MCFO FUELS CULTURAL

The Bureau of Land Management’s Miles City Field Office is soliciting commercial services to conduct a Class III Cultural Resource Inventory across 11 designated areas in east-central Montana, encompassing approximately 14,913 acres spread across multiple counties including Custer, Carter, Musselshell, and Powder River. This solicitation, numbered 140L3726Q0071, is structured as a Request for Quotes under FAR Subpart 12.6 and is exclusively set aside for small businesses, with a size standard of $19.0 million in average annual receipts under NAICS code 541620 for Environmental Consulting Services. The work involves surface-level assessment of cultural resources related to vegetation management activities such as mastication, vehicle traffic, and prescribed burning, adhering strictly to BLM, State Historic Preservation Office, and National Register of Historic Places protocols. Deliverables include eleven separate inventory reports with detailed maps, GIS data in UTM Zones 12 or 13 using NAD83 datum, site forms, and cataloged collections of cultural materials, all to be submitted by December 31, 2026. Fieldwork must be completed no later than September 1, 2026, with collections secured and transferred exclusively to the Billings Curation Center under BLM-specific packaging and labeling standards. The contract is a firm-fixed-price purchase order with no line-item pricing disclosed, indicating the quote must provide a total price for the full scope. Offerors must be registered and active in SAM with a valid Unique Entity ID and CAGE code, and must hold a current BLM Montana Cultural Resources Permit, with the Principal Investigator and Field Director named on the permit. Submission is required via email to Audrey Whetham by 3:00 p.m. MST on June 17, 2026. Evaluation will prioritize past performance and experience, followed by schedule feasibility and technical capabilities including personnel qualifications, with award based on a trade-off approach considering both price and non-price factors. Critical prohibitions include the use of AI in report generation, consultation with Native American groups, and signing off on environmental documents. All reports must be formatted in PDF at 500 dpi, maps must include scale, north arrow, legend, and boundaries, and all physical artifacts must be labeled and cataloged using BLM or MT-SHPO forms. Invoicing is mandated through the Department of the Treasury’s Invoice Processing Platform