Cultural Resource Mitigation Services

Overview

Arts, Culture & Sports

St. George, Utah, United StatesPosted 2 months agoDeadline: April 3rd, 2026

Fit Score

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SUMMARY

Seeking a provider to oversee cultural resource mitigation, data recovery, and public outreach services for a government project in St. George, Utah.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

Meet Secretary of the Interior professional qualifications.
Hold state (PLPCO) and federal (BLM) archaeology permits for Utah (Virgin Permit Area or statewide).
Demonstrate experience in Virgin Branch Ancestral Puebloan and Southern Paiute archaeology, OHV-area safety, and NAGPRA POA implementation.
Possess competency in testing, excavation, mechanical trenching, and rockshelter-safe methods.
Provide full lab analysis services (lithics, ceramics, faunal, botanical, AMS dating, XRF).
Have capacity for geophysics (GPR), photogrammetry, XRF analysis coordination, and 36 CFR 79-compliant curation.
Capable of producing UASFs, GIS mapping, technical reports, and curated collections to 36 CFR 79 standards.
Experience facilitating Tribal monitors and integrating ethnographic interpretation into technical reports and public products.

BUDGET

Estimate

$500,000 – $2,000,000

TIMELINE

RFP Published: March 6th, 2026

Questions Due: March 25th, 2026

Proposals Due: April 3rd, 2026

Evaluation Phase: April 10th, 2026

Contracting Phase: April 24th, 2026

Board Approval: May 4th, 2026

Notice to Proceed: May 5th, 2026

Project Milestones include Work Plan & Mobilization, Testing, Data Recovery, Lab/Analyses, Draft Report and Final Report, Kiosk and Public Presentation Deck, and Curation.

QUESTION DEADLINE

March 25th, 2026

Issuing Agency

Washington County Water Conservancy District

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DESCRIPTION

A government authority in St. George, Utah is seeking vendors to provide comprehensive cultural resource mitigation services. The selected vendor will be responsible for implementing mitigation, testing, data recovery, reporting, curation, and public education activities, all in full compliance with the specified project documents.

The scope includes resolving adverse effects for sites leaving Federal or State protections by executing appropriate treatments and delivering required public outreach materials. Key deliverables encompass developing work plans and mobilization, conducting testing and data recovery, laboratory analyses, draft and final reports, a kiosk and presentation deck for public education, and facilitating curation of materials. The contract period will be one year, and all vendor questions must be submitted by March 25, 2026.

Source attribution

This Settle analysis is based on the issuing organization’s public RFP listing.