Culturally Integrated Climate Resilient Planning for Properties Services

The Washington-based government authority is seeking a vendor to provide culturally integrated climate resilient planning services for its properties. The agency needs to solve the problem of identifying and mapping critical environmental areas while integrating these findings with separate Tribal cultural assessments. The project covers collecting field data on the location, extent, and characteristics of critical areas such as wetlands, aquifer recharge areas, frequently flooded areas, riparian areas, geologically hazardous areas, and fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas. The selected vendor must conduct a topographic survey of the site and write a Topographic Survey Report detailing existing conditions. This report will exclude Tribal historic and pre-historic concerns, which are being assessed through separate Tribal-led studies. The vendor must coordinate with the Tribe to integrate the results of these separate ethnographic and archaeological surveys into the final site plans. This coordination includes working with the Tribe’s GIS team to input data into the Tribe’s data server and mapping tools, as well as collaborating closely with environmental management and cultural resources staff. Eligibility is limited to onshore vendors, meaning only organizations based in the United States may apply. The agency requires the vendor to perform the work offsite at the vendor's own office premises. The agency is currently looking for proposals to determine the budget, and no specific key dates or evaluation criteria are provided in the source.