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The scope of services being sought is a Task Order based cultural resources management services that would support the City of Redmond's (City) Departments of Parks, Planning, and Public Works. Project Description: This project will be a non-exclusive continuing services contract to assist the City in protecting cultural resources during the planning and construction of capital projects. The consultant will serve as a partner to the City to expand the capability of Redmond staff to provide cultural resources management services. Typical projects may include but not be limited to the following areas: archaeological desktop, pedestrian, and in-field surveying; monitoring of geotechnical exploration; monitoring of ground disturbing construction activities; and response to inadvertent discoveries. The consultant may also be requested to partner with staff during Section 106 and Executive Order 21-02 project management; provide staff and contractor training; provide presentations on cultural resources; and advise the City's Cultural Resources Management Plan implementation and maintenance. Some recent examples of cultural resources services include monitoring of Downtown Park development and Cleveland Streetscape Improvements, surveying and monitoring of Pond C Building Demolition and Site Cleanup, and surveying of Evans Creek Relocation. I. Task Order Administration There will be no specific limitation on the quantity, minimum and/or maximum value of individual task orders. Tom Hardy, Stream and Habitat Planner or a designated representative will administer each task order from the Public Works Department of the City. Redmond Historic Preservation Officer (RHPO) Kimberly Dietz will provide technical support on task orders, as needed. A. Period of Performance and Contract Value The contract will be for a period of performance for three (3) years with one (1) optional year. The schedule and period of each task order agreement will be separately negotiated and defined. The maximum value of this contract will not exceed three hundred thousand ($300,000) during the contract period; however, there is no guarantee that the City will expend the entire value of this contract. Specifically, the City does not guarantee that the consultant will receive a specified volume of work, a specific total contract amount, or a specific task order value. The value of the contract could potentially be increased through supplemental agreements. The work will be conducted through task orders for specific pieces of work. Consultant Resources and Time Specific work under this contract will be performed on a Task Order basis consisting of individually negotiated task orders. Each task order will provide a specific scope, budget, and schedule of the services required. The exact disciplines required and the amount of work for each discipline, have not been determined. The consultant should be capable of adding, deleting, or substituting disciplines/expertise as necessary to meet the needs of specific task orders. There is no guarantee that all disciplines or services will be utilized. The consultant may be expected to respond to short notice requests for technical services to resolve urgent task orders such as regarding inadvertent discovery of cultural resources. The consultant should be capable of performing urgent task order assignments while working on several other task orders simultaneously. Consultant task orders will be coordinated with on-going work being performed by the City. Typically, each effort should be complete with final reports submitted to the City as defined by individual contract or by the end of the year. C. Task Order Process 1. For each individual task order, the project manager will issue a written "Task Order Request" to the consultant. The task request will describe the nature and extent of the project, its scope and preliminary schedule. 2. Within five (5) calendar days of the time frame specified in the "task order request", the consultant will prepare a proposal that includes an applicable scope of work, schedule, and detailed fee proposal as well as identify key staff assignments and potential sub consultants. 3. The consultant and project manager will determine the detailed scope of work, project schedule, consultant fee, and other project management details. 4. The project manager will provide a final approval of the task order with a signed task order sheet. 5. The consultant will be paid on the basis of approved monthly invoices. Task orders will be invoiced in a manner to allow costs to be identified by work performed under separate task orders. 6. The Project Manager will issue a written task release when work on a specific task order is complete and final payment for that task is authorized. II. Scope of Services The consultant will provide all labor, materials, equipment and supplies to perform professional monitoring services on a task order basis for various task assignment projects. These tasks may include, but are not limited to the following: o Literature review; o Desktop surveying; o Archaeological and historical monitoring; o In-field surveying; o Report authoring; o Report submittal to Washington Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (DAHP) through WISAARD tool; o Response to inadvertent discoveries and archaeological permit coordination with the DAHP; o Providing cultural resources management awareness briefings including during preconstruction phases of capital projects; o In-field, project-specific staff and contractor training; o Advisement to staff for implementation and maintenance of adopted Cultural Resources Management Plan; o Development and maintenance of cultural resources management operational guidelines; o Staff training in accordance with adopted cultural resources management standards, protocols, and procedures; o Partnership with staff during planning and implementation of the Section 106 review process; and o Advisement to staff during annual and periodic maintenance of the City's adopted Cultural Resources Management Plan. o Cultural Resources and Archaeological Presentations to Redmond staff or the public Expertise required shall be in accordance with the Secretary of Interior's Standards for Qualification and as defined by RCW 27.53.030(11) Professional Archaeologist and the Washington State Standards for Cultural Resources Reporting. Written Question Deadline: April 17, 2023, at 2PM (PST) Send all questions to Audrey Stenerson, astenerson@redmond.gov and Adam O'Sullivan, aosullivan@redmond.gov.