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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF MARCH 23, 2005 FBO #1213
SOURCES SOUGHT

B -- B-Special detailed debitage (stone flaking debris) technical analysis based on replicated control assemblages.

Notice Date

3/21/2005
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

Contracting Office

ARO - ALASKA Regional Office* 240 West 5th Avenue, Room 114 ANCHORAGE AK 99501
 

ZIP Code

99501
 

Solicitation Number

R9840050064
 

Response Due

4/4/2005
 

Archive Date

3/21/2006
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

Contractor must provide all materials, equipment and transporation of sample in the execution of the award contract. Must have the ability and experience to analyze lithic artifacts recovered during archaeological excavations at the Hungry Fox site, central Brooks Range, in Gates of the Arctic National Park. The technique is detailed debitage (stone flaking debris) using technological analysis based on replicated control assemblages. Must have knowledge and experience with flaked stone artifact (both tools and debitage) analysis from Northern Alaska and some familiarity with Alaskan tool types and terminology as well as Alaskan stone raw material and prehistoric technologies. The detailed debitage analysis will assign flakes to categories which are related to prehistoric behaviours. Minimally: type of force application, blank type, tool or core production strategy, and stage of reduction (including pressure vs percussion flaking) technological classification verified by experimental replication. A written report describing: debitage assemblage, tool technology, macroscopic evidence for tool use/function, tool production sequences, item scale catalog of formed artifacts and debitage listing technological class and raw material type. Mass analysis (size grading), free-standing typologies, and the Sullivan and Rozen Technique (or variation of this techniques) are UNACCEPTABLE analystical approaches for the project. The intent of this project is to have a broader understanding of human history in this geographic area. Vendor will be required to be registered on the Internet with the Centralized Contractor Registry (CCR) prior to award - www.ccr.gov. Qualifications: PHD in Anthropology; 15 years experience in doing detailed debitage analysis; At least one project analysis of Northern Alaska archaeological specimens; Must supply references and/or publicized literature to support past performance of this nature.
 

Web Link

Please click here to view more details.
(http://ideasec.nbc.gov/j2ee/announcementdetail.jsp?serverId=NP144302&objId=1752540)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Yukon Charley/Gates of the Arctic National Parks & Preserves, Alaska has the samples and testing to be perfomred at the awardee's testing facilities.

Zip Code: 99701

Country: USA
 

Record

SN00772667-W 20050323/050321212236 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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