Central Regional Archaeological Curation Services Contract for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, North Atlantic Division
A federal contract will fund a 36 CFR Part 79-compliant facility to house, manage, and provide access to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers archaeological collections for the North Atlantic Division central region over up to five years.
⚑ Federal contract/RFQ; not a grant · Must be a 36 CFR Part 79 compliant curation facility · For USACE NAD central regional archaeological collections (Baltimore and Philadelphia Districts) · Potentially limited to existing or qualified curation facilities; check solicitation requirements and past performance questionnaire
This is a service-delivery/curation contract for archaeological collections management, not the kind of survey, risk, policy, or behavioral research this team pursues. It is also outside the team’s core domains of climate, weather, energy, emergency management, and public perception.
JUDGED AGAINST THE ROSTER'S PUBLICATION DOSSIER · GPT-5.4-MINI · 2026-07-07
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| IPPRA | 40 partial | portfolio topics: environment, public_health; social/behavioral work is none; funds service delivery, not research (capped); capped at 40 (non-research funding) |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 25 weak | technical depth: minor; funds service delivery (capped) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 20 weak | prototyping/demonstration stage |
Description
Amendment 0001 attaches the Past Performance Questionnaire. This RFQ is for the USACE, North Atlantic Division (NAD) central regional curation facility. USACE, St. Louis District will issue a contract and is looking for a 36 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 79 compliant facility to curate North Atlantic Division central region (Baltimore and Philadelphia Districts) archaeological collections for up to five years. Currently there are between 190?200 cubic/linear feet of collections with most of the collections originating from Pennsylvania. Minimal growth, no more than 5?10 cubic/linear feet, is expected each year. The work covered by this Sources Sought includes housing and providing collections management services and access to archaeological materials and associated records (hereafter archaeological collections) generated in conjunction with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers activities. Additional tasks may include, where appropriate, intake, stabilization, cataloging, inventories, rehabilitation, and other service-related collections management tasks of archaeological collections.
Eligibility
Applicant restrictions (federal contract). Set-aside: . Notice type: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation. Organization: DEPT OF DEFENSE / DEPT OF THE ARMY / W07V ENDIST ST LOUIS.
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