans prepared under provisions for implementing the Direct Funding Agreement h. the Federal Columbia river Power System Programmatic Agreement of 6 October 2009 The Corps of Engineers has a special exclusive relationship with Indian tribes whose tribal lands or ceded lands are in project areas, particularly with respect to NHPA and NAGPRA. Pursuant to the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), PL 89-665, 16 USC 407, et seq, the Corps is required to take into account the effect of its undertakings on any district, site, building, structure, or object included in, or eligible for inclusion in, the National Register (16 U.S.C. 470 f). If the undertaking is found to have an adverse effect on properties, the Corps must consider actions to address the effects, including measures to preserve historic properties. All of the steps in the process must occur in consultation with the associated Indian tribes. The process includes evaluating the significance of the historic properties, and requires access to information about the properties that is in sole possession of Indian tribes, specifically the Kalispel Tribe. Furthermore, the Native Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Public Law 101-601, 25 USC 3001, et seq, requires the Corps to consult with Indian tribes immediately following inadvertent discovery of cultural items or ancestral skeletal remains on Federal or tribal lands. NAGPRA also requires the Corps to inventory and repatriate human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony to the affiliated tribes. In the case at hand, the Historic Properties of Religious and Cultural Significance to Indian Tribes (HPRCSIT) and any items from them are primarily associated with the Kalispel Tribe. The Kalispel Tribe's adjudicated ceded lands include nearly all of the Project's cultural resource sites from Albeni Falls Dam to the Clark Fork River delta, excluding only a small portion with few sites at the extreme southern end of Pend Oreille Lake within the Coeur d'Alene Tribe's ceded area. The Kalispel Tribe also has tribally owned lands at the project with several historic properties and is the primary tribe for NAGPRA inadvertent discovery actions in the subject project areas. In order to evaluate the significance of HPRCSIT, it is necessary to understand the cultural knowledge associated with them. The Kalispel Tribe has confidential information and years of accumulated oral historical knowledge of HPRCSIT within the Project. No other organization has this knowledge and experience. Only the Kalispel Tribe can access the persons having the knowledge of the stories associated with the HPRCSITs. Furthermore, consultation responsibilities of USACE to the Kalispel Tribe when implementing Section 3 of NAGPRA will most likely be accomplished if the Kalispel Tribe is the contractor for dealing with inadvertent discoveries. Materials collected from HPRCSITs during management activities are the property of the Government, but are held in trust for the Kalispel Tribe, except for NAGPRA-eligible items which are directly Kalispel Tribe property. Knowledge of Kalispel perspectives, traditions and cultural practices centered on HPRCSIT at the project is held by members of the Kalispel Tribe, is considered confidential with the Tribe, and is not accessible to others without agreement of the Kalispel Tribe Business Committee. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 921150 with no applicable size standard. See numbered note 22.
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