SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Conservation treatment of up to 12 monuments/sculptures located in Vicksburg National Military Park in Vicksburg, Mississippi
- Notice Date
- 7/16/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- SER - Natchez Trace Parkway 2680 Natchez Trace Parkway Tupelo MS 38804
- ZIP Code
- 38804
- Solicitation Number
- N5600070154
- Response Due
- 8/31/2007
- Archive Date
- 7/15/2008
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The National Park Service is seeking a contractor to perform conservation treatment of up to 12 monuments/sculptures located in Vicksburg National Military Park in Vicksburg, Mississippi. The park encompasses 1,800 acres and boasts of 1,330 monuments, markers, tablets, and plaques, making Vicksburg one of the more densely monumented battlefields in the world. The exquisite sculptures of stone and bronze which dot the park landscape were executed by the foremost American and European sculptors of the late nineteenth--early twentieth centuries. Monuments range in size from just a bust and support base to huge state memorials with integrated bronze and granite. The work involved in this project will include conducting an initial condition assessment of each monument, conservation treatment consisting of bronze and stone cleaning, heat-applied waxing of the bronze to bring the bronze to an even and protected lustrous finish., and production of a report including narrative and images describing the conditions found, missing pieces, work performed and recommendations for future treatment and maintenance practices. The work shall commence in fall of 2007 and be concluded no later than July 1, 2008. The estimated magnitude of this project is $100,000 to $200,000. This procurement is a total small business set-aside being conducted as a Request for Proposals, utilizing the Lowest Cost/Technically Acceptable method outlined in FAR 15.101-2. The applicable NAICS code is 711510 with an associated size standard of $6.5 million. This notice is not the solicitation. The solicitation package will be available on or about August 1, 2007 and will be issued as an RFP electronically on the Department of Interior's National Business Center (NBC) web site, at http://ideasec.nbc.gov. Paper copies of the solicitation will not be made available. The Standard Form 33 is available at the website by clicking on the "printer friendly form" link. The remainder of the solicitation (including all pertinent attachments) is available at the site by clicking on the link "clauses and attachments," which is located in the blue box near the middle of the screen. Bidders wishing to receive electronic notification of changes will need to register to receive notification of this specific solicitation at http://ideas.nbc.gov. This service is provided for convenience only and does not serve as a guarantee notification. Subscribers to this service are ultimately responsible for reviewing the http://ideasec.nbc.gov site for all information relevant to this solicitation. Plan holders are required to visit the website periodically to check for amendments and other changes to the contract documents. No other notifications will be sent.
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