PRE-SOLICITATION SYNOPSIS

REGIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL CURATION SERVICES IDIQ:

NORTHWESTERN DIVISION (NWD) & PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST

ST. LOUIS DISTRICT, MANDATORY CENTER OF EXPERTISE FOR THE CURATION AND MANAGEMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL

COLLECTIONS (MCX CMAC)

CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS: 1222 Spruce Street, St. Louis, MO 63104

POINT OF CONTACT: Twila Hopkins, Contract Specialist, [email protected]

PROPOSED SOLICITATION NUMBER: W912P923R0024

PLACE OF CONTRACT PERFORMANCE: Mississippi

COMPETITION SET-ASIDE: Sole Source

TYPE OF PROPOSED CONTRACT: Firm Fixed Price

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 5 years (1 Base Year + 4 Ordering Periods)

PRODUCT OR SERVICE CODE (PSC): B503 - Special Studies/Analysis - Archaeological/Paleontological

NAICS AND SIZE STANDARD: The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this is effort is 541720, Research & Development in the Social Sciences & Humanities. The Small Business Administration small business size standard for NAICS code 541720 is $24.5 million annual average receipts (total or gross income) over the past three years.

DESCRIPTION: This contract will support services which shall perform inspection/condition assessments; create inventories; generate a yearly status report; monitor the facility environment; maintain qualified facility personnel; provide collection access to approved individuals; restrict access to collections, as necessary; prohibit the sale of artifacts and associated documentation; notify USACE of loss, breakage, damage, or deterioration within five days of discovering the issue; ensure loan provisions; direct any request for transfer or repatriation of USACE-owned or managed collections under the NAGPRA to USACE; produce cost record accounting; digitize records, as needed; maintain the central data file; provide a fee schedule, as requested; consolidate collections, as needed and when appropriate; prohibit the sale of all or part of any collection to any third party; and provide conservation supplies and staff support, as needed.  An annual report (see Section 3.2) will include the current number of USACE boxes curated at the facility, a list of collections accessed, and a list of the publications resulting from this access and research. Collections may only be accessed for research after receiving written permission from USACE.

SOLICITATION: The proposal submission date and time will be contained in the solicitation package. For changes to the issue date or any other changes to the information in this synopsis, potential offerors are responsible to check the information on the System for Award Management at www.sam.gov/. This solicitation package will be posted on SAM, which can be accessed at www.sam.gov/.

Paper copies of this solicitation and its amendments will not be available or issued. Telephone, written, facsimile, or e-mail requests for the solicitation package or the Interested Vendor List will not be honored.

This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract, nor does it obligate the Government to pay for proposal preparation costs.