Cultural Resources Inventory with Gila River Indian Communities (GRIC)

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT- THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES. The U.S. Department of Energy, Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), Desert Southwest Regional Office (DSW), intends to award a sole source purchase order under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), to Gila River Indian Community, 151 S. Bluebird Rd., Sacaton, AZ 85147-0000, United States, to provide a Cultural Resources Inventory for Western facilities falling within the boundaries of the Gila River Indian Communities (GRIC). The basis for this sole source award is outlined in the Single Source Justification information below: 1. Identification of the agency and the contracting office. Western Area Power Administration (Western), Desert Southwest Region (DSW), G1500, 615 South 43rd Ave, Phoenix, Arizona, 85009 2. Description of supply or service required to meet the agency's needs. This is a sole source (firm-fixed price) acquisition, to the Gila River Indian Community's Cultural Resource Management Program (GRIC-CRMP) for the procurement of services related to Western's proposed Class III archaeological survey of all previously uninvestigated portions of Western facilities and for facilities that were documented using out of date survey methods. The Project area is located along 26.01 kilometers of the Lone Butte-Sundance Transmission Line and along 3.49 kilometers of the Liberty-Lone Butte/Phoenix-Lone Butte Transmission Lines within the GRIC. As a federal entity Western is subject to complying with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and to ensure compliance with this act need access to complete and up-to-date cultural resources survey information. 3. The rationale or circumstances for limiting competition. GRIC is listed with the National Park Service as a Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO), and as such they have formally assumed the duties and responsibilities for the State Historic Preservation Office in ensuring National Historic Preservation Act compliance on tribal land. The THPO plan filed with the National Park Service states that the GRIC-CRMP provides all phases of archaeological investigation services to the Community in compliance with federal, state, and Community laws and regulations. As a GRIC Tribal department, CRMP provides cultural resource management and compliance services to all GRIC Departments and other Tribal and non-Tribal entities working on the reservation, or in the interest of the Community, in fulfillment of GRIC ordinances and federal and state laws and regulations. CRMP provides archaeological and cultural resource expertise for the management of archaeological sites, traditional cultural properties or places, and for Community artifact collections. CRMP maintains archives and site files as a repository of heritage resource information. The CRMP has provided a statement to Western that "It is the Community's position that GRIC-CRMP shall be the sole provider of cultural resource management services for all undertakings on Community lands. Any non-GRIC cultural resources consultant would be required to obtain a GRIC archaeological license in order to conduct archaeological work on Community lands. Such licenses would not be issued without the support of GRIC-CRMP, the Tribal Historic Preservation Office, and the Land Use Planning and Zoning Department." All responsible sources may identify their interest by submitting a capability statement in response to this requirement, which shall be considered by the agency. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes or proposals. No solicitation will be posted. All interest/capability statements must be received by the Government no later than 11:00am local (AZ) time, Monday, 07/27/2015 to Department of Energy, Western Area Power Administration, Desert Southwest Region, P.O. Box 6457, Attn: Joy Trujillo, Phoenix, AZ 85005-6457. Please fax responses to Joy Trujillo, Contracting Officer @ 602-605-2483 or e-mail jtrujill@wapa.gov. NO PHONE CALLS WILL BE ACCEPTED. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541620 with a size standard of $15.0 Million.