Any interested professional cultural resources firm is encouraged to submit
a proposal for the following statewide consulting services contract.  The
entire RFP can be downloaded from the VDOT site included in the
announcement.  Thank you.

J. Mark Wittkofski



STATEWIDE CULTURAL RESOURCE SERVICES

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is seeking expressions of
interest from consulting firms to provide statewide cultural resource
services that are related to transportation projects.  These services
include, but are not limited to: 1) conducting surveys to identify
buildings, structures, districts, objects, and sites potentially eligible
for listing in the National Register of Historic Places; 2) preparing
treatment plans for significant resources affected by transportation
projects; and 3) implementing treatment actions as determined by VDOT.  In
addition to the foregoing, firms will need to have the capacity to prepare
landscape plans as partial mitigation for impacts to significant historic
properties, to conduct surveys for locating identified cultural resources
onto transportation CADD plans and plots, and to be able to take
geotechnical borings and prepare soils analyses as may be needed for the
identification of archaeological sites.  All services must be performed in
accordance with VDOT guidelines; all appropriate federal and state laws and
regulations, and be of sufficient quality to obtain approvals from all
applicable federal and state regulatory agencies.

This contract will have a maximum compensation of $3,000,000.00 or a term of
three (3) years, whichever occurs first.  The method of payment will be
actual costs for each assignment based on fixed billable rates.  During the
course of this contract, work will be solicited only as the need arises.
For any given project, VDOT will provide a scope and request a detailed work
plan and schedule of compensation to be submitted by the consultant for
review, negotiation of the level of effort, and approval before work can
begin.  It is anticipated that this contract will involve numerous projects,
but VDOT cannot predict nor guarantee the timing, complexity, or number of
projects assigned. The Department reserves the right to modify or eliminate,
in whole or in part, any of the requested services.

Responding firms must obtain a copy of the complete Request for Proposal
(RFP) for requirements.  The RFP may be downloaded from the VDOT Internet
site: www.vdot.state.va.us/OpNet <http://www.vdot.state.va.us/OpNet> .  For
persons with a hearing impairment, this number can be reached via the
Virginia relay center (1-800-828-1120).  To receive the RFP by mail or fax,
firms may contact Mr. J. Mark Wittkofski, VDOT Environmental Division at
(804) 371-6867.  Submissions must be received no later than 4:00 p.m. (EST),
Tuesday, November 14, 2000.