IS-244919-Optional_Bid_Item_1_-_Visitor_Center.pdf

Department of the Interior National Park Service

Jean Lafitte National Historical Park & Preserve

Replace Carpeting Barataria Education Center

(BID OPTION #1)

REPLACE CARPETING WITHIN VISITOR CENTER AREA

1. GENERAL

The Barataria Preserve, part of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, protects significant examples of the rich natural and cultural resources of Louisiana's Mississippi River Delta region. The Barataria Preserve was established in 1978 and consists of about 20,000 acres in the upper freshwater zone of the Barataria Basin, one of the most productive estuarine wetlands in North America. The visitor center interpretive areas, offices and theater have approximately 3300 square feet total of carpeting that is need of replacement.

2. 0 SCOPE

It is the intent of this optional contract item to remove and properly dispose of the existing carpeting within the interpretive area of the visitor center building, seal exiting oriented strand board (OSB) floor with a latex primer sealer, level existing floor with self-leveling underlayment, install cement-based backer board using thin-set mortar, properly install waterproof membrane, and then install a seamless epoxy resinous flooring with 4” integrated wall base where applicable.

3.0 REQUIREMENTS

1. REQUIREMENTS

a. The Contractor shall furnish all supervision, labor, materials and equipment necessary to accomplish the work of this contract.

b. The contractor is responsible for field-verification of any drawings that are provided by the government that indicate quantitative or dimensional data.

c. All work conducted in association with this contract shall meet or exceed industry standards with regards to the use and selection of materials and the methods utilized to accomplish each task.

d. The contractor shall warrant the work and any new materials installed for a minimum of one

(1) year.

e. The contractor shall move existing (non-fixed) furniture items out of the way of the floor areas where the new flooring is to be installed.

f. The contractor shall remove and properly dispose of all existing carpeting and plastic wall base materials in the interpretive areas, offices and theater room areas where the new flooring is to be installed.

g. The contractor shall properly prepare the OSB subfloor and apply a latex primer sealer.

h. The contractor shall level existing OSB floor with a self-leveling underlayment.

i. The contractor shall install cement-based backer board on the existing OSB sub-flooring using thin-set mortar.

j. The contractor shall install a Dur-A-Flex Elast-O-Coat (as good as or better attributes) waterproof membrane to the cement-based backer board as per manufacture recommendations.

k. The contractor shall install slip-resistant Dur-A-Chip (as good as or better attributes) seamless epoxy resinous flooring with an integrated 4” base and ½” radius as per manufacture recommendations.

l. The contractor shall use a micro-chip color blend. The specific color of blend shall be selected by the government’s Contracting Officer Representative (COR).

m. The contractor shall install transition strips in the areas of work as needed.

n. The contractor shall place moved furniture back to original location.

4. REFERENCE DRAWING

The drawing below is provided for reference only. New flooring shall be installed in all internal areas in the drawing below, with the exception of bathrooms, mechanical rooms, and projector room.

5. REFERENCE PHOTOS