# Notice of Intent to Award a BPA Call Against SC FMS Archaeological Support BPA for various Forest Service locations in SC

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/12444124q0110

- Solicitation number: 12444124Q0110
- Notice type: Special notice
- Status: Awarded to Apalachee Research Archaeological Consultants Inc.
- Department: Department of Agriculture
- Agency: Forest Service
- Contracting office: Forest Service (n-FORESTSERVICE)
- NAICS: 541370 Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services
- Product or service code: R404 Land Surveys, Cadastral Services (non-construction)
- Set-aside: Total small business set-aside
- Place of performance: Columbia, South Carolina
- County: Richland County (FIPS 45079). https://abierto.us/counties/richland-county-sc-45079
- City: Columbia. https://abierto.us/cities/columbia-sc-4516000
- First posted: August 22, 2024
- Last posted: August 22, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/dd44fa79ff4f4b8fa5062948a33967f5/view

## Description

This is not a solicitation. This synopsis notification of intent to award a BPA Call order does not constitute a request for proposals or submission of any information in response to this notification. The USDA Forest Service (FS), Procurement & Property Services (PPS) is issuing this synopsis as a means of complying with the USDA’s policy in the Contracting Desk Book, SUBPART 413.3—SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION METHODS, 413.303 Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs).

The USDA FS intends on awarding a competitive BPA Call Order against multiple award schedule BPAs for SC FMS Archaeological Support BPA, located at USDA’s Contract Portal, for South Carolina to include, but not limited to Archaeological support, including surveys, test pits, GIS mapping, artifact analysis, curation and collections management, cultural resource report preparation, GPS data gathering, relocating and marking trees, etc. This work will be performed on various Forest Service locations throughout the National Forests in South Carolina.

This is not a solicitation. This synopsis notification of intent to award a BPA Call order does not constitute a request for proposals or submission of any information in response to this notification. This procurement is restricted to those approved companies eligible for call orders under the SC FMS Archaeological Support Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA). There are currently 5 businesses that will receive this solicitation. The Call Order shall be issued via email to those companies listed on the BPA.

Any changes to the Call Order RFQ shall also be emailed to those companies listed on the BPA. Point of Contact is lisa.jacobson@usda.gov. This requirement will be competitively awarded as a BPA Call Order against the aforementioned multiple award schedule BPA holders previously solicited on the Government Point of Entry (GPE) at: https://sam.gov/content/home. The government will not provide feedback or evaluations to companies regarding their submissions in response to this notice.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Apalachee Research Archaeological Consultants Inc. (UEI MDH6ZNNM32B6)
- Contract: 12444124F0142 under 12467020A0033, bpa call
- Obligated: $97,626.00
- Competition: Competed Under SAP, 1 offers received
- Link: solicitation number 12444124Q0110 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same sub-agency 12C2 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_12444124F0142_12C2_12467020A0033_12C2/


## Publications

- August 22, 2024: Special notice, due September 4, 2024 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice dd44fa79ff4f4b8fa5062948a33967f5. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/dd44fa79ff4f4b8fa5062948a33967f5/view

## Points of contact

- Lisa Jacobson, lisa.jacobson@usda.gov

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