USDI, National Park Service, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, 401 West Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360-4207

R -- CULTURAL REOURCES SERVICES SOL RP854000007 DUE 071700 POC Bonnie J. Harris (805) 370-2322 WEB: National Park Service-SAMO Contracting, http://www.nps.gov/samo. E-MAIL: National Park Service-SAMO /Contracting, bonnie_harris@nps.gov. The National park Service, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area has identified a requirement to solicit, negotiate, and award a contract for Cultural Resources Services. The recreation area encompasses 150,000 acres of the Santa Monica Mountains and includes Federal, State, County, and City Park land, as well as private land. Numerous cultural resources projects have been completed for the recreation area including: cultural resources inventories, archeological excavations, historic and studies. The primary purpose for the services are to make the information available to park staff; the reports should also be useful to professionals and park visitors. The Government has determined that the technical capability of the contractor is equal to price in selecting a contractor. Proposals will be evaluated subject to the following criteria: MINIMUM standard; The Principal Investigator, Project Manager, Archeologist, Ethnographer, Historian and all Field Directors must meet the appropriate Secretary of the Interior' Standards. Additional evaluation criteria, listed in order of importance, are as follows: 1) Demonstrated professional research experience of all key personnel with an emphasis on experience in the Santa Monica Mountains. 2) Academic credentials of all key personnel. 3) Publications and reports of all key personnel. 4) Demonstrated technical abilities of the firm to provide the full range of services and/or equipment (either in-house or through subcontract) for the following services that are likely to be needed during the life of this contract: a) Archeological and geological services. b) Ethnographic services. c) Historic and geographic services. d) Report preparation and administrative services. 5) Responsiveness of the technical proposal which addresses the types of studies in the scope of work. The technical proposal will also be evaluated for clarity and quality of presentation. 6) Demonstrated capability of the team to respond in a timely manner to park needs. 7) Demonstrated capability of team for successful and responsive completion of cultural resource contracts on time and within budget. 8) History of successful cooperation and teamwork with local agencies, the California Office of Historic Preservation and Chumash and Gabrielino/Tongva groups. The National Park Service welcomes and encourages the participation of small disadvantaged and woman-owned business concerns. Solicitation documents will be available on or about June 16, 2000 with due dates for receipt of proposals 30 calendar days thereafter. Requests for a copy of thethis solicitation must be in writing to the address contained herein, to the attention of the named individual. Faxed requests will be accepted at (805) 370-1850; e-mail requests will be accepted at bonnie_harris@nps.gov. the Government reserves the right to cancel this requirement, either before or after the due date for proposals. All responsible sources may submit an offer, which shall be considered. The Notice is NOT a Request for Proposals. Posted 06/07/00 (W-SN462331). (0159)

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