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B -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY ORDER CONTRACT FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES SERVICES FOR THE ALBUQUERQUE DISTRICT. SOL DACW47-99-R-0004 DUE 011099 POC Contract Specialist Linda J. Anderson (505) 342-3451 (Site Code DACA47) Indefinite Delivery Order Contract for Archaeological Resources. The contract period will be for one year from date of award with four one-year options to extend the contract. The work can include archaeological surveys, testing data recovery, artifact analyses, report preparation, and site evaluation for national register eligibility determinations. The majority of the work will be located in New Mexico, Southeastern Colorado, and Southwestern Texas; however, the contractor may be required to perform work outside of this area. Responding firms must have expertise in New Mexican and Southwestern prehistory and history. Firms will be evaluated on the following criteria in descending order of priority listed: (1) Technical quality of the research problem; (2) Professional qualifications of the staff and consultants to be utilized for this contract; (3) Capabilities of the firm and subcontractors to accomplish the contemplated work within the required time; (4) Past performance on similar contracts. Awardwill be made to the firm that presents the overall best proposal to the Government, technical and price considered. The Government makes no warranty as to the total amount of services to be performed. This proposed contract is being issued as a 100 percent set-aside for historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and minority institutions (MIs), as defined by the clause at 252.7000 of the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement. Offers from other than HBCU-MIs will not be considered. Interested firms must obtain and respond to RFP DACW47-99-R-0004 which will be available on or about 1 December 1998 and close on or about 10 January 1999 in order to be considered for the resulting contract. The RFP may be obtained by calling Linda Anderson at (505) 342-3451. See Number Note 5. Posted 11/10/98 (I-SN270257). (0314)

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