On-Call Cultural, Paleontological, and Tribal Resources Services

Santa Clara Valley Water District is seeking proposals for five-year, on-call cultural, paleontological, and tribal cultural resources assessment, compliance, monitoring, and consultation services for Stream Maintenance Program projects, with an estimated not-to-exceed amount of $500,000.

Santa Clara Valley Water District > Purchasing Services


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Nov 13, 2026 09:00 PM
Oct 08, 2026 09:00 PM
$500,000.00
5 years
Request for Proposal (RFP)
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Contact
jwang@valleywater.org
+14086302414
5750 Almaden Expressway, San Jose, CA, USA
Submission Instructions
Description

Santa Clara Valley Water District is soliciting proposals for a five-year on-call agreement covering cultural resources, paleontological resources, and tribal cultural resources services for Stream Maintenance Program projects. Services may include desktop and records reviews, sensitivity assessments, archaeological and geoarchaeological field investigations, resource identification and evaluation, paleontological support, tribal outreach and consultation, archaeological and tribal monitoring, inadvertent-discovery and human-remains response, avoidance and treatment planning, mitigation, technical reporting, GIS support, agency submittals, and closeout packages. Work will be authorized only through task orders on an as-needed basis, with no guaranteed amount of work. The estimated total not-to-exceed amount is $500,000. The selected consultant must demonstrate at least five years of relevant experience, experience with cultural and paleontological resource identification and evaluation, California Native American tribal coordination, inadvertent discoveries and stopped-work situations, and appropriately qualified key staff. Proposals must include technical and cost responses, with the cost proposal submitted separately as a password-protected Microsoft Excel file through the procurement portal.

Classification Codes
NAICS541690Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
PSCR503STUDY/ARCHEOLOGICAL-PALEONTOLOGICAL
Smart Codes
cultural resource assessmentpaleontological consultingtribal consultation services
Specifications
Service
Timeline
Oct 08, 2026 09:00 PM-Posting Date
Oct 21, 2026 06:00 PM-Pre-Proposal Video Conference (optional)
Oct 23, 2026 09:00 PM-Questions and Clarification Deadline
Oct 30, 2026-Valley Water Response to Questions and Addenda
Nov 13, 2026 10:00 PM-Proposal Due Date
Dec 14, 2026-Tentative Interviews and Oral Presentations (optional)
Tentatively scheduled during the week of December 14, 2026; format and exact date to be provided if interviews are held.
Requirements
Required
  • Commercial General/Business Liability — $2,000,000.00
  • Business Auto Liability — $1,000,000.00
  • Professional/Errors and Omissions Liability — $1,000,000.00
  • Workers' Compensation
  • Employer's Liability — $1,000,000.00
  • Cyber Liability — $1,000,000.00
Required
  • Minimum 3 references
  • Within the last 5 years
  • Client point of contact required for each reference
No
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