A04_SOW.pdf

SCOPE OF WORK (SOW)

PIPE INTERPRETATION OF NPS MISSION 66 ARCHITECTURE– (32778)

PIPESTONE NATIONAL MONUMENT, PIPESTONE, MINNESOTA

The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking a firm to develop a historic context study for the Mission 66 elements within the Pipestone National Monument (Cannomo’ke) cultural property/historic district located in Pipestone, Minnesota. A detailed description is described in the Scope of Work (SOW), which follows. Interested companies are requested to submit statements of experience and qualifications, including a writing sample, to the NPS in regard to providing professional services for the development of a research report on Pipestone National Monument’s (PNM) NPS Mission 66 architecture to document the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) historic district significance on a local level. These research materials are intended to assist the park’s cultural resources and interpretative staff in creating educational and other programs.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

The park has identified the following qualifications that it believes are necessary for the successful performance and completion of the services described in the SOW. The prospective company must:

A. Either meet the 36 CFR 61 professional qualifications established by the NPS for anthropologist/ethnographer, archeologist, landscape architect, historian and/or architectural historian or assign 36 CFR 61 qualified personnel to perform the services and/or supervise other staff. The company shall immediately notify the NPS of any changes in the Project Manager or the 36 CFR 61 qualified personnel performing the services described in this RFP.

B. Ensure that all work is in accordance with appropriate applicable State of Minnesota Historic Preservation Office (MN SHPO) guidelines.

C. Have proven experience in conducting primary source research, researching and writing a historic context narrative, assessing historic resource integrity using the National Register of Historic Places eligibility criteria, writing National Register of Historic Places nominations for multiple resource categories within districts, and researching and documenting archeological, ethnographic, and historic architectural resources, including using a landscape perspective and considering the views of Tribes or traditionally associated peoples on traditional cultural properties (TCPs). See the SOW for more detail.

D. Have phone, internet, and e-mail access. Internet and e-mail access must be adequate enough to allow the prospective Company to receive, download and upload data, files and attachments from NPS staff.

SCOPE OF WORK

A. Overview

1. The NPS is seeking proposals to research and report on Mission 66 architecture with a special focus on examples built in the 1950s at Pipestone National Monument, Pipestone, Minnesota.

Historic architecture, ethnography, archeology, and landscape elements were described in NRHP forms (dated 1976), a determination of eligibility of a Mission 66 expanded historic context (dated 2003), and a revised NRHP form (dated 2016). The property covers the entirety of the 301-acre national monument. The purpose of the research is to assist park staff in creating educational programming that will satisfy mitigation measures developed for project compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. The proposer will utilize the historic context study entitled “Mission 66 Visitor Centers: The History of a Building Type” (Sarah Allaback 2000) and “Mission 66: Modernism and the National Park Service Dilemma” (Ethan Carr 2007) in order to create the local historic context for Mission 66 development at Pipestone National Monument. The NPS will use the historic context, both national and local versions, to produce an educational online component to the PNM’s webpage or other educational program(s) or product(s) that emphasizes public education on Mission 66 architecture and the park or region’s role in its development nationwide. The NPS will use the historic context and other, applicable existing scholarship, including, but not limited to “Managing the Sacred and the Secular: An Administrative History of Pipestone National Monument” (Hal Rothman and Daniel Holder 1992), Historic American Building Survey (HABS) documentation, and 2003 update to the NRHP Nomination Form for Pipestone National Monument (Cannomo’ke), to produce general education products developed by NPS interpretative specialists with oversight, input and review by the PNM Interdisciplinary Cultural Resources Program Manager.”

B. Objectives, Tasks & Activities, and Deadlines

1. Prepare the Mission 66 historic context study research and report materials for the Pipestone National Monument.

2. The previously determined Project Area for this property is shown on a map included at the end of this document.

C. Activities/Responsibilities Necessary to Complete Scope of Work. To achieve the objectives, the company shall perform the following activities:

1. Report of Research Methodology and Results. Prepare an historic context study report describing the methods and research results for the park’s Mission 66 buildings, landscape elements, and structures. The MN SHPO’s guidance https://mn.gov/admin/shpo/registration/nrhp/ and relevant NPS Bulletins should be consulted as needed. Specific sources of information, such as newspaper or other primary or secondary references, shall be listed.

2. One (1) client information meeting. Present to NPS an overview of the reasoning for the research themes described.

3. Provide quarterly status reports.

4. Provide a final Project Completion Report. This should include the final report manuscript and attachments if any.

PRODUCTS

Products shall include:

1. One (1) paper printout of the final version of the research report. The final version shall be grammatically correct and typo-free. Please identify any archeology sites discussed in the text with the Smithsonian number in parentheses after the site name at first mention. The text has been formulated using Chicago Manuel of Style guidelines. For an in-text citation, use author’s last name (year of publication) or (author’s last name year of publication).

2. One (1) CD containing the final version of the research report in Word 2016 or newer version of Word as agreed upon by the NPS.

3. One (1) USGS map for the area illustrating the cultural property boundaries and with the appropriate UTM references labeled in pencil.

4. Interested Persons. The NPS will carry out all coordination with Tribes. Any oral history interviews will follow standard professional methodology.

5. Research Notes. A copy of all source materials used in preparation of the nomination. Notes made from interviews must clearly identify the interviewer, the persons interviewed (with addresses), and the dates of the interviews. Excerpts from books and newspapers, copies of letters and notes, etc., shall be used to check the accuracy of the nomination text as needed, as well as placed on file at the NPS for future research and study.

6. Quarterly Status Reports. Provide quarterly status reports using the form provided by the NPS. Status reports will include:

a. Title sheet identifying the project, contract number, and name and address of the Contractor.

b. Names and titles/responsibilities of the project manager and persons working on the project, including any subcontractors.

c. A financial report of expenditures to date including any changes to approved budget or approved work schedule.

d. A written summary of progress outlining the work accomplished during the reporting period.

Problems, real and anticipated, or any significant deviation from the agreed-upon work plan should be brought to the attention of the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR).

7. Client Information Meeting. Hold one (1) client information meetings to acquaint the park with the nomination project and its results. The meeting shall summarize the following: an overview of the properties historic significance as set forth in the nomination update.

8. Project Completion Report. The Company shall provide a brief professional quality report that includes the following:

a. A title sheet identifying the project, contract number, and name and address of the Company;

b. The names and titles/responsibilities of the project manager and persons working on the project, including any subcontractors;

c. The budget for the project; and,

d. A written narrative summary of the project and its outcome including an outline of the methodology used, evaluation of the project results, and a summary of changes made to the draft document supplied. Two copies of the final summary report shall be submitted to the NPS that includes 1) one printed copy and 2) one electronic version of the report in Word 2016.

DEADLINES FOR COMPLETING OBJECTIVES

1. All activities must be completed within twelve (12) months from the date of contract execution.

2. A preliminary assessment for timeline of events and potential sources due to NPS by 30 Sept 2019.

STANDARDS FOR PERFORMANCE

The Company shall perform the tasks/activities and complete the objectives in accordance with the following standards:

a. Either meet the 36 CFR 61 professional qualifications established by the National Park Service (NPS) for anthropologist/ethnographer, archeologist, landscape architect, historian and/or architectural historian or assign 36 CFR 61 qualified personnel to perform the services and/or supervise other staff.

b. The company shall immediately notify the NPS of any changes in the Project Manager or the 36 CFR 61 qualified personnel performing the services described in this RFP.

c. All work must meet the applicable MN SHPO or NPS guidelines, for example, all archeological site locations, are to remain confidential.

d. The project will require travel to the 301-acre site, located in T106N R46W S1.

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