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ON-CALL CULTURAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENT AND TRIBAL RESOURCES
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The Santa Clara Valley Water District is seeking qualified firms to provide on-call cultural, paleontological, and tribal cultural resources services to support its Stream Maintenance Program. The contract, issued under RFP No. VW0738, is a five-year agreement with an estimated not-to-exceed value of 500,000 dollars. Services are provided on an as-needed basis through authorized task orders and include desktop reviews, field investigations, monitoring, and consultation support. The selected consultant must ensure all work is technically defensible, complies with the National Historic Preservation Act and Section 106 requirements, and supports government-to-government tribal relationships while adhering to local Santa Clara County regulations. Proposals are due by November 13, 2026, and are evaluated based on a qualifications-based system scoring the project team, firm qualifications, and technical approach. Mandatory submission documents include a technical proposal, a password-protected cost proposal in Excel, a non-collusion declaration, and conflict of interest disclosures. Awarded consultants must meet stringent insurance requirements, including general liability and professional errors and omissions coverage, and comply with federal and state equal opportunity and non-discrimination laws. Payment for undisputed invoices is processed within 30 calendar days following approval by the Valley Water Project Manager.
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5750 Almaden Expressway San Jose, California 95118, CA, USASet-Aside
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A. The Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water) implements a number of capital and operational projects and programs to meet its mission and goals in water supply, flood protection and watershed stewardship. The on-call services provided pursuant to this Agreement will augment the services of Valley Water staff and provide additional On-Call Cultural Resource Assessment and Tribal Resources services as needed. B. Provide Valley Water with qualified on-call capacity to complete cultural resources, paleontological resources, and tribal cultural resources assignments in accordance with each authorized Task Order, the current Stream Maintenance Program (SMP) permits and Best Management Practices (BMPs), and applicable environmental compliance requirements. C. Complete desktop reviews, field investigations, consultation support, monitoring, and reporting within Task Order schedules so that SMP maintenance activities can proceed without avoidable cultural resources compliance delays. D. Provide complete, technically defensible work products that meet the objective acceptance criteria in this Exhibit A, incorporate Valley Water consolidated comments, and are suitable for submittal to reviewing agencies when requested. E. Support Valley Water-led tribal consultation and coordination while preserving government-to-government relationships, respecting confidentiality, and clearly identifying decisions or commitments that must be made by Valley Water. F. Immediately communicate discoveries and other critical issues, establish or recommend appropriate protective measures, and provide documented recommendations before affected work resumes.G. All Services required pursuant to this Agreement will be provided only on an as-needed/as-requested basis by the issuance of an authorized Task Order by the Valley Water to the Consultant. A project scope will be developed for each task order, including deliverables for a total not-to-exceed amount. No work will be performed without a task order. The Consultant will perform services on a Task Order Basis as authorized by the VW PM, as set forth in the Standard On-Call Consultant Agreement, Section Twelve, Miscellaneous Provisions, subsection 13. Task Orders.
Notes: Additional RFP Timeline information: Submittals for RFP Questions due by 2 PM on October 23, 2026 Valley Water Response to Questions will be posted on October 30, 2026 Oral Interviews Tentatively Scheduled for the week of December 14, 2026
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