The Bureau of Land Management, ELFO has a requirement for services under Simplified Acquisition Procedures to: 1. Conduct ethnographic research on the Maidu, Pit River, Paiute and Washoe. 2. Provide clarity on which groups inhabited the ELFO area prehistorically and historically. 3. Provide place names and linguistic patterns. Report out in an ethnographic overview report. 4. Conduct interviews with selected tribal elders to identify Traditional Cultural Properties and sacred areas for planning purposes. BLM will require, as a component of this contract, a synthesis of the ethnographic data detailing Native American use of the entire field office area. The reporting of ethnographic data available, to date, should consider both temporal and geographic units, discussion of sensitive and traditional areas, and the relationship of properties to historic and modern themes. Themes to consider could include traditional stories, boundaries and place names; resource manipulation and technology; religion and medicine; significant people, beings, and places; historic response to contacts with other ethnic groups; adjustment and persistence. Time of performance: 150 days Contractor's submitting a quotation must be registered in the Central Contracting Registration (CCR) website. The address to register is www.ccr.gov. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541720, Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities Wages are based on Service Contract Act Wage Determinations 2005-2055 Rev. 4 8/31/2008. A copy of the solicitation (BAQ080018) and its attachments will be posted electronically at Fedbizopps at http://www.fbo.gov/ on or about Monday, April 07, 2008. Please call for date, time and location of pre-award meeting. For technical questions POC is Sharyn Blood 530-257-0456. For administrative questions POC is Deborah Dokes 916-978-4322

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