National Park Service; Columbia Cascades Support Office; 909 First Avenue; Seattle, WA 98104-1060

B -- AMERICAN INDIAN TRADITIONAL USE STUDY AT CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK, OR, AND OR LAVA BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT, CA SOL 1443-RQ9000-97-011 DUE 092697 POC Beth A. Faudree, Contracting Officer, (206)220-4041, or Lynne McPhaden, Contract Specialist, (206)220-4047 WEB: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, HTTP://WWW.NPS.GOV. E-MAIL: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, LYNNE_MCPHADEN@NPS.GOV. The National Park Service (NPS), Columbia Cascades Support Office is soliciting quotations from qualified anthropological contractors and contract organizations to conduct a study of traditional use among Klamath and Modoc Indians in a region defined as the Klamath Basin, specifically lands inside and adjacent to Crater Lake National Park and Lava Beds National Monument. Conduct of the study will require the provision of research services and the production of certain deliverables which are summarized as follows: a) the collection of ethnographic information about natural and cultural resources in Crater Lake National Park and Lava Beds National Monument through a systematic literature review, including an exhaustive search for published and non-published sources; b) the identification and interviewing of knowledgeable individuals, who are primarily of Klamath and/or Modoc descent, resident in the states of Oregon, California, and Oklahoma; and c) the preparation and submittal of a professional qualityreport that provides a meaningful context for analysis of traditional use in these two park areas. Further details on required professional research services and mandatory deliverables are available upon request. The following criteria shall be used in the evaluation of the prospective contractors and research teams: 1) Experience and expertise in the conduct of anthropological and ethnological research among North American Indians; 2) Specialized experience and technical expertise within the last five years on anthropological and ethnological projects among the Klamath Modoc or adjacent tribes in the Plateau, Northern Great Basin, California, or Northwest Coast culture areas of North America; 3) Demonstrated success in the management and completion of anthropological and ethnological research projects; 4) Professional qualifications of the contractor and staff proposed for the performance of desired services, including educational accomplishment and participation in professional associations; 5) Demonstration of success in work with members of contemporary American Indian communities; 6) Proximity to the geographic regions in which the study will take place and demonstrated ability to engage in required travel to engage in all necessary research activities. GOVERNMENT ESTIMATED BID RANGE: $30,000 to $35,000 PER SOLICITATION, PROPOSALS MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR BEFORE THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1997 AT 2:00 O'CLOCK PM PDT. TO RECEIVE A COMPLETE SOLICITATION PACKAGE INCLUDING ALL SPECIFICATIONS (Telephone Requests Not Accepted) WRITE: National Park Service, Columbia Cascades Support Office, 909 First Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98104-1060 OR FAX YOUR REQUEST to: Beth Faudree, Contracting Officer, FAX (206) 220-4160 or Lynne McPhaden, Contract Specialist at the same FAX number. In your request, BE SURE to INCLUDE the following INFORMATION: Company Name, to whose "ATTN" to be sent, Mailing Address, Physical Address (if different), Telephone and FAX numbers. NOTE: Telephone requests and Email requests will not be accepted. (0240)

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